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Air Force medical leadership discuss the future of AFMEDCOM in readiness tabletop exercise

U.S. Air Force senior medical leaders participate in a tabletop exercise to discuss readiness reporting within the Air Force Medical Command, or AFMEDCOM, at the Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia, June 10, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Mahler)
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Air Force medical leadership discuss the future of AFMEDCOM in readiness tabletop exercise

U.S. Air Force senior medical leaders, and members of a cross functional team with representatives from around the Air Force, participate in a tabletop exercise to discuss readiness reporting within the Air Force Medical Command, or AFMEDCOM, at the Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia, June 10, 2024. The new command structure is set to reach initial operating capability Nov. 1, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Mahler)
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Air Force Medical Service launches ‘Nutrition Kitchen’ program

Staff Sgt. Franklin Harris and Jon Zanoe, 2d Audiovisual Squadron, discuss the script with Tech. Sgt. Opal Poullard, Department of Defense culinary instructor at the Joint Culinary Center of Excellence at Fort Lee, Virginia, Aug. 9, 2021, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. 2d AVS produced a Nutrition Kitchen series for the Air Force Surgeon General about making healthy cooking choices and the science behind those choices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)
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Air Force Medical Service launches ‘Nutrition Kitchen’ program

Airman 1st Class Renan Arredondo (left) and Staff Sgt. Jourdan Barrons, 2d Audiovisual Squadron, film Tech. Sgt. Opal Poullard, Department of Defense culinary instructor at the Joint Culinary Center of Excellence at Fort Lee, Virginia, and Senior Airman Quion Lowe, 49th Wing Public Affairs, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Aug. 9, 2021, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. 2d AVS produced a Nutrition Kitchen series for the Air Force Surgeon General about making healthy cooking choices and the science behind those choices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)
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Air Force Medicine leaders enhance Lithuanian medical partnership at International Scientific Conference

U.S. Air Force Maj. Brooke Billman, left, U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James Parry and U.S. Air Force Col. Mary Anne Kiel, center, and Chief Master Sgt. James Woods, right, pose with two Lithuanian military officers at the International Scientific Conference of Military Medicine and Rehabilitation in Druskininkai, Lithuania, April 5, 2024. As members of the Air Force Medical Service Lifestyle & Performance Medicine team, they shared information about the benefits of incorporating the medical specialty into military rehabilitation efforts. (Courtesy photo from U.S. Air Force Col. Frank Yang)
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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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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 promotes fatigue countermeasures

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Air Force Reserve strengthens a ready medical force

Then- U.S. Air Force Maj. Debora Lehker, a reserve critical care air transport team nurse, comforts a wounded Canadian army soldier aboard a C-130 Hercules during an emergency airlift from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 14, 2010. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force Reserve strengthens a ready medical force

Maj. Robert Simmons (left), a reserve Medical Service Corps officer with the 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., received a Citizen Appreciation Award on Oct. 19, 2017 from the Tampa Police Department Interim Chief Brian Dugan (right) for his response to a traffic accident and his subsequent life-saving actions. In July 2017, having just finished his monthly reserve training and leaving the base, Simmons witnessed a car accident that left one driver severely wounded as a result of an impaled object. Simmons was able to quickly secure the scene and administer life-saving care to the driver. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Peter Dean)
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Air Force Reserve strengthens a ready medical force

Then-Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Josef Schmid, a reserve mobilization assistant to the Air Force Surgeon General, and civilian NASA flight surgeon, waits for the Soyuz space capsule to land in Kazakhstan, May 13, 2014. Once the Soyuz vehicle landed, Schmid was responsible for recovering astronauts in the field after their flight. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force Reserve strengthens a ready medical force

Then-Maj. (Dr.) Josef Schmid, a reserve mobilization assistant to the Air Force Surgeon General, and civilian NASA flight surgeon, flies the T-38 in May 2002. Because of his reserve and civilian roles, Schmid is familiar with the rigors of flight and is able to administer care to both Airmen and astronauts. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force Reserve strengthens a ready medical force

Lt. Col. Debora Lehker (right), reserve commander at the 752nd Medical Squadron at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., poses for a photo with fellow nurses, 1st Lt. James Mitchener and Capt. Johanna Boone at the March Air Reserve Base Air Show, April 8, 2018. Lehker and other Air Force medics provided medical support at the air show. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force Reserve strengthens a ready medical force

Then-Lt. Col. Lisa Banyasz-de Silva, a reserve division chief with Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), poses for a photo with two members of the Hungarian military while assigned to the Combined Joint Operations Center during a 2014 NATO deployment at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. Banyasz-de Silva, who is also a civilian nurse, provides programming and oversight of medical professionals and financial resources for 82 reserve medical units. She also develops policy and training to enable medical units to produce combat ready Airmen. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force SMART program sustains readiness and currency through tailored training

The cadre of Air Force medical instructors who are embedded within University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada, pose for a photo on Oct. 24, 2022. These medical instructors are part of the Air Force’s Sustained Medical and Readiness Trained, or SMART, program, which is one of U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine’s five geographically separated units. These instructors include operating room technicians, anesthesiologists, emergency room nurse, and administrative specialist to name a few. The SMART program ensures Air Force medics receive the appropriate clinical currency to retain their readiness. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force SMART program sustains readiness and currency through tailored training

Maj. Daniel Nguyen, anesthesiologist, center, and Tech. Sgt. Lisette Wright, medical technician, right, observe a mock patient at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada’s Trauma Resuscitation Unit in Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct. 24, 2022. Nguyen and Wright are both part of a cadre of Air Force instructors who are part of the Air Force’s Sustained Medical and Readiness Trained, or SMART, program, which is one of U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine’s five geographically separated units. The SMART program ensures Air Force medics receive the appropriate clinical currency to retain their readiness. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force stands up Air Force Medical Readiness Agency

U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, speaks at the official activation of Air Force Medical Readiness Agency, at Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia, June 28, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Mahler)
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Air Force stands up Air Force Medical Readiness Agency

Brig. Gen. Mark Koeniger speaks at the official activation of the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency, at Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia, June 28, 2019. Koeniger is the first AFMRA commander. (U.S Air Force photo by Josh Mahler)
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