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Born to be at Dover AFB: Civilian retires after 35 years at hosp

Master Sgt. (Ret.) Eugene LaJudice, father of RaeAnn Rivera, poses for a photo during his early years in the Air Force. LaJudice’s military career taught Rivera respect and admiration for service members and the nation. (Courtesy photo)

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Born to be at Dover AFB: Civilian retires after 35 years at hosp

The 436th Medical Group building is photographed while it was a hospital in the 1960’s at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Rivera was born at the Dover AFB hospital in 1962 while her father was stationed here. She recently retired after 35 years of service as the technical and laboratory supervisor at the 436th MDG. (Courtesy photo)

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Lieutenant Jonita Bonham

Lieutenant Jonita Bonham receives Distinguished Flying Cross from Gen. George Stratemeyer, Tokyo, Japan, October 18, 1950. (Courtesy photo)

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PACAF critical care

Airmen ready a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite for an infected patient on a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. The NPCL is designed to treat and transport high-consequence infectious disease patients to minimize the risk of contamination and exposure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

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U.S. Air Force optometry personnel examines a patient during the health services outreach event as part of Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sept. 12, 2022. The operation, scheduled Sept. 12-17, focuses on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges. Pacific Air Forces participate in PAC ANGEL operations in order to advance interoperability and build upon established partnerships between our military forces and our allies and partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar)

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U.S. Air Force medical personnel consult with a patient during the health services outreach event as part of Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sept. 12, 2022. The operation, scheduled Sept. 12-17, focuses on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges. Pacific Air Forces participate in PAC ANGEL operations in order to advance interoperability and build upon established partnerships between our military forces and our allies and partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar)

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Desert Defender Medical Aid Station

Staff Sgt. Jonathan Gomez, an independent duty medical technician at the Air Force Security Forces Center’s Detachment 3 Medical Aid Station, Fort Bliss, Texas, simulates examining a patient. Gomez provides medical care to trainees and cadre at Desert Defender Ground Combat Readiness Training Center in West Texas. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Armando Perez)

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Dover Reservists provide airlift to Westover medics

Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 439th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts, carry AE equipment onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, Sept. 11, 2022. The 326th Airlift Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del., provided the airlift for the 439th AES so they could conduct readiness training, including medical operations before, during and after the flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kalee Sexton)

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571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron, JTF-Bravo train together on lifesaving skills with Honduran military

A team with the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron, based out of Travis Air Force Base, California, and Joint Task Force-Bravo personnel train on elements of Tactical Combat Casualty Care with Honduran military members at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Aug. 3, 2021. U.S. and Honduran forces trained together over a five-day period and focused on emergency care, tourniquet placement, carrying patients, trauma assessments, hemorrhage control, airway and respiratory management, splints for different types of injuries including burns and fractures, and evacuation procedures. (Courtesy photo)

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Air Force medical history of POWs; Operation Homecoming

When the aircraft left the ground, the Prisoners of War knew they really were free and on their way to the U.S. Air Force Base Hospital at Clark Air Base. (Courtesy photo)

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633d MDG Airmen take on combat medical readiness exercise

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brianna Rojas, 633d Medical Group medical technician, monitors breathing levels of a patient simulator during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care exercise at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Sept. 9, 2022. Rojas’ role in the field hospital training section was to track her patient’s vital signs and communicate to her team of any changes in order to provide precise and expedient care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chloe Shanes)

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JBER Hospital hosts first K-9 combat medical training course

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nigel Contaste, an independent duty medical technician assigned to the 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron, and Tech. Sgt. Luis Baptista, an independent duty medical technician assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron, participates in a mock dire K-9 rescue scenario at the medical training facility on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 1, 2022. The 673d Medical Group held its first-ever Joint Tactical Combat Casualty Care-K-9 course geared toward exposing military emergency providers, doctors, and independent medical technicians to basic emergency medical care for military working dogs. Students of the course split into two groups during the hands-on portion of the course, which provided them with shock treatment and respiratory distress scenarios for training. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Quatasia Carter)

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JBER Hospital hosts first K-9 combat medical training course

U.S. Air Force Military Working Dog Zzakira gets examined by U.S Air Force Maj. Richard Wood, a medical responder assigned to the 673d Medical Group emergency room, at the medical training facility on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 1, 2022. The 673d Medical Group held its first-ever Joint Tactical Combat Casualty Care–K-9 course geared toward exposing military emergency providers, doctors, and independent medical technicians to basic emergency medical care for military working dogs. The hands-on course touched on shock treatment; respiratory distress; blast, burn, and crush injuries and many more. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Quatasia Carter)

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UNMC called nation’s top biocontainment resource

Guests from the U.S. Air Force and University of Nebraska Medical Center leaders visit the Davis Global Center. (Courtesy photo by Kent Sievers)

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UNMC called nation’s top biocontainment resource

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Elizabeth Schnaubelt, director of C-STARS Omaha, gives a presentation during the University of Nebraska Medical Center visit by Lt. Gen. Robert I Miller, center, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General. (Courtesy photo by Kent Sievers)

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UNMC called nation’s top biocontainment resource

From left, University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Dr. Chris Kratochvil, Lt. Gen. Robert I Miller, center, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, Chief, Medical Enlisted Force and Enlisted Corps Chief, visit the Davis Global Center. (Courtesy photo by Kent Sievers)

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UNMC called nation’s top biocontainment resource

At right, Lt. Gen. Robert I Miller, center, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, listens to University of Nebraska Medical Center's Dr. James Lawler,during a tour of the Davis Global Center and iEXCEL program. (Courtesy photo by Kent Sievers)

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U.S. Air Force Capt. Kyong Craddock, right, 60th Inpatient Squadron critical care flight nurse, and Maj. Hiroko Akuzawa, 60th Healthcare Operations Squadron emergency room medical director, perform procedures as a critical care air transport team in a low light environment simulation during a visit from Col. Rudolph Cachuela, Air Mobility Command surgeon general, at Travis Air Force Base, California, Sept. 6, 2022. Cachuela’s visit included a tour of David Grant USAF Medical Center as well as the 60th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karla Parra)

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Maj. Hans Amen, 341st Medical Group flight surgeon, is hoisted into an UH-N1 Huey during an exercise at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., July 15, 2022. This multi- agency exercise was the end scenario for the participants of the Tactical Combat Casualty Care-Medical Provider course. This course was the third level of the TCCC program that all hands-on medical providers are required to take. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mary Bowers)

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LRMC Troops remain steadfast to care following 75-mile march

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. China Rosales, a medical surgical technician at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and native of Hutchinson, Kansas, takes a patient’s vitals during routine operations at LRMC, Aug. 10. Rosales, one of 33 LRMC Soldiers, Airmen, Civilians and Veterans who participated in the annual De 4Daagse (International Four Day Marches Nijmegen), quickly responded to a medical emergency following 75 miles of marching with a 10 kilogram pack this summer. (Photo by Marcy Sanchez)

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