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Optometry maintains Airmen's vision readiness

A patient looks through a fundus camera during a retinal examination at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Oct. 17, 2019. Optometry technicians perform yearly eye exams to assess Airmen’s vision and look for signs of eye disorders such as cataracts or glaucoma. The 23d Medical Group optometry clinic is responsible for maintaining Airmen’s ability to see and provides eyewear to those with vision impairments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Azaria E. Foster)
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Bioenvironmental: protecting our Airmen

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Enzo Guastavino, 48th Aerospace Medicine Squadron bioenvironmental technician, demonstrates how to use an ADM-300 radiation detection device at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Oct. 4, 2019. The ADM-300 can be used in all environments to detect Gamma and Beta radiation (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rhonda Smith)
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Operation Freedom Sentinel

Five 139th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron members get a warm welcome home from anxiously waiting family and friends at Albany International Airport in Latham, N.Y., after a five months deployment to locations in Germany and Qatar, October 16, 2019. The squadron's members helped transport 1,300 patients from the Central Command area of operations to the United States between May and October 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Senior Master Sgt. William Gizara)
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AFMC CC immersion

U.S. Air Force Gen. Arnold Bunch, Air Force Materiel Command commander, gets a bandage from Tech. Sgt. Amanda Grant after receiving his flu shot at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 16, 2019. The flu shot came during the Bunch’s tour of the 96th Medical Group facilities, one of many stops during his two-day tour of the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ilka Cole)
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Team Scott prepares for MOBEX

Members of the 375th Air Mobility Wing prepare for a mobility exercise with Ability to Survive and Operate training at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Oct. 16, 2019. ATSO training includes elements of Tactical Combat Casualty Care, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense, Post Attack Reconnaissance sweeps, Unidentified Explosive Ordnance response, and other areas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Garcia)
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Commander Air Education and Training Command visits 59th Medical Wing

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Shaffer, Department of Defense biomedical equipment technician training program instructor supervisor, demonstrates a virtual reality training program to Air Education and Training Command leadership during an immersion tour at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Oct. 9, 2019. An innovation team on the Medical Education Training Campus has created a VR lab to augment learning within each student’s respective schoolhouse. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stanford)
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Keesler's 8th annual health expo has sucessful outcome

U.S. Air Force Capt. Stephan Javaheri, 81st Dental Squadron general dentist, conducts a dental exam on retired Tech. Sgt. Raymond Klein during the 81st Medical Group Health Expo inside Keesler Medical Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Oct. 4, 2019. The 81st Medical Group hosted the walk-in event, which included screenings for multiple types of cancer and chronic diseases in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
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An AFMS Look Back at October 2019

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rafael Ibarra, a 673rd Medical Group medic, performs a simulated casualty assessment while instructing Tactical Combat Casualty Care during exercise Polar Force 20-1, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 7, 2019. Designed to test mission readiness, Polar Force is a two-week exercise that develops the skills required to face and overcome adverse scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)
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Polar Force 20-1

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Draven Graves, 773rd Logistics Readiness Squadron household goods technician, applies a tourniquet to Senior Airman James Poe, 773rd LRS outbound cargo technician, in a Tactical Combat Casualty Care course during Polar Force 20-1 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 7, 2019. Designed to test JBER’s mission readiness, Polar Force 20-1 is a two-week exercise that hones Airmen’s skills and experience when facing adverse situations. Airmen refined their contingency tactics, techniques and procedures in support of the Pacific Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment concept of operations. Agile Combat Support excellence yields multi-domain operations success. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Emily Farnsworth)
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Nevada Air Guard general to lead capital directorate, Walter Reed medical network

Brig. Gen. Shanna Woyak, Nevada Air National Guard, assumed authority of the National Capital Regional medical directorate from Rear Admiral Mary C. Riggs, left, during a ceremony at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, Oct. 9, 2019. Woyak, who served the past year as the Air National Guard advisor to the chief nurse of the U.S. Air Force, is the first Air National Guardsmen to lead the NCR medical directorate. (Photo by Bernard Little)
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Offutt Pharmacy fills need for exceptional patient

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kylee Haislip, 55th Medical Support Squadron pharmacy technician, crushes pills into a powder at Ehrling Bergquist Clinic, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, Oct. 2, 2019. Once crushed into a fine powder it will be compounded with liquid medications for the patient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger)
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No effort spared to bring home seriously wounded Soldier

Lt. Col. Valerie Sams, 59th Medical Wing trauma surgeon, performs an ultrasound to monitor a patient during a 20-hour direct flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan to San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18, 2019. This unique aerial mission providing around-the-clock patient care was refueled twice in-air, supported by multiple pilots, aircrew and joint service teams of medics working in shifts to maintain the highest level of care possible. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Mancuso)
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No effort spared to bring home seriously wounded Soldier

Lt. Col. Valerie Sams, 59th Medical Wing trauma surgeon, and Lt. Col. Scott King, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron critical care air transport team physician, perform an ultrasound on a critically wounded service member during a flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan to San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18, 2019. The service member suffered extensive wounds during combat operations that required constant monitoring over the duration of a 20-hour direct flight from Afghanistan to Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Mancuso)
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No effort spared to bring home seriously wounded Soldier

Service members wait in line to donate blood at Craig Joint Theater Hospital, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan as part of a "walking blood bank" for a fellow service member being transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18, 2019. A request for volunteers with a specific blood type was filled within minutes, providing fresh whole blood to sustain the patient during the 20-hour direct flight home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Mancuso)
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Capt. Natasha Cardinal, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron critical care nurse, monitors her patient during a flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan to San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18, 2019. Critical care air transport teams are rapidly deployable teams consisting of a physician, critical care nurse and a respiratory therapist who provide a mobile intensive care unit for complex, critically wounded patients.
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CMSAF visits Travis AFB

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright acts as a medical patient in a simulated aeromedical evacuation along with Airmen from the 349th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California, Sept. 24, 2019. Wright’s visit to the base included speaking with Airmen about resiliency and touring the C-5M Super Galaxy to learn about its emerging aeromedical evacuation capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christian Conrad)
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Flu Season

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Hakeem Smith, 359th Medical Operations Squadron Immunization Clinic NCO in charge, simulates giving an immunization to Senior Airman Kayli O’Keefe, 359th MDOS medical technician, at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, Sept. 25, 2019. With flu season quickly approaching, health care professionals throughout JBSA are encouraging beneficiaries to receive their flu shots once the vaccines are available. The flu is spread throughout the year, but is most common during the fall and winter months. Influenza activity typically begins to increase in October and November, peaking during the winter months and continuing as late as May. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ave I. Young)
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An AFMS Look Back at September 2019

Airmen from the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, conduct an Aeromedical Evacuation Exercise as a part of the Silver Arrow Mission in collaboration with the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio, from Ramstein Air Base to Naval Station Rota, Spain, Sept. 13-14, 2019. Silver Arrow provides an augmenting force to increase tactical airlift capacity to U.S. Air Forces in Europe while improving the interoperability with NATO allies and partners. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Alexis Wade)
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The Laboratory

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rhian Owen, 940th Aerospace Medical Squadron laboratory technician, places a sample under a microscope at Beale Air Force Base, California, Sept. 24, 2019. Exploring patient samples helps lab technicians ensure that they are giving accurate information to primary care providers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor White)
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The Laboratory

Senior Airman Rhian Owen, 940th Aerospace Medical Squadron laboratory technician, examines a sample at Beale Air Force Base, California, Sept. 24, 2019. Lab technicians are responsible not only for drawing blood, but for chemistry examination and more. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor White)
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