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18th LRS conducts ATSO training

An Airman practices bandaging during Ability to Survive and Operate training at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 12, 2019. The ATSO training tested Airmen with various emergency situations including chemical attacks, unexploded ordnance and Self-Aid and Buddy Care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)
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18th LRS conducts ATSO training

Airmen demonstrate the one-man carry technique during Ability to Survive and Operate training at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 12, 2019. Self-Aid and Buddy Care, an essential part of survival for Airmen, is basic medical care given during loss of life or limb situations until more advanced medical providers arrive. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)
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18th Medical Group demonstrates expeditionary medical capabilities

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. John Gallemore, 18th Wing Commander, greets Airmen assigned to the 18th Medical Group during a USAF-led operational exercise Beverley Midnight 26 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 10, 2026. This exercise provides unique opportunities to synchronize and integrate various forces across Japan into joint, coalition and bilateral training from simulated forward operating bases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amy Kelley)
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18th Medical Group demonstrates expeditionary medical capabilities

U.S. Air Force 18th Medical Group Airmen, prepare for a visit from 18th Wing leadership during a USAF-led operational exercise Beverley Midnight 26 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 10, 2026. The Expeditionary Medical Support facility enables Airmen to provide medical support from multiple austere locations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amy Kelley)
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18th Medical Group demonstrates expeditionary medical capabilities

U.S. Air Force Maj. William Rysenga, left, 18th Dental Squadron general dentist and Tech. Sgt. Joseph Linzy, 18th DS dental technician, sort through medical supplies during a USAF-led operational exercise Beverley Midnight 26 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 10, 2026. This exercise tested rapid response capabilities to prepare medical personnel for potential emergencies in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amy Kelley)
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18th Medical Group demonstrates expeditionary medical capabilities

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 18th Medical Group and service members assigned to the Forward Resuscitation Surgical Team from the 3rd Marine Logistics Group, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force treat a simulated patient during a USAF-led operational exercise Beverly Midnight 26 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 10, 2026. This exercise tested rapid response capabilities to prepare medical personnel for potential emergencies in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amy Kelley)
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18th Medical Group demonstrates expeditionary medical capabilities

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Henry Sander, assigned to the 3rd Medical Battalion anesthesiologist, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, right, briefs U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. John Gallemore, 18th Wing commander, during a USAF-led operational exercise Beverley Midnight 26 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 10, 2026. The Expeditionary Medical Support facility allows mobile deployment of medical treatment facilities in any location, allowing medical personnel to treat casualties in austere locations (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amy Kelley)
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18th Medical Group public health technician

Staff Sgt. Yesenia Benjamin, an 18th Medical Group public health technician, teaches a Sri Lankan child how to properly wash her hands during Pacific Angel 16-3 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Aug. 16, 2016. Now entering its ninth year, Operation Pacific Angel ensures that the region’s militaries are prepared to work together to address humanitarian crises. Since 2007, Pacific Angel operations have improved the lives of tens of thousands of people. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany A. Chase)
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18th Medical Group trains for contingencies

Master Sgt. Geisha Patton, 18th Medical Support Squadron in-place patient decontamination team chief, and Airman 1st Class Tiffany Speth, 18th Medical Operations Squadron medical technician, set up a decontamination tent for training at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 17, 2013. The tent is used to treat patients who have been contaminated by a chemical attack. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marcus Morris)
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18th OMRS boosts Kadena’s health, immunity

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kristen Warner, left, 909th Air Refueling Squadron independent duty medical technician, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a U.S. military spouse at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 26, 2022. With the Omicron variant, staying up-to-date with vaccinations and boosters is pivotal in order to ensure a fit and ready force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Anna Nolte)
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18th Wing concludes base-wide readiness exercise

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 18th Medical Group care for a simulated patient during a readiness exercise on Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 16, 2023. Training exercises evaluate Kadena’s ability to fulfill mission objectives, ensuring stability and security of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sebastian Romawac)
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18th Wing concludes base-wide readiness exercise

U.S. Air Force Capt. Shailey Dao, right, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron officer in charge of ground training, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas Anthes, 18th AES flight instructor ground training, care for a simulated patient during a readiness exercise on Kadena Air Base, March 16, 2023. The 18th Wing is postured to respond to demanding scenarios, and continuously focuses on keeping forces ready for high-end missions through daily training and readiness exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sebastian Romawac)
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190118-F-OH871-0833

A U.S. Air Force special operations force medical element works with Royal Danish Air Force medical personnel to treat patients aboard a C-146 Dornier aircraft at Hurlburt Field, Fla., during flight operations for casualty evacuation and critical care training as part of exercise Emerald Warrior 19, Jan. 17, 2019. Emerald Warrior provides annual realistic and relevant pre-deployment training, encompassing multiple joint operating areas. This training prepares special operations forces, conventional force enablers, partner nations, and interagency elements to integrate with and execute full-spectrum special operations in a complex and uncertain irregular warfare security environment, and uses aspects of live, virtual, and constructive training assets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook)
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190123-F-QO224-1061

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Yannick Sharras (left), 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron medical technician, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Senior Airman Larry Nice, 86th AES medical technician, prepare a patient for medical evacuation aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker, Jan. 23, 2019. During the training, members underwent emergency medical scenarios, including treatment for patients suffering worsening health conditions, cardiac emergencies, aircraft decompression, and emergency ditching. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brandon Esau)
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190130-F-EF974-0314

Alyssa Carvajal bowls with her son, Easton, Jan. 30, 2019, at the bowling event held by Exceptional Family Member Program-Family Support at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)
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190303-F-CW157-0003

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tatiana Abasolo, a member of the Air Force Reserve’s 624th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, provides instruction on how to properly secure a patient for movement during an aeromedical staging and aerial port training at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 3, 2019. The event was a collaborative effort to build working relationships between the Hawaii Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve and focused on both medical and aerial port functions, to include enroute patient care and staging, and cargo preparation and loading. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Theanne Herrmann)
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190306-F-PV972-1161

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III is prepped to transport a transportation isolation system March 6, 2019, during a training exercise that allows Airmen to practice the most effective and safest form of transportation for patients and their medical professionals. Engineered and implemented after the Ebola virus outbreak in 2014, the TIS is an enclosure the Department of Defense can use to safely transport patients with highly contagious diseases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cody R. Miller)
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190412-Z-AC359-420

U.S. Army Maj. Anthony Gragg, a dentist with the Medical Detachment, Garrison Support Command, Vermont National Guard, examines a patient at the Regional Center Hospital at Tambacounda, Senegal, April 12, 2019. The National Guard’s State Partnership Program is a cost-effective way to strengthen alliances and attract new partners.
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190503-F-HW934-037

Thomas McCaffery, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, joined Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, the Air Force Surgeon General, and Maj. Gen. Lee Payne, the Assistant Director for Combat Support for the Defense Health Agency, in touring the 436th Medical Group, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, May 3, 2018. They visited Dover AFB as part of a Military Health System transformation effort, which began October 2018. The transformation is a direct result of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017, with the goal of ensuring a more consistent experience of care for patients. (U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. Damien Taylor)
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190520-N-RZ218-0005

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, served as a keynote speaker for the 40th Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences graduation held at National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall, May 18 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Paul Kotara II)
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