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Moody implements measures to limit COVID-19 spread

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 23d Civil Engineer Squadron assemble a tent at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, March 12, 2020. The 23d CES constructed tents to help facilitate the 23d Medical Group with screening active duty Airmen for COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Taryn Butler)
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Midnight Sun Guardian aerospace medicine Airman impacts the mission

Alaska Air National Guard Senior Airman Loida Torres Román is a 176th Medical Group health-systems technician at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Torres Román earned national top honors as the Air National Guard’s Aerospace Medicine Airman of the year for 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David Bedard)
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Midnight Sun Guardian aerospace medicine Airman impacts the mission

Alaska Air National Guard Senior Airman Loida Torres Román, a 176th Medical Group health-systems technician, logs lab samples at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2020. Torres Román earned national top honors as the Air National Guard’s Aerospace Medicine Airman of the year for 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David Bedard)
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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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Tyndall Airman wins AF mental health NCO of the year

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Sigler, 325th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron mental health flight chief, talks with a simulated patient at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, March 4, 2020. Sigler is in charge of the mental health clinic's daily operations and makes sure the patients get the care they need. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stefan Alvarez)
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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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MQ-9 flight simulation

2nd Lt. Timothy, remotely piloted aircraft student pilot, operates an MQ-9 flight simulator for training at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Dec. 10, 2019. The 49th Wing is the largest formal training unit for MQ-9 RPA pilots and sensor operators. Last name removed and obscured for OPSEC. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Quion Lowe)
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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Alice Briones, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System deputy director, looks at histology slides under a microscope June 7, 2018, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Briones joined AFMES as deputy medical examiner in Rockville, Maryland in 2010, and Dover AFB, Delaware, and was appointed director of the DoD DNA Registry in 2014, coordinating services in both the Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Storage for Identification of Remains and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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U.S. Navy Cmdr. (Dr.) Sherry Jilinski (left), Armed Forces Medical Examiner System medical examiner, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. (Dr.) Alice Briones, AFMES deputy director and medical examiner, conduct an inventory of items found at Colony Glacier at the 673rd Medical Group, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 26, 2019. Following the inventory at the 673rd Medical Group at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, a dignified carry and dignified departure for the remains was conducted by the JBER Honor Guard and 673rd MDG personnel before being escorted to Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Alice Briones, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System deputy director, has been named director of AFMES, effective February 21, 2020, making Briones the first female director. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, Defense Health Agency director, selected Briones after she served as deputy director of AFMES since April 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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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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DoD to restructure 50 hospitals, clinics to improve readiness

The Department of Defense today announced plans to restructure 50 military hospitals and clinics to better support wartime readiness of military personnel and to improve clinical training for medical forces who deploy in support of combat operations around the world. (Courtesy photo)
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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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