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‘A Positive’ experience: Yokota medics revive mainland blood drive

A donor squeezes a stress ball while getting their blood drawn during a blood drive at the Samurai Fitness Center at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 22, 2024. Organizers of the event hope to conduct regular blood drives on mainland Japan, with the next one planned six months from now at Yokosuka Naval Station. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jarrett Smith)
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‘A Positive’ experience: Yokota medics revive mainland blood drive

U.S. Army Spc. Leslie Blanco, Armed Services Blood Bank Center Pacific Northwest medical lab technician, takes blood from a donor during a blood drive at the Samurai Fitness Center at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 22, 2024. Members from ASBBC PNW and Okinawa helped facilitate the blood drive, assisting Yokota with supplies and staff for blood drive donations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jarrett Smith)
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‘A Positive’ experience: Yokota medics revive mainland blood drive

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Hopkins, Armed Services Blood Bank Center Okinawa area joint blood program officer, and U.S. Army Cpl. James Grant, ASBBC Okinawa medical lab technician, bring supplies and blood donations to a C-12J Huron from a blood drive at the Samurai Fitness Center at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 23, 2024. Once the donations were collected, they were transported to the ASBBC Okinawa for testing and distribution to other U.S. Military bases in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jarrett Smith)
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‘A Positive’ experience: Yokota medics revive mainland blood drive

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Antonio Villanueva, Armed Services Blood Bank Center Okinawa medical lab technician, prepares to load donations from a blood drive onto a C-12J Huron from the 459th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 22, 2024. Once volunteers collected blood from the blood drive, they took it to the ASBBC for testing and distribution to other bases across the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jarrett Smith)
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‘A Positive’ experience: Yokota medics revive mainland blood drive

Personnel from the Armed Services Blood Bank Center Okinawa and 459th Airlift Squadron load supplies onto a C-12 Huron from blood drive at the Samurai Fitness Center at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 23, 2024. The ASBBC helped organize this event by bringing supply and medical lab technicians from Okinawa and the U.S. Pacific Northwest. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jarrett Smith)
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‘A Positive’ experience: Yokota medics revive mainland blood drive

From the left, U.S. Army Cpl. James Grant and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Huff, Armed Services Blood Bank Center Okinawa medical lab technicians, collect bags used for blood donations during a blood drive at the Samurai Fitness Center at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 22, 2024. The blood drive brought in approximately 182 donors and roughly 81,900 milliliters of blood to help ensure military medical readiness for bases across the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jarrett Smith)
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‘A Positive’ experience: Yokota medics revive mainland blood drive

A C-12J Huron from the 459th Airlift Squadron taxis at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 22, 2024. Airmen from the 459th AS helped ensure that the donation team could use two C-12J Hurons to transport donations and supplies from a blood drive to the Armed Services Blood Bank Center Okinawa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jarrett Smith)
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‘Blu-Med’ provides mobile patient reception

Airman 1st Class Karla Martinez and Airman Yan Cruz, 81st Medical Support squadron, and Airman 1st Classs Erica Gilbertson, 81st Medical Operations Squadron, pull the exterior canvas layer over the smallest of the three tents as they train to erect the “Blu-Med” system Jan. 19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Steve Pivnick)
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‘Good things are happening’ as DoD continues to roll out MHS GENESIS

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Lee Payne discusses MHS GENESIS at the 2018 AMSUS annual meeting. (Photo by MHS Communications)
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‘Small but Mighty’ 97 MDG celebrates National Nurse, Medical Technician week

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Trinity Randall, 97th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron (OMRS) medical technician, checks the blood pressure of Senior Airman Alexzandria Body, 97th OMRS front desk clerk, at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, May 9, 2022. Randall said her favorite thing about being a medical technician is helping patients and she has always dreamed of being part of the medical field. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Kayla Christenson)
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‘STARDOC’ program ready for liftoff at Dyess AFB

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jamie Mendoza, 7th Health Care Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician, demonstrates STARDOC’s capabilities on Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. This initiative equips medics with a portable, high-speed internet connection able to connect to electronic health records and other medical systems no matter how remote or austere the location. (Courtesy photo)
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“Better Foods. Better Bodies.” aims to raise awareness of healthy food options

The Office of the Air Force Surgeon General and Air Force Medical Operations Agency (AFMOA) Health Promotion office launched a pilot campaign recently focused on motivating Airmen and their families to eat healthier. The campaign – which adopted the tagline “Better Foods. Better Bodies.” – aims to raise awareness of healthy food options, increase knowledge of good nutritional choices and motivate Airmen and their families to eat better, both on and off base. (Graphic by Steve Thompson)
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“One team, one fight”: Air Force nurse enhances neonatal care and leadership at Nellis Air Force Base

U.S. Air Force Capt. Zanetta Foster, then a first lieutenant, poses for a professional photo, 2017. (Courtesy photo from U.S. Air Force Capt. Zanetta Foster)
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“One team, one fight”: Air Force nurse enhances neonatal care and leadership at Nellis Air Force Base

U.S. Air Force Capt. Zanetta Foster holds a coin she received from the Air Combat Command Surgeon General, Col. Raymond J. Clydesdale, for improving standard procedures in the labor and delivery unit at Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, October 2024. (Courtesy photo from U.S. Air Force Capt. Zanetta Foster)
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“School of Air Evacuation” celebrates 75th anniversary

A model of a Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” hangs above the atrium in USAFSAM. The “Jenny” -- deemed as the first air ambulance -- was developed at the end of World War I when the U.S. Army recognized the need to air transport wounded soldiers. The “Jenny” was dedicated as part of the School of Air Evacuation’s 75th anniversary celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rick Eldridge)
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“School of Air Evacuation” celebrates 75th anniversary

Col. Alden Hilton, United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine commander, Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force Surgeon General, Maj. Gen. William Cooley, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, and Brig. Gen. Mark Koeniger, 711th Human Performance Wing commander, cutting the ribbon during a ceremony in USAFSAM to mark the full operational capability of the Department of Defense’s only human-rated centrifuge, Aug. 2, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
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“School of Air Evacuation” celebrates 75th anniversary

The School of Air Evacuation’s 75th anniversary event included a wreath laying ceremony in remembrance of the flight nurses and technicians who have lost their lives in the line of duty. The two-day event was held at USAFSAM, part of the larger centennial celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rick Eldridge)
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“School of Air Evacuation” celebrates 75th anniversary

Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, kicked off the School of Air Evacuation’s 75th anniversary event by thanking the audience for the opportunity to celebrate a remarkable milestone of what she calls “disruptive innovation.” The two-day event was held at USAFSAM, part of the larger centennial celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rick Eldridge)
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“Vital” mission

Staff Sgt. Alyssa Dutkiewicz checks vital signs during a training exercise July 13, 2013, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Members of the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron trained with the Canadian air force to improve their aeromedical evacuation training. The Canadian air force demonstrates the way they perform an evacuation response to other NATO countries. Dutkiewicz is assigned to the 375th AES. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jaeda Waffer)
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“Vital” mission

Staff Sgt. Alyssa Dutkiewicz checks vital signs during a training exercise July 13, 2013, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Members of the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron trained with the Canadian air force to improve their aeromedical evacuation training. The Canadian air force demonstrates the way they perform an evacuation response to other NATO countries. Dutkiewicz is assigned to the 375th AES. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jaeda Waffer)
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