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  • Airman 1st Class Amanda Cervantes

    METC Student Spotlight: Airman 1st Class Amanda Cervantes

    How does a single mother set an example for her four children? She joins the Air Force! Airman 1st Class Amanda Cervantes, a student in the Medical Education and Training Campus Pharmacy Technician program on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, wants her children to follow her lead by serving in the military. “I’ve always wanted to
  • Staff Sgt. Mark Visita, 59th Training Group military training leader, marches technical training students to class April 14, 2016, on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Less than two dozen military training leaders are responsible for more than 5,000 technical training students annually. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael Ellis)

    Air Force Medical Service seeks hero’s name for tech school dorm

    The Air Force Medical Service is seeking help from warrior medics to name the Air Force dormitory at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston after an AFMS enlisted hero. Nominations are due by July 1, 2016.
  • New Zealand Defense Force Maj. Phil Worthington, northern region dental commander, extracts a tooth with the help of U.S. Air Force and Timorese service members during an Operation Pacific Angel 15-2 health services outreach event Sept. 7, 2015, in Baucau, Timor-Leste. Pacific Angel is a multilateral humanitarian assistance civil military operation, which improves military-to-military partnerships in the Pacific while also providing medical health outreach, civic engineering projects and subject matter exchanges among partner forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel/Released)

    Pacific Angel 15-2 underway in Timor-Leste

    Members of the U.S. Air Force and Navy, Falintil-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL), and New Zealand army began humanitarian assistance operations as part of Pacific Angel 15-2 Sept. 7.   During the joint humanitarian and civic-military exercise, the PACANGEL team — made up of military doctors, dentists, carpenters, plumbers and planners
  • Staff Sgt. Derek Ables (left), 21st Security Forces Squadron, establishes an airway on a simulated patient using a nasopharyngeal tool during a pilot course for Tactical Combat Casualty Care on Aug. 7, 2015 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Tech. Sgt. Bradley Belcher, 302nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, instructed the T-CCC beta course for non-medical personnel in order to help eliminate preventative deaths on the battlefield. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amber Sorsek)

    Combat casualty course provides life-saving training

    Airmen with the 302nd Airlift Wing and 21st Space Wing here participated in Tactical Combat Casualty Care training in August.Tech. Sgt. Bradley Belcher, 302nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron led the course. He is certified in combat casualty care through the National Association for Emergency Medical Technicians. The TCCC course introduces
  • Senior Airman Gregory Tamuzza, 823rd Maintenance Squadron rescue specialist, left, Capt. Lance Bacon, 99th Medical Operations Squadron emergency medicine physician, and Senior Airman Jerome Coley, 99th Communications Squadron knowledge operator, pose for a photo at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., June 9, 2015. The three Airmen’s swift actions helped save the lives of two unconscious passengers when their vehicle rolled over on Interstate 15, May 31 in Las Vegas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikaley Towle)

    Nellis Airmen pull passengers from burning vehicle

    For three Airmen assigned here, life is about lending a hand to those who need it most without expecting anything in return.On May 31, Capt. Lance Bacon, 99th Medical Operations Squadron emergency medicine physician; Senior Airman Gregory Tamuzza, 823rd Maintenance Squadron rescue specialist; and Senior Airman Jerome Coley, 99th Communications
  • Chief Master Sergeant Jason Pace, Chief, Medical Enlisted Force, is briefed by Senior Master Sergeant James Woods, Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills Cincinnati branch chief, on their capabilities at the University of Cincinnati Health in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 30 during his visit to the facility. The CSTARS program was created to enable Air Force health care providers to refresh their skills by working side-by-side with civilian colleagues treating trauma and critical care patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wesley Farnsworth/Released)

    Surgeon General visits CSTARS

  • Sim Center showcases latest medical technologies

    The 59th Medical Wing Simulation Center educated staff members and patients on the latest medical simulation equipment used around the Wing during an open house at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, April 14, 2015.During the all-day event, simulation specialists gave tours of the facility and described the Center's capabilities.Winston
  • Airman Christian Frizzell, a Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET) student at the Medical Education and Training Campus, hugs his father, Chief Master Sgt. Charles Frizzell after his dad presents him with his graduation certificate during his class graduation ceremony April 10. Airman Frizzell is starting his new career at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. His father, also a BMET, is currently assigned as the senior enlisted advisor to the commander at the 374th Medical Group at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (Photo by Lisa Braun)

    BMET father graduates BMET son

    Growing up, Christian Frizzell showed little interest in what his father, Chief Master Sgt. Charles Frizzell, did as a biomedical equipment technician (BMET) in the Air Force. Throughout high school Christian participated in Junior ROTC and knew he wanted to join the military or attend a service academy. He was also very good at math, a sign to his
  • Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, discuss a simulated patient's care during aeromedical evacuation processing in an Ultimate Caduceus 2015 exercise at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, La., April 16, 2015. Ultimate Caduceus 2015 consists of approximately 140 military personnel representing active duty, National Guard and Reserve forces from California, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Texas and Washington, D.C. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Master Sgt. Dan Farrell, 159th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office/Released)

    22nd MDG mighty medics participate in Ultimate Caduceus 15

    Members of the 22nd Medical Group, and units from across the U.S., participated in Ultimate Caduceus 2015, giving them the opportunity to conduct aeromedical evacuation training, April 16 - 18, at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana.The Louisiana Air National Guard hosted the exercise, which involved evacuating more than 200
  • Col. (Dr.) John Andrus, 59th Medical Group commander, speaks during a Continuous Improvement Professionals meeting, April 17, 2015 at the University of Texas San Antonio. Andrus spoke about the Lean Daily Management process which aims to identify and solve problems in the work section. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)

    59th MDOG commander talks 'Lean Daily Management' at UTSA

    Wilford Hall's 59th Medical Operations Group commander, Col. (Dr.) John Andrus, spoke of the importance of Lean Daily Management (LDM) to members attending a Continuous Improvement Professionals (CIP) meeting at the University of Texas San Antonio April 17.The monthly CIP meeting acts as a platform for continuous improvement practitioners in all
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