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Travis recognizes Airman during Nurse, Medical Technician Week

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Mariah Pruett, 60th Medical Operations Squadron clinical nurse, sanitizes a stretcher at Travis Air Force Base, California, May 5, 2020. May 6-12 is National Nurse Week, a week that celebrates medical professionals, like Pruett, who are on the front lines of patient-centered care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cameron Otte)
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Human Performance Center gains new Medical Skills Lab for 460th MDG

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas DiCesare, 460th Medical Group medical technician, left, and Senior Airman Kristina Balog, 460th Medical Group medical technician, examine a catheter bag during a medical simulation at the Human Performance Center at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, May 6, 2020. Personnel with the 460th MDG participated in simulation training scenarios to brush up on inpatient skills in case they have to provide support for COVID-19 elsewhere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haley N. Blevins)
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An AFMS look back at May 2020

An Airman from the 375th Air Mobility Wing has her blood drawn during a monthly American Red Cross blood drive hosted at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, May 12, 2020. During the event, Airmen enter through multiple stations to complete the process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Shannon Moorehead)
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2020 International Nurse's Day

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jesse Walsh, a clinical nurse assigned to the 27th Special Operations Medical Group, chats with Airman 1st Class Brandon O’Bryant, a medical technician assigned to the 27 SOMDG, during training at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, May 6, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maxwell Daigle)
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Tier 2 screening relocates

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Claire Ebrado, 23d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron medical technician, labels a nasal swab during a COVID-19 Tier 2 screening at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, May 11, 2020. The COVID-19 Tier 2 screening is part of an ongoing response to limit the spread of the virus, and recently moved from the Davidson Gate to the 23d Medical Group parking lot. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Azaria E. Foster)
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Wolf Pack pharmacy: the first line of defense

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Albert Vallejo, 8th Medical Support Squadron pharmacy technician, pours medication through a pill counting machine at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, May 6, 2020. The pharmacy team has a goal time of 20 minutes to fill a prescription to provide a better customer service experience. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Arends)
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Wolf Pack pharmacy: the first line of defense

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tyrone Rocha, 8th Medical Support Squadron NCO in charge of pharmaceutical services, checks inventory at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, May 6, 2020. The pharmacy team provides medical support to more than 2,500 members of the Wolf Pack to keep them fit to fight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Arends)
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An AFMS look back at May 2020

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrea Ford, 313th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron bio-environmental engineer, decontaminates a Transport Isolation System on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft after the transport of a potentially infectious patient to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 8, 2020. The mission marked the fourth mission and the 14th patient moved using the TIS since its first operational use on April 10. The TIS is an infectious disease containment unit designed to minimize contamination risk to aircrew and medical attendants, while allowing in-flight medical care for patients afflicted by disease such as COVID-19. Presently, Air Mobility Command has multiple TIS Force Packages on alert at Ramstein AB, Travis AFB, and Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, to support global requirements. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Milton Hamilton)
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The space mission continues during COVID-19; USSF leaders visit VAFB

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Avery Lake, 30th Medical Group mental health technician, checks the temperature of Gen. Jay Raymond, U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations and U.S. Space Command commander, before entering the 30th MDG for a tour at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, May 7, 2020. During the visit, Raymond observed and commended members of Vandenberg AFB for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)
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Recce Nurses, Medical Technicians our frontline fighters against COVID-19

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ulla Strömberg, 9th Health Care Operations Squadron Family Care Flight section chief, right, prepares an intravenous access for Staff Sgt. Marissa Smyth, 9th HCOS Family Health Clinic NCOIC, at Beale Air Force Base, California, May 1, 2020. Strömberg was demonstrating the proper procedures for training purposes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jason W. Cochran)
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COVID screenings

Two members of the 55th Medical group review a COVID-19 briefing as part of a screening for members of the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron returning from overseas, May 5. 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by William A. O'Brien)
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Lab testing COVID-19 samples

