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An AFMS look back at February 2020

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. David Hernandez, 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron chief flight nurse, directs the boarding of medical training mannequins onto a Fairchild Air Force Base KC-135 Stratotanker during an aeromedical evacuation mission at Travis Air Force Base, California, Feb. 11, 2020. This is Fairchild’s second Travis aeromedical evacuation training support mission, and with the new addition of the 60th AES team, Team Fairchild is looking forward to more training missions in the future. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lawrence Sena)
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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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Medics support Ranger exercise

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Mark Lytle, 96th Medical Group chief vascular surgery, discusses the simulated patient’s medical treatment during the medical portion of the 6th Ranger Training Battalion’s mass casualty exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Feb. 5, 2020. The exercise tested the 96th MDG’s medical capabilities and rescue effort coordination with Eglin first responders and county rescue teams to a major accident on the Eglin range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ilka Cole)
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23d MSS helps maintain optimal health

Airman Michael Mendenhall, delivers prescriptions to the ScriptCenter at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Feb. 5, 2020. The pharmacy packages and furnishes more than 500 prescriptions daily to ensure beneficiaries receive medication needed to maintain optimal health. The ScriptCenter streamlines the main pharmacy refill process by dispensing medication to beneficiaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Azaria E. Foster)
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Medical exercise

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Manuel Nunez, 96th Medical Group, evaluates a simulated wounded Soldier’s injuries during a mass casualty exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Feb. 5. The exercise tested the 96th MDG’s responses to receiving several simulated wounded soldiers from the Army’s 6th Ranger Training Battalion. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Karissa Rodriguez)
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Soldiers and Airmen assigned to West Virginia National Guard’s 35th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or Explosive Enhanced Response Force Packages put a mock patient through the decontamination process while participating in a response rehearsal at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington D.C., in preparation for the 2020 State of the Union Address, Feb. 3, 2020. The 35th CERF-P is a joint-force unit comprised of the 130th Airlift Wing’s CERF-P Detachment and Soldiers from the West Virginia Army National Guard, whose mission is to preposition at high-profile events in preparation to support civil authorities at domestic CBRNE incident sites. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Caleb Vance)
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Humanitarian mission helps those in need while providing training for AE, aircrew

Members of the 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron train on a C-17 Globemaster III during a flight to Honduras, Feb. 1, 2020. They received in-flight training while carrying donated humanitarian cargo to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, as part of the Denton Cargo Program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Mathews)
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Eyes on it: optometry clinic ensures mission readiness

Dr. Courtney Humphrey, 633rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron optometrist, holds a lens used to look into a patient’s eye at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Jan. 27, 2020. Humphrey is one of three doctors in the Langley AFB optometry clinic, treating active duty personnel from all branches. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sarah Dowe)
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21st Space Wing leadership visits Schriever

U.S. Air Force Maj. Steven Savage, 21st Medical Squadron general dentist, demonstrates the Sirona Unit Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Milling Crown unit to Col. Thomas Falzarano, 21st Space Wing commander, during his visit to the 21st MDS at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Jan. 22, 2020. With the help of the unit, the 21st MDS is able to provide patients who need crowns the same day at Schriever AFB. This technology reduced the amount of Schriever Airmen on dental profiles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Amanda Lovelace)
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Biomedical Sciences Corps Appreciation Week

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Syndi Breitenbach, 9th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Bioenvironmental technician, left, and 2nd Lt. Rebecca Smith, 9th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Deputy Flight Commander of Bioenvironmental Engineering, conduct HazMat ID training at Beale Air Force Base, California, Jan. 24, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jenell Brown)
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19th AW conducts ATSO Rodeo

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jajuan Erby, 19th Medical Group bioenvironmental technician, is inspected for simulated radiation during a radiological aircraft recovery training exercise at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Jan. 23, 2020. The decontamination line allows for any member who has possibly been exposed to radiation to be safely checked then decontaminated. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jayden Ford)
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47th Medical Group participates in Ready Eagle exercise at Laughlin

47th Medical Group medics wearing powered, air-purified respirator suits roll a stretcher carrying a volunteer patient to the in-place patient decontamination during the Ready Eagle exercise at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 17, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anne McCready)
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Bioenvironmental Engineering Airmen are ‘jack of all trades’

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Gregory Rackley, 56th Occupational Medicine Readiness Squadron bioenvironmental engineering technician, instructs Senior Airman Joseph Bowden, 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, on the procedure to tighten a gas mask during a fit test at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, Jan. 14, 2020. The technicians administer fit tests for individuals who are deploying, and individuals perform various movements while wearing the gas mask to test how well it fits to their face. Bioenvironmental engineering’s mission is to provide reliable health risk expertise to optimize human performance and prevent adverse health effects of Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brooke Moeder)
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Exercise Frozen Defender: 435 SFS secures airfield

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Taylor Sutton, 435th Security Forces Squadron ground combat readiness training center instructor, leads the way during the simulated casualty exercise, Frozen Defender, in Grostenquin, France, Jan. 14, 2020. Frozen Defender tests the squadron’s capabilities in a contested environment under harsh conditions. The Defenders faced scenarios requiring self-aid and buddy care practices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer)
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AF surgeon general speaks to JBSA medics

U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Dorothy A. Hogg, speaks to doctors, nurses and technicians during a visit to Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 9, 2020. Airmen from BAMC and Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center gathered for a town hall to hear Hogg’s perspective on the future of military medicine and ask questions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Katherine Spessa)
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Essential Medicine Experts

U.S. Air Force Maj. Andrea Russell, 9th Medical Support Squadron pharmacy element chief, pours pills into a medicine counting machine at the clinic at Beale Air Force Base, California, Jan. 9, 2020. Through teamwork, innovation and efficient utilization of resources, the pharmacy plays an integral part in the 9th Medical Group’s mission to support worldwide operational readiness and the 9th Reconnaissance Wing U-2/RQ-4 high-altitude mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Valentina Viglianco)
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Walking Blood Bank

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Duncan, 332d Expeditionary Medical Group medical technician, performs a blood typing test at the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, Dec. 20, 2019. The 332 EMDG started the first walking blood bank for military members to provide blood in case of an emergency medical care incident. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Satran)
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Aeromedical Evacuation knows no bounds

Airmen from the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Detachment one perform medical operations on U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Earl, 43rd AES Detachment one director of operations, who simulates having a heart attack to test the team’s capabilities on a C-17 Globemaster III from Travis Air Force Base, California, Dec. 18, 2019. The 43rd AES and the 60th Medical Group Critical Care Air Transport Team practiced their AE capabilities during their first integrated mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathon Carnell)
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Aeromedical Evacuation knows no bounds

U.S. Air Force Capt. Amy Badillo, 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Detachment one flight nurse, monitors vitals on a simulated patient on a C-17 Globemaster III from Travis Air Force Base, California, Dec. 18, 2019. The 43rd AES and the 60th Medical Group Critical Care Air Transport Team practiced their AE capabilities during their first integrated mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathon Carnell)
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Laboratory: heart of 20th MDG clinic

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Chris Savinon, 20th Medical Support Squadron lab technician, holds a blood plate in the medical clinic at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, Dec. 9, 2019. Purchased bacteria is grown on the plates and tested on machines to ensure they can identify the correct bacteria for quality control purposes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kathryn R.C. Reaves)
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