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An enlisted Airman's journey to flight surgeon

Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Laura Barrera (left front), pictured here with Uniformed Services University's second Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program class, shares her journey from senior airman to flight surgeon and emergency physician. The program, known as EMDP2, puts enlisted service members on a path to becoming military physicians through coursework, mentorship, and medical school preparation. (Courtesy photo)

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An expanding force: Aeromedical Nurse Practitioners elevate flight medicine readiness

U.S Air Force Maj. Jessica Knizel, Aeromedical Nurse Practitioner Advisor to the Air Force Surgeon General and Wing Surgeon, 492nd Special Operations Wing, participates in a “fini flight” at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 2023. The fini flight is a traditional ceremony marking an aircrew member’s final flight or departure from a unit. (Courtesy photo from U.S. Air Force Maj. Jessica Knizel)

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An expanding force: Aeromedical Nurse Practitioners elevate flight medicine readiness

U.S Air Force Maj. Jessica Knizel, Aeromedical Nurse Practitioner Advisor to the Air Force Surgeon General and Wing Surgeon, 492nd Special Operations Wing, participates in a Special Operations Forces Medical Skills Development training at Hurlburt Field, Florida, 2025. This training prepares medical Airmen embedded in Special Operations units to provide care in austere environments. (Courtesy photo from U.S. Air Force Maj. Jessica Knizel)

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An expanding force: Aeromedical Nurse Practitioners elevate flight medicine readiness

U.S. Air Force Maj. Nathan Del Rio, an Aeromedical Nurse Practitioner with the 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron, attends the Global Medicine Symposium with ANPs at U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, 2024. (Courtesy photo from U.S. Air Force Maj. Nathan Del Rio)

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Angels of the Battlefield honor medical personnel who went above call of duty

Six medical professionals representing the armed services and the Defense Health Agency were recognized by the Armed Services-YMCA at their 27th Annual Angels of the Battlefield Awards November 17, 2023. (Defense Health Agency photo by Robbie Hammer)

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Annual Maltz Challenge

A participant in the Maltz Challenge performs a 100-meter firefighter’s carry at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., March 9, 2018. The fitness competition is held annually in honor of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Maltz and other fallen heroes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

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Another day in the lab

Staff Sgt. Kiersten Wirth, 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group medical technician, processes a COVID-19 test in the 332nd EMDG laboratory at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, April 6, 2022. Wirth helps in the lab and with X-rays as a multi-capable Airman within the expeditionary wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Christopher Parr)

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Another tool in the toolbox

49th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians treat a casualty during a field training exercise at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The field training exercise was part of Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support training, a five-day class taught to civilian and military first-responders focusing on medical skills needed for traumatic incidents. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. BreeAnn Sachs)

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ANZAC Day: A time for honoring partnerships

Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) Day is a time to honor members and reflect on the long-lasting partnership between ANZAC and the Air Force Medical Service, which reaches back to the Korean war when ANZAC and AFMS members worked together as allies. Pictured above, Australian flight nurse Nathalie Oldham, on temporary duty with the U.S. Air Force Medical Service, checks on her American patients before departing Korea for American hospitals in Japan. Oldham, with the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service, served with the AFMS for several months during the summer of 1952. During that time she observed many differences between the services, such as, unlike American flight nurses, the Australians did not receive flight pay and were not allowed to eat in the officer's mess. Oldham was also impressed with the Americans' larger medical aircraft and abundance of supplies. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Brogan Lane, a simulated victim in an airplane crash scenario, is helped out of an airplane that was simulated to be on fire during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care for Medical Personnel course at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma, Aug. 4, 2020. A total of 22 Airmen participated in the TCCC-MP course to learn trauma care in an uncontrolled environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)

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Appalachian Care 2019: Michigan ANG leads joint medical training mission serving Virginia community

