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An AFMS look back at March 2020

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cynthia Ford, 145th Medical Group technician, readies a needle in preparation for giving an immunization at the North Carolina Air National Guard Base, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, March 7, 2020. Senior Airman Ford works as a traditional Guardsman, but also serves, in her civilian life, as a Manager for the Department of Juvenile Justice in Marion, South Carolina. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Laura Montgomery)
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Two sides of the rescue coin

Airman 1st Class Sinéad Brosnan, 27th Special Operations Health Care Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician, uses a fire hose to put out the embers of a fire in Florida, New York, in 2016. Originally Brosnan was a volunteer EMT but began volunteering as a firefighter when New York state passed a law requiring certification to be an EMT. (Courtesy Photo)
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Two sides of the rescue coin

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Sinéad Brosnan, 27th Special Operations Health Care Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician, checks the heart rate of Airman 1st Class Brandon O’Bryant, 27 SOHCOS aerospace medical technician, at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, March 3, 2020. To further her career, Brosnan plans on applying for the Independent Duty Medical Technician program to become a Special Operations Forces Medical Element member. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Vernon R. Walter III)
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Two sides of the rescue coin

Medical technicians from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., hold their trophies for second place at the 2019 Medic Rodeo closing ceremonies at Cannon Air Force Base, Sept. 20, 2019. Airman 1st Class Sinéad Brosnan, 27th Special Operations Health Care Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician, led her team and lost only by a tenth of a point. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Washburn)
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Two sides of the rescue coin

Airman 1st Class Sinéad Brosnan, 27th Special Operations Health Care Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician, checks the heartrate of an actor during a stab victim scenario at the 2018 EMT Rodeo at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 8, 2018. Brosnan was the team leader for Cannon’s team at the 2018 EMT Rodeo and the 2019 Medic Rodeo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Vernon R. Walter III)
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An AFMS look back at February 2020

A dental technician assigned to the 48th Dental Squadron prepares for a routine teeth cleaning at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Feb. 6, 2020. The 48th DS mission is to provide excellent, best-value oral health for readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jessi Monte)
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Kadena Airmen tryout for the Defenders Challenge Championship

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kevin Kovach, 18th Security Forces Squadron response force leader, places a tourniquet on the simulated patient’s arm during the Defenders Challenge at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 13, 2020. This was one of several events participants had to overcome during the Defenders Challenge. The events varied from physical exercise, a three-mile run, to weapon assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)
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Columbus AFB challenges medics with combat casualty exercise

Airmen from the 14th Medical Group walk in a line into the simulated battlefield during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care Course in the Walker Center at Columbus Air Force Base Mississippi, Feb. 23, 2020. In the replicated training, Airmen were given rubber guns and full body gear to protect the “wounded” and other medics while providing treatment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jake Jacobsen)
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Columbus AFB challenges medics with combat casualty exercise

Airmen from the 14th Medical Group train with a medical training mannequin during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care Course in the Walker Center at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 23, 2020. TCCC has become the standard of medical training proficiency for military personnel to prepare them for potential combat situations in an ongoing effort to heighten medical readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jake Jacobsen)
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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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Air Force partnership readies Airmen for infectious disease response

Bob Valentine (far left), The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills Omaha administrator, manages and observes a simulated scenario as Maj. Kisha Wood, C-STARS deputy director, Lt. Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, C-STARS Omaha director, and Tech. Sgt. Victor Kipping, public health non-commissioned officer in charge, assess a simulated patient and communicate their course of action at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 3, 2020. The U.S. Air Force’s C-STARS Omaha program, which was established in 2018, partners with The University of Nebraska Medical Center, focusing on advancing the training of medical Airmen in infectious diseases that they might see during deployment. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force partnership readies Airmen for infectious disease response

(From left) Maj. Kisha Wood, The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills Omaha deputy director, Tech. Sgt. Victor Kipping, public health non-commissioned officer in charge, Bob Valentine, C-STARS Omaha administrator, and Lt. Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, C-STARS Omaha director, pose for a photo in front of The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 3, 2020. The U.S. Air Force’s C-STARS Omaha program, which was established in 2018, partners with the University of Nebraska Medical Center, focusing on advancing the training of medical Airmen in infectious diseases they might see during deployment. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force partnership readies Airmen for infectious disease response

(From left) Tech. Sgt. Victor Kipping, public health non-commissioned officer in charge, Maj. Kisha Wood, The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills Omaha deputy director, and Lt. Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, C-STARS Omaha director, assemble the portable patient isolation device on Bob Valentine, C-STARS Omaha administrator, to prepare for transport at The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 3, 2020. The U.S. Air Force’s C-STARS Omaha program, which was established in 2018, partners with The University of Nebraska Medical Center, focusing on advancing the training of medical Airmen in infectious diseases that they might see during deployment. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force partnership readies Airmen for infectious disease response

(From left) Lt. Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills Omaha director, Tech. Sgt. Victor Kipping, public health non-commissioned officer in charge, and Maj. Kisha Wood, C-STARS deputy director, demonstrate on Bob Valentine, C-STARS Omaha administrator, the proper techniques used to move the patient from the portable patient isolation device to the hospital bed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 3, 2020. The portable patient isolation device is used in the transportation of a potentially infectious patient. (Courtesy photo)
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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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