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Air Force students carry a training mannequin during a Dec. 17, 2015, expeditionary medical support system exercise

Air Force students carry a training mannequin during a Dec. 17, 2015, expeditionary medical support system exercise at Camp Bullis, Texas. The exercise tests a student’s ability to quickly respond to an emergency by providing care and evacuating casualties in a simulated deployed environment. Technical training students are assigned one of four squadrons in the 59th Training Group. The unit’s partnership with the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, affords training for members of the five uniformed services and international students. The 59th TRG manages 125 acres at the Medical Readiness Training Center on Camp Bullis.
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Air Force supports Guatemala volcano relief efforts

U.S. Army Capt. Argelia Felix-Camacho, registered nurse, San Antonio Military Medical Center Burn Team, consoles a patient during an aeromedical evacuation mission from Guatemala to Galveston, Texas, June 6, 2018. A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from the Mississippi Air National Guard's 172nd Airlift Wing transported six injured children and their guardians to Galveston, Texas, for medical treatment at Shriners Hospital for Children. A joint medical team from the Mississippi Air National Guard's 183rd Air Evacuation Squadron and Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, provided en route medical treatment during the flight (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keyonna Fennell)
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Air Force supports Guatemala volcano relief efforts

U.S. Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Hannah Gale, pediatrician, San Antonio Military Medical Center Burn Team, consoles a patient during an aeromedical evacuation mission from Guatemala to Galveston, Texas, June 6, 2018. A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from the Mississippi Air National Guard's 172nd Airlift Wing transported six injured children and their guardians to Galveston, Texas, for medical treatment at Shriners Hospital for Children. A joint medical team from the Mississippi Air National Guard's 183rd Air Evacuation Squadron and Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, provided en route medical treatment during the flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keyonna Fennell)
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Air Force supports Guatemala volcano relief efforts

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Teri Dawn Neely, a registered nurse with the 183rd Air Evacuation Squadron, Mississippi Air National Guard, clears a Guatemalan ambulance crew to load another patient on a Mississippi ANG's 172nd Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III in Guatemala, June 6, 2018. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Edward Staton)
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Air Force supports Guatemala volcano relief efforts

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Teri Neely, a flight nurse, 183rd Air Evacuation Squadron, and members of the Burn Team prepare to transport children and their guardians from Guatemala to Galveston, Texas, for medical treatment at Shriners Hospital for Children. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Josh Blackburn)
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Air Force supports Guatemala volcano relief efforts

A joint medical team from the Mississippi Air National Guard’s 183rd Air Evacuation Squadron and Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, provides en route medical treatment to six injured children during a U.S. Air Force humanitarian aeromedical evacuation mission from Guatemala to Galveston, Texas, June 6, 2018. The children were taken to the Shriners Hospital for Children to receive further care for burns and other injuries sustained during the recent Fuego Volcano eruption. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Edward Staton)
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Air Force supports Guatemala volcano relief efforts

A joint medical team from the Mississippi Air National Guard’s 183rd Air Evacuation Squadron and Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, helps members of the Guatemalan government load critically injured patients on a Mississippi ANG's 172nd Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III in Guatemala, June 6, 2018. The humanitarian aeromedical evacuation mission followed the recent eruption of Fuego Volcano. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Edward Staton)
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Air Force supports Guatemala volcano relief efforts

A joint medical team from the Mississippi Air National Guard’s 183rd Air Evacuation Squadron and Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, assists members of the Guatemalan government with loading critically injured patients on a Mississippi ANG's 172nd Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III in Guatemala, June 6, 2018. The humanitarian aeromedical evacuation mission followed the recent eruption of Fuego Volcano. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Edward Staton)
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Air Force Surgeon General attends Battlefield Acupuncture training

Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Mark A. Ediger attended Battlefield Acupuncture training taught by Dr. Richard Niemtzow, Director of the Air Force Acupuncture Center on Joint Base Andrews on April 1, 2016. Battlefield Acupuncture is a rapid technique using tiny acupuncture needles inserted into the ears that directly modifies the way the central nervous system processes pain so as to reduce pain significantly in over 80% of patients. The technique was developed by Dr. Niemtzow in 2001. (AF Photo / Matthew Eichie)
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Air Force Surgeon General attends Battlefield Acupuncture training

Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Mark A. Ediger attended Battlefield Acupuncture training taught by Dr. Richard Niemtzow, Director of the Air Force Acupuncture Center on Joint Base Andrews on April 1, 2016. Battlefield Acupuncture is a rapid technique using tiny acupuncture needles inserted into the ears that directly modifies the way the central nervous system processes pain so as to reduce pain significantly in over 80% of patients. The technique was developed by Dr. Niemtzow in 2001. (AF Photo / Matthew Eichie)
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Air Force Surgeon General focuses on leadership at annual workshop

Senior leaders from across the Air Force Medical Service conducted a virtual panel during the first day of the annual Senior Leadership Workshop, Dec. 7, 2020. Panelists discussed what courageous leadership means to them. (Photo illustration from combined computer screen shots)
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Air Force surgeon general visits 354th MDG

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, the Air Force surgeon general, Kathleen Lelevier, the 354th Medical Group bioenvironmental water program manager, and Chief Master Sgt. Edward Pace, the Medical Enlisted Forces chief, pose for a photo, March 10, 2017 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Ediger recognized Lelevier for her commitment to improving local water supplies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Eric M. Fisher)
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Air Force surgeon general visits 354th MDG

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, the Air Force surgeon general, speaks with Capt. Steven Miresse, a 354th Medical Group health care integrator, March 10, 2017 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Ediger entered the Air Force in 1985 and has served as the Aerospace Medicine Consultant to the Air Force surgeon general, commanded two medical groups and served as command surgeon for three major commands. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Eric M. Fisher)
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Air Force surgeon general visits 354th MDG

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, the Air Force surgeon general, observes a parasitic slide through a microscope March 10, 2017 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Ediger toured the 354th Medical Group facility to gain a better understanding of Eielson’s medical forces and of the challenges presented in its unique environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Eric M. Fisher)
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Air Force Surgeon General visits 79th Medical Wing

Lt. Gen. Thomas Travis, Air Force Surgeon General, talks to Airmen during his visit to Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 7, (U.S. Air Force photo by /Airman 1st Class Ryan J. Sonnier)
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Air Force Surgeon General visits DGMC

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force Surgeon General, left, and Col. Beth Dion, 60th Inpatient Squadron commander, center, discuss operational readiness of the medical force during a visit to the central medical surgical unit, David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, California, Feb. 10, 2020. Hogg visited with 60th Medical Group Airmen and recognized the positive impact they have on their community through their innovative medical practices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Heide Couch)
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Air Force Surgeon General visits METC

Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Surgeon General of the Air Force, presents Maj. Vanessa Evans with her end of tour award, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, May 3. Evans is the chief of the commandant's action group at the Medical Education and Training Campus.
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Air Force Surgeon General visits METC

Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Surgeon General of the Air Force, touches a simulated arm used by students to practice how to perform venipuncture and intravenous "sticks" before conducting them on live "patients" during a tour of the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 3.
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Air Force Surgeon General visits METC

Petty Officer 1st Class George Fricke, an instructor in the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program (BMTCP), demonstrates to Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Surgeon General of the Air Force, how to use a tablet to program the vital signs and symptoms of a SimMan in the Nursing Synthesis Lab during a visit to the Medical Education and Training Campus. The SimMan is an interactive manikin used in realistic and engaging scenario based simulation training to challenge and evaluate BMTCP students' critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills.
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Air Force Surgeon General visits METC

Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Surgeon General of the Air Force, feels the "heart beat" of a "patient" manikin, or SimMan, in the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program (BMTCP) Nursing Synthesis Lab during a visit to the Medical Education and Training Campus. The SimMan can be programmed with specific vital signs and symptoms to create realistic and engaging scenario based simulation training to challenge and evaluate BMTCP students' critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills.
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