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Color Run 2018

A runner reacts to getting purple chalk in her hair during a Color Run 5k at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., April 6, 2018. The 5k was to promote Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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Columbus AFB challenges medics with combat casualty exercise

Airmen from the 14th Medical Group train with a medical training mannequin during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care Course in the Walker Center at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 23, 2020. TCCC has become the standard of medical training proficiency for military personnel to prepare them for potential combat situations in an ongoing effort to heighten medical readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jake Jacobsen)

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Columbus AFB challenges medics with combat casualty exercise

Airmen from the 14th Medical Group walk in a line into the simulated battlefield during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care Course in the Walker Center at Columbus Air Force Base Mississippi, Feb. 23, 2020. In the replicated training, Airmen were given rubber guns and full body gear to protect the “wounded” and other medics while providing treatment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jake Jacobsen)

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Columbus Air Force Base Retiree Appreciation Day event.

Maj. Gabe Fleming, 14th Medical Operations Squadron Aerospace Operations and Physiology Flight Commander, explains the capabilities of the altitude chamber to local retirees during a base tour during the Retiree Appreciation Day event. The tours itinerary also includes a tour of the 50th Flying Training Squadron and a display of Columbus Air Force Base aircraft. (AF Photo)

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Columbus Air Force Base Retiree Appreciation Day event.

Mr. James Poe, Director of the Columbus Air Force Base Retiree Affairs Office, highlights the team behind the Retiree Appreciation Day event held today, Sept. 26, at the Fire Station. Over 100 retirees from the local area came out to listen to guest speakers, meet members from local organizations and base units, get a flu shot, and attend a free fish fry. Tours of Columbus AFB will start at noon.

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COMACC visits Moody AFB

U.S. Air Force Chief Mast Sgt. David Wade, command chief of Air Combat Command, stretches an exercise band during a group exercise at the Warrior Athlete Center of Excellence building at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, May 6, 2021. The WACoE provides coaching, programs and equipment to help Airmen perform and recover from physically demanding jobs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rachel Perkinson)

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Combat acupuncture

Maj. (Dr.) Jennifer Salguero 377th Medical Group, family practice clinic medical director, performs combat acupuncture on Jim Fisher, 377th Air Base Wing public affairs specialist, at the 377th Medical Group building in Albuquerque, N.M., Feb. 7, 2018. Whereas traditional acupuncture involves needles placed within 12 zones all throughout the body, Battlefield Acupuncture is a form of auricular acupuncture in which needles are placed only on the surface of the ear. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

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Combat Challenge

31st Security Forces Squadron Airmen perform aid on a training dummy to test their first aid abilities during the Police Week Combat Challenge that pit security forces Airmen against Joint International Non Commissioned Officers Development Course on May 15, 2019 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Participates were tested on treating wounds, applying a tourniquet and other forms of first aid. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Caleb House)

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Commander Air Education and Training Command visits 59th Medical Wing

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Shaffer, Department of Defense biomedical equipment technician training program instructor supervisor, demonstrates a virtual reality training program to Air Education and Training Command leadership during an immersion tour at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Oct. 9, 2019. An innovation team on the Medical Education Training Campus has created a VR lab to augment learning within each student’s respective schoolhouse. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stanford)

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Commentary: Mouthguards: Use them or lose them (your teeth)

Mouthguards should be worn during training and sporting activities that can place the face and mouth in danger of trauma as a result of head-to-head contact, hazardous falls, teeth clenching or blows to the mouth

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Compassionate care for pediatric patients

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nicholas Short, 31st Health Care Operations Squadron medical technician, listens to a patient’s heartbeat at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Feb. 6, 2024. The Pediatric Clinic cares for military children from newborn up to 18 years old. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Heather Ley)

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Conducting COVID-19 Testing

U.S. Air Force Airman from the 133rd Medical Group, oversees COVID-19 testing in St. Paul, Minnesota, June 4, 2020. The Minnesota National Guard, including the 133rd Airlift Wing, were mobilized in support of Minnesota’s Executive Order 20-64, performing patrols, manning control points, and assisting firefighters in accomplishing their lifesaving mission by providing security throughout Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and surrounding communities. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Amy M. Lovgren)

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Connecting with the Airmen

Airman 1st Class Mychaela Cammack, 47th Medical Operations Squadron pediatrics technician, bottom left, briefs Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Lee E. Payne, Air Force Medical Operations Agency commander, at the 47th Medical Group Clinic on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 15, 2015. The pediatrics clinic was one of twelve units Payne visited during his visit to Laughlin to gain a better perspective of the mission and challenges faced by the unit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Steven R. Doty)(Released)

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Contingency response

U.S. Air Force Capt. Shailey Dao, flight nurse, receives in-flight contingency response training from a Royal Australian Air Force service member while aboard a C-27J Spartan during exercise Cope North 2023 near Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 14, 2023. The U.S., Australia and Japan displayed the coalition’s interoperability and airpower resilience and survivability across the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jao’Torey Johnson)

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Coordinated response: Coalition forces conduct first joint crash exercise

Members of the 380th Expeditionary Medical Group medical operations flight prepare a pilot for transport, with the assistance of French security forces, during a joint crash exercise at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, May 16, 2017. Coalition first responders worked together to provide joint response and care, and to simulate how they would respond in the event of an aircraft mishap. [Faces of French personnel have been obscured at the request of l'Armée de l'air.] (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marjorie A. Bowlden)

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Cory Johnson

Senior Airman Cory Johnson, 3rd Space Operations Squadron procedures technician, contemplates his future in medicine after being accepted into the dual enrollment program of University of California, Los Angeles and David Geffen School of Medicine. Johnson has been dreaming of becoming a doctor since he was a 10-year-old boy, frequenting hospitals often due to his health. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Scarlett Rodriguez)

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COVID screenings

Two members of the 55th Medical group review a COVID-19 briefing as part of a screening for members of the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron returning from overseas, May 5. 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by William A. O'Brien)

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COVID-19 can’t stop Lab Week

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Emery and Airman 1st Class Jordan Cleveland, 30th Health Care Operations Squadron laboratory technicians, conduct microscope training at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, April 20, 2020. Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, also known as Lab Week, is observed annually to promote awareness and show appreciation to medical laboratory professionals and pathologists for the work they do to assist patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brittany E. N. Murphy)

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COVID-19 RESPONSE

Kuhina Talimalie, 735th Air Mobility Squadron passenger service and baggage agent, tests a no-touch thermometer on an Airman at the Air Mobility Command Passenger Terminal at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 25, 2020. Passenger terminal Airmen are screening passengers for fevers to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)

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COVID-19 testing

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kokou Dekadjevi, 96th Medical Group, administers a COVID-19 test at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Aug. 10, 2020. Dekadjevi and the medical group’s diagnostic testing center employees administered more than 330 tests in a two-day span to 7th Special Forces Group Soldiers returning from a deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ilka Cole)

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