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Air Force nurses of today lay wreaths to honor nurses of the past

The Society of Air Force Nurses gathered a group of active duty and retired nurses from around the area and headed to Arlington National Cemetery to lay wreaths on the tombstones of the nurses buried there. December 8, 2016.

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Air Force Office of Surgeon General Four Pillars

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Air Force partnership readies Airmen for infectious disease response

(From left) Tech. Sgt. Victor Kipping, public health non-commissioned officer in charge, Maj. Kisha Wood, The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills Omaha deputy director, and Lt. Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, C-STARS Omaha director, assemble the portable patient isolation device on Bob Valentine, C-STARS Omaha administrator, to prepare for transport at The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 3, 2020. The U.S. Air Force’s C-STARS Omaha program, which was established in 2018, partners with The University of Nebraska Medical Center, focusing on advancing the training of medical Airmen in infectious diseases that they might see during deployment. (Courtesy photo)

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Air Force partnership readies Airmen for infectious disease response

(From left) Lt. Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills Omaha director, Tech. Sgt. Victor Kipping, public health non-commissioned officer in charge, and Maj. Kisha Wood, C-STARS deputy director, demonstrate on Bob Valentine, C-STARS Omaha administrator, the proper techniques used to move the patient from the portable patient isolation device to the hospital bed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 3, 2020. The portable patient isolation device is used in the transportation of a potentially infectious patient. (Courtesy photo)

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Air Force partnership readies Airmen for infectious disease response

Bob Valentine (far left), The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills Omaha administrator, manages and observes a simulated scenario as Maj. Kisha Wood, C-STARS deputy director, Lt. Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, C-STARS Omaha director, and Tech. Sgt. Victor Kipping, public health non-commissioned officer in charge, assess a simulated patient and communicate their course of action at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 3, 2020. The U.S. Air Force’s C-STARS Omaha program, which was established in 2018, partners with The University of Nebraska Medical Center, focusing on advancing the training of medical Airmen in infectious diseases that they might see during deployment. (Courtesy photo)

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Air Force partnership readies Airmen for infectious disease response

(From left) Maj. Kisha Wood, The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills Omaha deputy director, Tech. Sgt. Victor Kipping, public health non-commissioned officer in charge, Bob Valentine, C-STARS Omaha administrator, and Lt. Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, C-STARS Omaha director, pose for a photo in front of The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 3, 2020. The U.S. Air Force’s C-STARS Omaha program, which was established in 2018, partners with the University of Nebraska Medical Center, focusing on advancing the training of medical Airmen in infectious diseases they might see during deployment. (Courtesy photo)

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Air Force promotes fatigue countermeasures

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Air Force provides aeromedical evacuation to dialysis patients trapped by hurricanes

Members of the 375th Logistics Readiness Squadron load disaster relief cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III to support the mobilization of the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. Staging out of Little Rock Air Force Base, the 375th AES, initially provided aeromedical evacuation for Harvey in Texas, and redeployed to support relief efforts in the Caribbean after Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated those areas. The 375th deployed En Route Patient Staging Systems to help prepare dialysis patients on St. Croix and St. Thomas for air transport to the U.S. to continue treatment.

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Air Force provides aeromedical evacuation to dialysis patients trapped by hurricanes

Members of the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron come together before the team mobilizes in of support Hurricane Harvey relief and response efforts, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Aug. 30, 2017. Staging out of Little Rock Air Force Base, the 375th AES, initially provided aeromedical evacuation for Harvey in Texas, and redeployed to support relief efforts in the Caribbean after Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated those areas. The 375th deployed En Route Patient Staging Systems to help prepare dialysis patients on St. Croix and St. Thomas for air transport to the U.S. to continue treatment.

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Air Force provides aeromedical evacuation to dialysis patients trapped by hurricanes

Members of the 59th Medical Wing’s Critical Care Air Transport Team from Joint-Base San Antonio prepares medical equipment and supplies, Sept. 9, 2017, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The team must verify that it has all of the required medication to accomplish the mission. They can take up to three critical patients or six medium-level patients at one time. CCAT teams were on standby to help treat dialysis patients evacuated from the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix, who were brought to the U.S. to continue care.

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Air Force provides aeromedical evacuation to dialysis patients trapped by hurricanes

Medical equipment arrives on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, in response to Hurricane Irma. (Photograph cropped to highlight subject matter).

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Air Force provides aeromedical evacuation to dialysis patients trapped by hurricanes

Medical equipment arrives on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, in response to Hurricane Irma. (Photograph cropped to highlight subject matter).

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Air Force provides aeromedical evacuation to dialysis patients trapped by hurricanes

The view of hurricane damage to St. Croix, Virgin Islands, seen from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III delivering disaster relief supplies to the island after it had sustained damage from Hurricane Maria.

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Air Force Research Lab studies trust between surgical teams and robots

Maj. Scott Thallemer, perioperative nurse and robotics coordinator with the Institute for Defense Robotic Surgical Education (InDoRSE), trains Maj. Gen. Timothy Leahy, 2nd Air Force commander, on the da Vinci X surgical system used in robotics surgery at the Keesler Medical Center, Sept. 26, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. InDoRSE is working with the Air Force Research Lab to understand trust between surgical teams and the robot in order to improve on the training program. Trust is a key factor in determining proper use of such innovative technology as surgical robots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Air Force Research Lab studies trust between surgical teams and robots

Dr. Svyatoslav Guznor, 711th Human Performance Wing (HPW) research psychologist, Capt. Nichole Settlemires, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron preoperative nurse, and Capt. Breanna Raney, 711th HPW Airman systems directorate program manager, Air Force Research Lab receive in-depth information about various instruments used in surgical robotics from Jon Martin, Intuitive Surgical customer trainer (center) at Keesler Medical Center, Nov. 14, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Guznor and his research team are observing Keesler’s Institute for Defense Robotic Surgical Education (InDoRSE) training. They are currently studying how trust is developed between surgical teams and the robot. The goal of this research is to help inform InDoRSe on current trust attitudes and how to better improve future training programs (U.S. Air Force photo by Andre’ Askew).

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Air Force special operations medics deliver care, rebuild infrastructure after Caribbean hurricanes

Air Force Special Operation Medics returning from St. Maarten aboard a U.S. Air Force aircraft after assisting in relief and recovery efforts from Hurricane Irma. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marc Villano)

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Air Force Special Operations medics delivered care and rebuilt infrastructure after Caribbean hurricanes

Evacuees from St. Maarten aboard a USAF aircraft returning to the U.S., after Hurricane Irma devastated their island. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Marc Villano, AFSOC)

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Air Force stands up Air Force Medical Readiness Agency

U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, speaks at the official activation of Air Force Medical Readiness Agency, at Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia, June 28, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Mahler)

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Air Force stands up Air Force Medical Readiness Agency

Brig. Gen. Mark Koeniger speaks at the official activation of the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency, at Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia, June 28, 2019. Koeniger is the first AFMRA commander. (U.S Air Force photo by Josh Mahler)

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