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  • CASF ensures smooth transition for wounded warriors

    Wounded, away from loved ones and no idea what's going to happen next can be physically and mentally draining for those service members who get injured while on deployment.Airmen from the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility are trained medical professionals whose job it is to ensure those

  • Keen Sword 2015: Sharpening medical readiness throughout Japan

    Members of the 374th Medical Group, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and U.S. Army Soldiers with the 47th Combat Support Hospital trained their medical evacuation procedures and response during Keen Sword 2015 at Yokota Air Base, Japan; Kadena Air Base, Japan; and Yokosuka Naval Station, Japan,

  • Members of JTF-Bravo volunteer at local orphanage

    Seventeen volunteers from Joint Task Force-Bravo spent some of their free time over the weekend at the Sisters of Charity Orphanage in Comayagua, Honduras."When groups come together to be a part of something bigger than themselves, it gives them a sense of doing something great, and in the end

  • Medical response team begins training for possible Ebola cases

    Defense Department leaders are ensuring the 30 members of a medical support team that may be called upon to respond to new cases of Ebola in the U.S. are receiving world-class, state-of-the-art training, a senior military doctor said.Air Force Col. John J. DeGoes, command surgeon for U.S. Northern

  • Ramstein Airmen support Ebola fight, mitigate risks at home

    As service members travel to Africa in support of Operation United Assistance, Ramstein Air Base here continues to establish itself as a power projection platform for Europe and Africa.Medical professionals from the 86th Medical Group, along with leadership throughout Ramstein AB, recently

  • Airmen deliver Ebola treatment facility to West Africa

    Airmen from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, partnered with representatives from the U.S. Public Health Service Sept. 26, to deliver a modular medical treatment center, as part of a government-wide effort to support humanitarian relief operations in Ebola-stricken African nations.Airmen from the

  • Pediatricians care for young patients of Operation PACANGEL-Nepal

    More than an hour's drive along uneven, dirt roads outside a major city is the rural village of Manahari, Nepal, which is where the Shree Rastriya Rotary Secondary School can be found. Hundreds of Nepalese people line up outside the gate of the compound which is temporarily a site for health

  • U.S., Nepal celebrate PACANGEL opening ceremony

    Nearly 700 local men, women and children lined up outside the gates of Shree Rastriya Rotary Secondary School in Manahari for day one of Operation Pacific Angel - Nepal.U.S. and Nepalese service members came together alongside regional partners to celebrate the opening ceremony, which featured a

  • Invictus Games kick off with opening ceremony

    More than 5,000 people attended the Invictus Games' opening ceremony Sept. 10, on the South Lawn of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, here.The ceremony included remarks by first lady Michelle Obama and Prince Harry of Wales; a flyover by the Royal Air Force's aerial aerobatic team, The Red Arrows; a

  • Seven days in the grave: A Sailor's survival

    He was just four days away from a trip home to surprise his mom and dad for Christmas in McMinnville, Tennessee -- his small hometown buried in the state's rolling foothills. He had planned the trip secretly with the help of his brother, and they laughed on the phone together a few hours before his

  • Medical experts train counterparts in Mongolia

    The sounds of agony filled the air near the wooded back lot of the Central Armed Forces Hospital, or CAFH, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, as an interpreter encouraged accident victims to 'ham up' their performances during mass casualty response training, as part of Operation Pacific Angel 14-4

  • Japanese encephalitis virus threat in Asia

    Mosquitoes all over the globe carry and spread some of the most debilitating diseases known to man, and do so in a manner that's often difficult to predict with any kind of certainty.These vector-borne diseases can cause serious illness or can be fatal. Some of these diseases, such as Japanese

  • Airmen arrive in Guatemala to share knowledge with partner nation physicians

    Six Airmen are spending this week in Guatemala to facilitate a subject matter expert exchange with the Guatemalan air force focusing on preventative health, individual readiness and aerospace medicine.Four Airmen from the Arkansas Air National Guard and two from 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern)

  • Airmen treat and educate at Tonga dental clinic

    Two tables pushed together and a stack of plastic chairs serve as an operating table for men, women and children of all ages who wait patiently for their turn to see a dentist.The dental clinic was one of four clinics setup in the auditorium of Mailefihi Siu'ilikutapu College in Neiafu, Tonga.

  • Air Forces Southern medics arrive in Belize to facilitate obstetrics course

    Three international health specialists and three nongovernmental organization personnel supporting the 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern, or AFSOUTH, arrived in Belize recently to facilitate the Global Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Instructor Course.As partners in international health,

  • Afghan Air Force learns self-sustaining casualty evacuation care

    The flight line is filled with aircrew and the C-130 Hercules engines are starting up for another Afghan Air Force casualty evacuation mission.Within two years, the Afghan Air Force has made significant improvements to their casualty evacuation capabilities, or CASEVAC, as they continue to take the

  • Westover airlifts 26 tons of aid to Nicaragua

    A training mission doubled as a humanitarian relief effort for Reserve Airmen from the 439th Airlift Wing, Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts, as 13 Airmen delivered 26 tons of cargo to Augusto Cesar Sandino International Airport, Nicaragua, June 10. This Denton Amendment mission delivered one

  • MHS June Message - Global Health/Afghanistan

    Military Health System Team,Last month, the five of us embarked on a visit with medical units and combat leaders in Afghanistan. In the austere environment of this country, the Military Health System is an actor in two major missions - our combat medicine mission and the sustainment of host-nation