U.S. Air Force Maj. Joshua Metzger, optometrist, 127th Medical Group, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, examines a patient during Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training 2019 at Wise County Fairgrounds, Wise, Virginia, Aug. 18, 2019. Appalachian Care IRT takes place Aug. 16-29 to provide medical, dental, optometry and veterinary care to assist local health and municipal authorities in addressing underserved and unmet community health and civic needs in Wise, Virginia, while simultaneously conducting deployment and readiness training for military personnel. Innovative Readiness Training is the only hands-on training opportunity authorized to operate within the United States. During Appalachian Care IRT, medical operations are staged at one physical location at Wise County Fairgrounds. Units also conduct critical mission training and logistical movement to simulate hands-on deployment readiness operations and health care delivery in times of crisis, conflict or disaster. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Andrew Layton)

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Appalachian Care 2019: Michigan ANG leads joint medical training mission serving Virginia community

U.S. Army Capt. Sadia Kalsoom, optometrist, Expeditionary Medical Facility Dallas One, Ft. Worth, Texas, examines a patient at Innovative Readiness Training Appalachian Care 2019 at Wise County Fairgrounds, Wise, Va., Aug. 18, 2019. Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training 2019 takes place Aug. 16-29, 2019, to care for the medically underserved communities of Wise, Virginia while simultaneously conducting deployment and readiness training for military personnel. Innovative Readiness Training is the only hands-on training opportunity authorized to operate within the U.S. During Appalachian Care IRT 2019, medical operations will be staged at one physical location at Wise County Fairgrounds. The Appalachian Care IRT 2019 team provides medical, dental, optometry and veterinary care to assist local health and municipal authorities in addressing underserved and unmet community health and civic needs. Units also conduct critical mission training and logistical movement in order to simulate hands-on deployment readiness operations and health care delivery in the time of crisis, conflict or disaster. (Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Andrew Layton)

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Appalachian Care 2019: Michigan ANG leads joint medical training mission serving Virginia community

U.S. Navy Reserve Lt. Gillian Claveria-Oooms, optometrist, Expeditionary Medical Facility Dallas One, Ft. Worth, Texas, examines a patient at Innovative Readiness Training Appalachian Care 2019 at Wise County Fairgrounds, Wise, Va., Aug. 18, 2019. Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training 2019 takes place Aug. 16-29, 2019, to care for the medically underserved communities of Wise, Virginia while simultaneously conducting deployment and readiness training for military personnel. Innovative Readiness Training is the only hands-on training opportunity authorized to operate within the U.S. During Appalachian Care IRT 2019, medical operations will be staged at one physical location at Wise County Fairgrounds. The Appalachian Care IRT 2019 team provides medical, dental, optometry and veterinary care to assist local health and municipal authorities in addressing underserved and unmet community health and civic needs. Units also conduct critical mission training and logistical movement in order to simulate hands-on deployment readiness operations and health care delivery in the time of crisis, conflict or disaster. (Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Andrew Layton)

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Appalachian Care 2019: Michigan ANG leads joint medical training mission serving Virginia community

Lt. Gillian Claveria-Oooms, optometrist, Expeditionary Medical Facility Dallas One, Ft. Worth, Texas, examines a patient at Innovative Readiness Training Appalachian Care 2019 at Wise County Fairgrounds, Wise, Va., Aug. 18, 2019. Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training 2019 takes place Aug. 16-29, 2019, to care for the medically underserved communities of Wise, Virginia while simultaneously conducting deployment and readiness training for military personnel. Innovative Readiness Training is the only hands-on training opportunity authorized to operate within the U.S. During Appalachian Care IRT 2019, medical operations will be staged at one physical location at Wise County Fairgrounds. The Appalachian Care IRT 2019 team provides medical, dental, optometry and veterinary care to assist local health and municipal authorities in addressing underserved and unmet community health and civic needs. Units also conduct critical mission training and logistical movement in order to simulate hands-on deployment readiness operations and health care delivery in the time of crisis, conflict or disaster. (Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Andrew Layton)

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Appalachian Care 2019: Michigan ANG leads joint medical training mission serving Virginia community

U.S. Navy Reserve Lt. Cdr. Derrick Call, dentist, Operational Heath Support Unit San Diego, Ca., examines a patient during Innovative Readiness Training Appalachian Care 2019 at Wise County Fairgrounds, Wise, Va., Aug. 18, 2019. Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training 2019 takes place Aug. 16-29, 2019, to care for the medically underserved communities of Wise, Virginia while simultaneously conducting deployment and readiness training for military personnel. Innovative Readiness Training is the only hands-on training opportunity authorized to operate within the U.S. During Appalachian Care IRT 2019, medical operations will be staged at one physical location at Wise County Fairgrounds. The Appalachian Care IRT 2019 team provides medical, dental, optometry and veterinary care to assist local health and municipal authorities in addressing underserved and unmet community health and civic needs. Units also conduct critical mission training and logistical movement in order to simulate hands-on deployment readiness operations and health care delivery in the time of crisis, conflict or disaster. (Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Andrew Layton)

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Appalachian Care 2019: Michigan ANG leads joint medical training mission serving Virginia community

Maj. Joshua Metzger, optometrist, 127th Medical Group, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., examines a patient during Innovative Readiness Training Appalachian Care 2019 at Wise County Fairgrounds, Wise, Va., Aug. 18, 2019. Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training 2019 takes place Aug. 16-29, 2019, to care for the medically underserved communities of Wise, Virginia while simultaneously conducting deployment and readiness training for military personnel. Innovative Readiness Training is the only hands-on training opportunity authorized to operate within the U.S. During Appalachian Care IRT 2019, medical operations will be staged at one physical location at Wise County Fairgrounds. The Appalachian Care IRT 2019 team provides medical, dental, optometry and veterinary care to assist local health and municipal authorities in addressing underserved and unmet community health and civic needs. Units also conduct critical mission training and logistical movement in order to simulate hands-on deployment readiness operations and health care delivery in the time of crisis, conflict or disaster. (Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Andrew Layton)

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Apply pressure here

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chris Rodgers, an aerospace medical service journeyman with the 35th Medical Operations Squadron at Misawa Air Base, Japan, teaches Fijian health care volunteers the basics of CPR during a hands-on training as part of Pacific Angel 17-3 at Tagitagi Sangam School and Kindergarten in Tavua, Fiji, July 15, 2017. Rodgers and seven other Misawa Airmen joined more than 50 U.S. service members in support of this exercise. The exercise strengthens interoperability and partnership between the United States, Fiji and other nations and organizations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)

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Arkansas ANG swabs into action on COVID-19 state mission

Arkansas Air National Guard Master Sgt. Ellen Garrett secures a COVID-19 nose swab for testing at a drive-thru on the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences campus downtown. Garrett and five other Arkansas Air National Guard Airmen, along with 10 Arkansas Army National Guard Soldiers are on state active duty orders to assist with the state's response to the pandemic. The 16 Guardsmen at UAMS comprise half the state's 32 Guardsmen on state active duty as of March 23, 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Mr. John R. Oldham)

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ARMS-Mission Training

Airmen with 923nd Airlift Wing, Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, conduct Aero Medical Evacuation Readiness Mission training on a C-130J from the 314th Airlift Wing, Aug. 6, 2020. ARMS-Mission training is required for AES Airmen to maintain mission readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brooke Spenner)

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Army and Air Force team up for MEDEVAC

Army Reserve Spc. Ryan Flores and Spc. Bailey Jungmann of the 469th Medical Company, Wichita, Kan., team with Air Force Staff Sgt. Cherrelle Warren and Airman 1st Class Echo Heldreth of the 6th Medical Group from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., rush to transport a mannequin patient from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Responders Support Camp Nighthawk, Ind., during Guardian Response 17, April 29, 2017. Nearly 5,000 Soldiers and Airmen from across the country participated in Guardian Response 17, a multi-component training exercise to validate the military's ability to support civil authorities in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear catastrophe. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Sofia)

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