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Mr. Kiley Gerritsen, Simulation Coordinator, demonstrates the laproscopic simulator to Air Force Surgeon General

Mr. Kiley Gerritsen, Simulation Coordinator, demonstrates the laproscopic simulator to Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen Mark Ediger at the Wright-Patterson Medical Center's Simulation Center during his visit to Wright-Patterson AFB on Jan. 13, 2015.
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DESERT STORM

Medical personnel use litters to transport Cpl. Richard Ramirez, 1st Marine Division, and other wounded to a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The patients are being medically evacuated from Al-Jubayl Air Base to Germany for treatment of wounds received during Operation Desert Storm.
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DESERT STORM

Tech. Sgt. Theresa Hillis, front, of the 68th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES), Norton Air Force Base, Calif.; Senior Master Sgt. James Cundall, right, of the 118th AES, Tennessee Air National Guard, Nashville, Tenn.; and Tech. Sgt. Dennis Mulline, left, of the 137th AES receive a mission briefing during Operation Desert Storm.
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Dolli Lane, 96th Medical Group laboratory technician, reviews a sample

Dolli Lane, 96th Medical Group laboratory technician, reviews a sample through the microscope Nov.19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Lane spotted a rare spirally-twisted bacteria when reviewing a sick patient’s malaria smear. The sample provided by the 96th MDG lab was the first-ever human-blood sample of a spirochete bacteria, known to cause tick-borne relapsing fever to be cultured at the Centers for Disease Control.
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human-blood sample of a spirochete bacteria, borrelia turicatae

The 96th Medical Group’s laboratory provided the first-ever human-blood sample of a spirochete bacteria, borrelia turicatae, known to cause tick-borne relapsing fever to be cultured at the Centers for Disease Control.
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Maj. Gen. Bart Iddins, 59th Medical Wing commander

Maj. Gen. Bart Iddins, 59th Medical Wing commander, gives command of the 59th Training Group to Col. Steven Caberto during an activation ceremony Jan. 4, 2016, at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The 59th TRG supports military medical service and medical readiness training at the Medical Education and Training Campus for 12,100 students annually, and at two operating locations, one detachment and 17 sites around the world.
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Air Force Dental Assistant training program at the Medical Education and Training Campus

Tech. Sgt. Christy Nixon, NCO in charge of the Air Force Dental Assistant training program at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, instructs students on how to properly give an oral examination Dec. 17, 2015. Formerly part of the 37th Training Wing, Air Force medical service and medical readiness training programs are now with the 59th Medical Wing's newest unit – the 59th Training Group.
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Cervical spine precautions

Airman Basic Ruby Del Real straps a Kendrick Extrication Device to Airman Basic Danielle Mortiz while Airman Carlos Todd braces her head for cervical spine precautions Dec. 17, 2015, at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The Airmen are basic medical technician corpsman program students. The 59th Training Group develops, delivers and evaluates medical training for 75 medical treatment facilities and deployment operations worldwide
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basic medical technician corpsman program student, practices the bag valve mask on an simulated apneic patient

Airman Basic Wellington Cooksey, basic medical technician corpsman program student, practices the bag valve mask on an simulated apneic patient Dec. 17, 2015, at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The technical training student is assigned to the new 59th Training Group. The 59th TRG supports military medical service and medical readiness training for the approximately 12,100 students who train annually at the METC. The unit also supports training and evaluation programs at two operating locations, one detachment and 17 sites around the world
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Air Force students carry a training mannequin during a Dec. 17, 2015, expeditionary medical support system exercise

Air Force students carry a training mannequin during a Dec. 17, 2015, expeditionary medical support system exercise at Camp Bullis, Texas. The exercise tests a student’s ability to quickly respond to an emergency by providing care and evacuating casualties in a simulated deployed environment. Technical training students are assigned one of four squadrons in the 59th Training Group. The unit’s partnership with the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, affords training for members of the five uniformed services and international students. The 59th TRG manages 125 acres at the Medical Readiness Training Center on Camp Bullis.
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Tech. Sgt. Christy Nixon receives award

Tech. Sgt. Christy Nixon receives award
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Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program

U.S. Air Force Capt. Tanya Tsosie draws blood from a simulated Ebola patient during a week-long training course at the San Antonio Military Medical Center, Texas. Tsosie is a nurse assigned to a 30-member medical response team designed to support civilian medical professionals in the event of an Ebola outbreak in the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)
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Air Force Office of Surgeon General

Air Force Office of Surgeon General Four Pillars
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U.S. Air Force Capt. Martha Muon

U.S. Air Force Capt. Martha Muon
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Col. Michael Richards and Staff Sgt. Maribel Cortez communicate with patients undergoing treatment in the multiplace hyperbaric chambe

Col. Michael Richards and Staff Sgt. Maribel Cortez communicate with patients undergoing treatment in the multiplace hyperbaric chamber at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Nov. 18, 2015. Patients are closely monitored during each dive by technicians and doctors, both inside and out of the chamber, to ensure patient safety at all times. Richards is the 59th Hyperbaric Medicine Flight commander; Cortez is a hyperbaric medical technician. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carwile)
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Col. Michael Richards, 59th Hyperbaric Medicine Flight commander, observes as Staff Sgt. Sherri Jones, hyperbaric medical technician, demonstrates the controls of the monoplace hyperbaric chamber

Col. Michael Richards, 59th Hyperbaric Medicine Flight commander, observes as Staff Sgt. Sherri Jones, hyperbaric medical technician, demonstrates the controls of the monoplace hyperbaric chamber at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Nov. 18, 2015. Treatments in the chamber help wounded warriors, diabetics and cancer patients recover more quickly from their ailments. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carwile)
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Nurses laying wreaths, Mag. Gen. Hogg lays wreath

Maj. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force Deputy Surgeon General and Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps, lays a wreath on the grave of Brig. Gen. Sally Wells, the 10th Chief of the U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps, who originally started the wreath- laying tradition shortly after she retired in 1982. (U.S. Air Force by Maj. Elisha Parkhill)
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Nurses laying wreaths

The Society of Air Force Nurses remembered 127 individuals with a wreath-laying on the deceased Nurses headstones at Arlington National Cemetery on Dec. 11. (U.S. Air Force by Maj. Elisha Parkhill)
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Lt. Gen. Ediger accepts painting

Col. John Savage and Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger display Ms. Judy Blomquist’s painting which depicts AFMS medics in Afghanistan rendering aid after a bombing. The painting was presentedat a ceremony at the DHHQ in Falls Church, Va., on Nov. 27.. Credit: U.S. Air Force by Mr. Tony Joyner
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Air Force Medical Services History Office Award

Air Force Surgeon Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger congratulates Senior Historian Judith Taylor for the two awards earned by the Air Force Medical Services History Office at the 2015 Senior Leadership Workshop in Leesburg, Va., on Nov. 16. Brig. Gen (Dr.) Lee Payne, the commander of Air Force Medical Operations Agency at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, applauds on the right. (Photo Credit: Kevin M. Hymel, AFMS)
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