Essential Medicine Experts

U.S. Air Force Maj. Andrea Russell, 9th Medical Support Squadron pharmacy element chief, pours pills into a medicine counting machine at the clinic at Beale Air Force Base, California, Jan. 9, 2020. Through teamwork, innovation and efficient utilization of resources, the pharmacy plays an integral part in the 9th Medical Group’s mission to support worldwide operational readiness and the 9th Reconnaissance Wing U-2/RQ-4 high-altitude mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Valentina Viglianco)

AF surgeon general speaks to JBSA medics

U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Dorothy A. Hogg, speaks to doctors, nurses and technicians during a visit to Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 9, 2020. Airmen from BAMC and Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center gathered for a town hall to hear Hogg’s perspective on the future of military medicine and ask questions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Katherine Spessa)

Exercise Frozen Defender: 435 SFS secures airfield

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Taylor Sutton, 435th Security Forces Squadron ground combat readiness training center instructor, leads the way during the simulated casualty exercise, Frozen Defender, in Grostenquin, France, Jan. 14, 2020. Frozen Defender tests the squadron’s capabilities in a contested environment under harsh conditions. The Defenders faced scenarios requiring self-aid and buddy care practices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer)

Bioenvironmental Engineering Airmen are ‘jack of all trades’

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Gregory Rackley, 56th Occupational Medicine Readiness Squadron bioenvironmental engineering technician, instructs Senior Airman Joseph Bowden, 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, on the procedure to tighten a gas mask during a fit test at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, Jan. 14, 2020. The technicians administer fit tests for individuals who are deploying, and individuals perform various movements while wearing the gas mask to test how well it fits to their face. Bioenvironmental engineering’s mission is to provide reliable health risk expertise to optimize human performance and prevent adverse health effects of Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brooke Moeder)

21st Space Wing leadership visits Schriever

U.S. Air Force Maj. Steven Savage, 21st Medical Squadron general dentist, demonstrates the Sirona Unit Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Milling Crown unit to Col. Thomas Falzarano, 21st Space Wing commander, during his visit to the 21st MDS at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Jan. 22, 2020. With the help of the unit, the 21st MDS is able to provide patients who need crowns the same day at Schriever AFB. This technology reduced the amount of Schriever Airmen on dental profiles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Amanda Lovelace)

19th AW conducts ATSO Rodeo

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jajuan Erby, 19th Medical Group bioenvironmental technician, is inspected for simulated radiation during a radiological aircraft recovery training exercise at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Jan. 23, 2020. The decontamination line allows for any member who has possibly been exposed to radiation to be safely checked then decontaminated. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jayden Ford)

Biomedical Sciences Corps Appreciation Week

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Syndi Breitenbach, 9th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Bioenvironmental technician, left, and 2nd Lt. Rebecca Smith, 9th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Deputy Flight Commander of Bioenvironmental Engineering, conduct HazMat ID training at Beale Air Force Base, California, Jan. 24, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jenell Brown)

Eyes on it: optometry clinic ensures mission readiness

Dr. Courtney Humphrey, 633rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron optometrist, holds a lens used to look into a patient’s eye at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Jan. 27, 2020. Humphrey is one of three doctors in the Langley AFB optometry clinic, treating active duty personnel from all branches. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sarah Dowe)