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Mock trials teach SAPR through demonstration

Capt. Erin Kenny, 8th Fighter Wing Area Defense Counsel attorney (right), advises the alleged perpetrator Airman 1st Class Adam Arruda, 8th Security Forces Squadron response force member, during a sexual assault mock trial Feb. 24, 2015, at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Wolf Pack Airmen from the First Term Airmen Center have the opportunity to witness a realistic portrayal of a sexual assault trial every month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Katrina Heikkinen/Released)
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Ediger named surgeon general

Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Mark A. Ediger is the Deputy Surgeon General, Office of the Surgeon General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He has recently been named to promote to Air Force Surgeon General in June 2015.
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Nellis Airmen pull passengers from burning vehicle

Senior Airman Gregory Tamuzza, 823rd Maintenance Squadron rescue specialist, left, Capt. Lance Bacon, 99th Medical Operations Squadron emergency medicine physician, and Senior Airman Jerome Coley, 99th Communications Squadron knowledge operator, pose for a photo at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., June 9, 2015. The three Airmen’s swift actions helped save the lives of two unconscious passengers when their vehicle rolled over on Interstate 15, May 31 in Las Vegas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikaley Towle)
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Former flight nurse shares details of first Operation Babylift flight crash

Ray Snedegar and Regina Aune look through a scrapbook of photos and articles collected by Snedegar on Operation Babylift prior to Aune's presentation at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine June 4. (Photo courtesy of Cox Media Group Ohio)
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Fireworks

Hundreds of Air Commandos and their families enjoyed the 20-minute fireworks display as part of the 16th Annual Sound of Independence at the Marina at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 1, 2011. Dozens of booster clubs and organizations took part in this year's free event for Air Commandos and their families to kick off the holiday weekend. (Courtesy photo by Barbara Fuller/Released)
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FDA clears new traumatic brain injury assessment device

FDA clears new traumatic brain injury assessment device
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Surgeon General visits CSTARS

Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Thomas Travis, talks with Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills instructors, Maj. Mehdi Shelhamer, pulmonologist, and TSgt. Jensen De Nijs, respiratory therapist, during his visit to CSTARS at the University of Cincinnati Health in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 30. The third of its kind in the nation, CSTARS is joint program between University of Cincinnati Medical Center and the Air Force which provides critical trauma and critical care air transport team training to deploying medics, and is a training platform to ensure personnel remain ready and current. The Cincinnati program has 12 high-definition medical patient simulators used for research and training new doctors and nurses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wesley Farnsworth / Released)
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Air Force, Veterans Administration team to care for veterans

Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Thomas Travis, left, joins Jack Hetrick, Network Director for Veterans Integrated Service Network, VISN 10; Col. Tim Ballard, 88th Medical Group commander; and Col. John Devillier, Wright-Patterson AFB Installation Commander, during a signing ceremony May 1 at WPAFB, which establishes the Buckeye Federal Healthcare Consortium. The landmark agreement will optimize the use of DoD and VA medical resources in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky by allowing the VA to send eligible veterans to the Wright-Patterson Medical Center for inpatient our outpatient services, expanding the current relationship between VISN 10 and DoD. According to Colonel Ballard the agreement also will, “keep our staff prepared to accomplish their wartime mission, while offering quality medical service to our veterans.” For full coverage: http://bit.ly/1I8no4D. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wesley Farnsworth / Released)
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January 2015 Science Café - Air Force Medicine

Chief Master Sgt. Adam H. Marks, Chief, Medical Operations and Research, Office of the U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, points to his Air Force medic badge during his presentation at the National Museum of Health and Medicine’s monthly Medical Museum Science Café January 27, 2015. (Disclosure: This image has been cropped to emphasize the subject.) (National Museum of Health and Medicine photo by Matthew Breitbart/ Released)
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January 2015 Science Café - Air Force Medicine

Chief Master Sgt. Adam H. Marks, Chief, Medical Operations and Research, Office of the U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, discusses the training involved with becoming an Air Force medic during a presentation at the National Museum of Health and Medicine’s monthly Medical Museum Science Café January 27, 2015. (Disclosure: This image has been cropped to emphasize the subject.) (National Museum of Health and Medicine photo by Matthew Breitbart)
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Air Force Medical Service 2014 award winners announced

Air Force Medical Service 2014 award winners announced on Feb. 6, 2015. (U.S. Air Force graphic)
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Senior Airman Laura Kinglocke responded to a major accident

Senior Airman Laura Kinglocke, assigned to the 1st Special Operations Aerospace Medicine Squadron, is a medical technician with the 1st Special Operations Medical Group on Hurlburt Field. