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From the battlefield to the football field: Air Force surgeon’s skills knows no bounds

Lt. Col. Valerie Sams, director of the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, or C-STARS, program in Cincinnati, poses for a photo at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on Jan. 31, 2023. Sams was the surgeon on call the evening Buffalo Bills’ safety, Damar Hamlin, was admitted when his heart stopped during the game on Jan. 2, 2023. (Courtesy photo by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center)
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From the battlefield to the football field: Air Force surgeon’s skills knows no bounds

Lt. Col. Valerie Sams, director of the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, or C-STARS, program in Cincinnati, poses for a photo at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on Jan. 31, 2023. Sams was the surgeon on call the evening Buffalo Bills’ safety, Damar Hamlin, was admitted when his heart stopped during the game on Jan. 2, 2023. (Courtesy photo by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center)
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From Ukrainian orphanage to AFMS Airman

SrA Yana Ingram, a Pharmacy Technician with the 97th Medical Group, fills a prescription at the Altus Air Force Base pharmacy in Oklahoma. Ingram found her way to the US Air Force from a Ukrainian orphanage.
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Future nurses learn from present Airmen

Nursing students from Caritas SchulZentrum St. Hildegard, Saarbrücken, Germany, listen to a flight medic from the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron during a tour of the 86th AES facilities at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 13, 2016. The students received an introduction to the 86th AES mission from Airmen assigned to the squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Bass)
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Future nurses learn from present Airmen

A nursing instructor from Caritas SchulZentrum St. Hildegard, Saarbrücken, Germany, shows her students how American IV’s are set up differently than German IV’s at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 13, 2016. Nineteen nursing students toured the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron’s facilities, learning how Airmen accomplish their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Bass)
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Future nurses learn from present Airmen

Nursing students from Caritas SchulZentrum St. Hildegard, Saarbrücken, Germany, work with 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron medics in a simulated mass casualty scenario at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 13, 2016. The medics and students worked together to triage and treat patients before evacuating them from the scene. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Bass)
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Future nurses learn from present Airmen

Nursing students from Caritas SchulZentrum St. Hildegard, Saarbrücken, Germany, along with medics from the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, and 86th Medical Group simulation team members pose for a photo after a simulated mass casualty training scenario at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 13, 2016. The visit allowed the students to learn opportunities where Air Force nurses can incorporate their skillsets and training in an environment outside of the traditional clinical setting. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Bass)
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Future of readiness: AFMS, partners explore innovative technologies

Air Force medical personnel attend to notional patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2025 at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 28, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Brafman)
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Future of readiness: AFMS, partners explore innovative technologies

Notional patients lay in gurneys during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2025 at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 28, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Brafman)
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Future of readiness: AFMS, partners explore innovative technologies

Lt. Gen. John J. DeGoes, Air Force and Space Force Surgeon General, accesses the Battlefield Assisted Distributed Observation Kit on a designated mobile device to test the application’s user interface in entering patient data during a simulated trauma scenario. The Air Force Medical Command’s operational test division under its Capability Development Directorate, A5T, hosted an Air Force medical leadership site visit to demonstrate technological capabilities for battlefield care at a testing location, Fort Detrick, Maryland, July 24, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Hearst)
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Future of readiness: AFMS, partners explore innovative technologies

Chief Master Sgt. James Woods, Chief of the Medical Enlisted Force, speaks with Airmen during a site visit showcasing technological capabilities to enhance expeditionary medical care, hosted by the Air Force Medical Command’s A5T, the operational test division under its Capability Development Directorate, at a testing location, Fort Detrick, Maryland, July 24, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Hearst)
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Future of readiness: AFMS, partners explore innovative technologies

Air Force senior medical leaders preview a demonstration of the Operational Medicine Care Delivery Platform during a site visit hosted by the Air Force Medical Command’s A5T, the operational test division under the Capability Development Directorate, at a testing location, Fort Detrick, Maryland, July 24, 2025. Attended by Air Force and Space Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. John J. DeGoes, AFMEDCOM Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Eveline Yao, and Director of Policy and Resources Brig. Gen. Jason Lennen, the site visit exhibited technological capabilities for battlefield care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Hearst)
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Genuine care for juvenile patients

A 19th Medical Operations Squadron pediatric medical technician holds hands with a patient during a check-up June 6, 2017, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The pediatrics clinic sees children as young as three days to as old as 17 years of age. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mercedes Taylor)
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Genuine care for juvenile patients

Lt. Col. Ruth Gulotta, 19th Medical Operations Support Squadron pediatrician, checks Elsie’s ear during an appointment June 6, 2017, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The pediatrics clinic is comprised of approximately eight members and sees approximately 90 patients a week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mercedes Taylor)
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Genuine care for juvenile patients

Lt. Col. Ruth Gulotta, 19th Medical Operations Support Squadron pediatrician, checks Elsie’s ear during an appointment June 6, 2017, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The pediatrics clinic is comprised of approximately eight members and sees approximately 90 patients a week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mercedes Taylor)
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Getting bloody

Blood is added to a fake cut over a victim’s eye prior to an active assailant exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, April 3, 2019. The Moulage team, made of medical Airmen, create injuries, burns and gore on simulated victims for Eglin’s major exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)
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GFLR 22-03 paves way for tomorrow’s fight

U.S. Air Force Capt. Patrick Kopacko, 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, and Senior Airman Rheannon Pionek, 433rd AES technician, prepare a C-17 Globemaster III for simulated patients during an Aeromedical Evacuation exercise at Peason Ridge on Fort Polk, Louisiana, Jan 12, 2022. The AE exercise was part of Green Flag Little Rock 22-03, which focused on three joint-accredited items: combat airlift; survival, evasion, resistance and escape; and aeromedical evacuation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Irvin)
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GFLR 22-03 paves way for tomorrow’s fight

Capt. Lenard Tol, 19th Medical Operations Squadron physician assistant, provides care to a patient with simulated injuries during an Aeromedical Evacuation exercise at Peason Ridge on Fort Polk, Louisiana, Jan. 12, 2022. The AE exercise was part of Green Flag Little Rock 22-03 which focused on three joint-accredited items: combat airlift; survival, evasion, resistance and escape; and aeromedical evacuation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Maria Umanzor Guzman)
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Grand Slam Wing commander observes 379th EMDS perform surgery

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Richard Dickens, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, observes a ganglion cyst excision surgery within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 8, 2025. Ganglion cysts located near joints make it difficult to perform certain tasks, therefore an excision is conducted to improve mobility. The surgery coincided with the reopening of the operating suite, now revitalized for enduring surgical capabilities in the AOR. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zeeshan Naeem)
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Grand Slam Wing commander observes 379th EMDS perform surgery

U.S. Air Force surgeons assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Medical Squadron perform a ganglion cyst excision surgery within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 8, 2025. Surgeons used skin rakes to expose the cyst and an electrosurgical pencil to excise and cauterize it. Cauterization effectively destroys bacteria at the surgical site, reducing the risk of postoperative infection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zeeshan Naeem)
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