April 11, 2014 Iddins takes command of 59th Medical Wing Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Bart Iddins took charge of the 59th Medical Wing during a change of command ceremony April 10 at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center.Iddins replaces a retiring Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn, who led the 59th MDW through its integration with Army medical services as part of the new
April 10, 2014 AF selects 5 enlisted Airmen for medical prep school Five enlisted Airmen have been selected to participate in the inaugural Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program, Air Force Personnel Center officials said April 8.The program offers enlisted members a chance to attend medical prep school full time for two years, all expenses paid, while
April 10, 2014 MacDill builds partnership with Tampa General Hospital The 6th Medical Group and members of Tampa General Hospital conducted a meeting March 26, 2014 at TGH in Tampa, Fla. to mark the beginning of building bonds within the community. During the meeting, they discussed progress and growth of current partnerships.As a result of MacDill downsizing from an
April 8, 2014 Service members required to get Hep B immunization The Department of Defense recently updated its immunization guidelines, requiring all service members to receive the hepatitis B virus immunizations. Hepatitis B is a potentially fatal liver disease spread by contaminated blood or body fluids.Since 2002, the Air Force has administered the
April 6, 2014 376th Expeditionary Medical Group in Kyrgyzstan inactivates The 376th Expeditionary Medical Group here inactivated during a ceremony April 5, 2014, ending another era of providing world-class care to troops transitioning through Kyrgyzstan."You were the panacea that kept our Airmen in the fight, enabling combat airpower in Afghanistan," said Col. John C.
April 4, 2014 Medical group sharpens patient evacuation skills during exercise In 1964, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake ravaged Southcentral Alaska. Streets and buildings were ripped apart, tsunamis devastated towns and the need for medical services was dire. Fifty years later, the state of Alaska hosted exercise Alaska Shield 2014 from March 27 to April 3. Federal, state and local
April 1, 2014 MWDs wage war on combat stress (Editor's note: This is the second in a series on military working dogs at Moody Air Force Base, Ga.)For a military member, the word 'Afghanistan' may bring about thoughts of bombings, gun fire and other war-related memories. For a dog, it's simply a word unknown to them.To prepare military working
April 1, 2014 "Dragon Medics" support Columbus open house Keesler Medical Center critical care teams are slated to join their counterparts from the Mississippi Air National Guard as well as Guard and Air Force Reserve aircrews to demonstrate the partnership of Air Force units from Mississippi and the surrounding area during the April 5-6 Columbus Air Force
March 31, 2014 National Nutrition Month: Chef displays healthy cooking In support of National Nutrition Month, the David Grant USAF Medical Center nutrition clinic, Balfour Beatty Community Center and the food service chefs collaborated Monday to present the base populace with a cooking demonstration.Mary Valentinsen, a chef at the DGMC dining facility and Air Force
March 28, 2014 Belizean, US officials make final preparations for Corozal MEDRETES Belizean government and U.S. military officials met March 24 to discuss final preparations for the upcoming New Horizons medical readiness training exercises, or MEDRETES, in the Corozal region in Belize. Belizean and military medical providers will use the MEDRETES as an opportunity to learn from
March 27, 2014 Former Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Chesney, passes away The Air Force Medical Service remembers retired Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Murphy A. Chesney, former Air Force Surgeon General, who passed away of natural causes on March 22, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas.Chesney was the 12th surgeon general and sworn in on Aug. 1, 1985. He officially retired on Aug. 1,
March 20, 2014 USAFE-AFAFRICA, NATO host 29th Aerospace Medicine Summit Medical professionals from 16 nations attended the Ramstein Aerospace Medicine Summit and NATO Science and Technology Organization Technical Course here March 10 - 14.Lt. Gen. Tom Jones, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa vice commander, welcomed the 170 plus attendees who filled the
March 19, 2014 "Fight the Enemy" tobacco-free video competition winners announced March 19 is nationally recognized as Kick Butts Day, a time to empower young people to speak out against tobacco use. A recent survey revealed that almost half of service members use tobacco products with higher use among junior enlisted service members ages 18-25. Department of Defense officials
March 19, 2014 Air Force welcomes four-legged lieutenant Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Force Chief of Staff , visited Walter Reed Bethesda to commission a four-legged second lieutenant into the Air Force dog therapy program on March 12. Gen. Welsh, the highest ranking Air Force officer, commissioned Goldie, a Golden Retriever, into the therapy dog program
March 17, 2014 Physician Assistant at Misawa receives national recognition It was her first year working as a physician assistant, and a patient had just left her exam room when she heard a burst of gunshots in the distance. Within seconds, screams filled the hospital as people scrambled for cover. In the midst of the chaos, a piercing silence fell over the clinic and her
March 14, 2014 Human simulators featured at international medical summit More than 170 members of the international medical community from 16 nations filled the Hercules Theater here March 10 for the first day of the 29th Ramstein Aerospace Medicine Summit and NATO Science and Technology Organization Technical Course.The annual summit is a joint effort between the U.S.
March 13, 2014 Eglin Airman exemplifies 'portrait of courage' When Cadet 1st Lts. Alison Nordlander, Ashlyn McNeely and Quianna Samuels made their weekly visit to a Texas quick stop for kolaches and gas April 18, 2013, they had no idea the next four hours would change their lives forever.Nordlander, now a commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the 96th Medical Group,
March 13, 2014 Medical Center selected for new treatment procedure Keesler Medical Center is one of only 25 medical treatment facilities in the nation selected as a site for a new coronary artery disease (CAD) treatment procedure.The "Diamondback 360® Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System" (OAS) uses a diamond-tipped orbiting drill that sands away calcium in
March 11, 2014 DOD's top doc outlines medical advances The Defense Department's top doctor says the innovations and technology in military medicine derived from more than a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan have led to advances in caring for the sick and injured.Dr. Jonathan Woodson, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, told the
March 11, 2014 Focus on food during National Nutrition Month Many people associate March with St. Patrick's Day, but as a career diet technician, I think about National Nutrition Month. The nutritional medicine flight at David Grant USAF Medical Center is the hub for highlighting the importance of a proper diet to aid in disease prevention. Did you make a