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nathan Harris, a laboratory technician with the 96th Medical Group, handles a patient sample that will be tested for COVID-19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, May 1, 2020. All samples are handled within the biological safety cabinet, known as the “hood,” to ensure no particles come into the room. It takes about 70 minutes to process each panel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ilka Cole)
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Public Health needed now more than ever

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nathan Horwitz-Willis, Force Health Protection Officer, Massachusetts National Guard Joint Task Force Surgeon, goes through a mask fitting test with Mr. Bowen Jackson, a specialist from Safety, Inc., Tewksbury Hospital, Massachusetts, April 21, 2020. Horwitz-Willis traditionally serves as a Public Health Officer at the 102nd Intelligence Wing, Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. He has been activated to provide public health guidance at the state headquarters level in support of the Massachusetts National Guard’s COVID-19 response efforts. (U.S. Air National Guard photos by Capt. Bonnie Blakely)
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Maj. Chad Brooks takes COVID-19 Swab for testing

U.S. Air Force Maj. Chad Brooks, of the 119th Medical Group, takes a sample swab from an asymptomatic volunteer who is taking a COVID-19 test in the parking lot of the Alerus Center, Grand Forks, North Dakota, April 23, 2020. He’s wearing personal protective equipment to stay safe while he works, and to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 while testing people as they drive through in their vehicles. He is just one of the many North Dakota National Guard members partnering with the North Dakota Department of Health and other civilian agencies in support of the community response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David H. Lipp)
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How Recce Town’s Laboratory professionals are helping in the fight against COVID-19

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Victor Mendez, 9th Health Care Operations Squadron lab technician, reads a blood slide at Beale Air Force Base, California, April 20, 2020. Reading a blood slide is looking for abnormalities in the blood. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman Jason W. Cochran)
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COVID-19 can’t stop Lab Week

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Emery and Airman 1st Class Jordan Cleveland, 30th Health Care Operations Squadron laboratory technicians, conduct microscope training at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, April 20, 2020. Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, also known as Lab Week, is observed annually to promote awareness and show appreciation to medical laboratory professionals and pathologists for the work they do to assist patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brittany E. N. Murphy)
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U.S. Air Force Capt. Jennifer Andrews, 423rd Medical Squadron family health clinic element chief, clinical nurse and infection preventionist, poses for a photo in a 3-D face shield as she holds a swab at a COVID-19 drive-up testing station at RAF Alconbury, England, April 13, 2020. The 423rd MDS transformed their parking lot into a drive-thru to expedite testing and prevent the spread of COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jennifer Zima)
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Bioenvironmental engineering flight key to PPE development

60th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight technicians perform N95 mask fit tests on aircrew at Travis Air Force Base, California, April 10, 2020. The bioenvironmental engineering flights conduct respirator and gas mask fit tests to protect Airmen and maintain a healthy workforce. They also perform environmental, occupational and radiological surveillance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Heide Couch)
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An AFMS look back at April 2020

A Texas Air National Guard medic, attached to the 149th Fighter Wing, prepares to receive patients by properly securing her personal protective equipment at a community-based testing facility in Fredericksburg, Texas, April 19, 2020. The Texas Military Department, in tandem with state partners, has established community-based testing facilities to provide drive-in COVID-19 screenings to communities not served by a county health department. These facilities will allow Texas to curb the spread of COVID-19. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Charles E. Spirtos)
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423d MDS goes the extra mile to ensure safety

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Kristen Nickerson, left, 423d Medical Squadron NCO in charge of bio-environmental engineering, conducts a qualitative fit test on a N95 mask for Staff Sgt. Jennalyse Adam, 423d MDS dental assistant, at RAF Alconbury, England April 14, 2020. The 423d MDS were conducting fit tests of the N95 mask to ensure personnel are safe to continue to treat patients who may have contracted the novel coronavirus. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eugene Oliver)
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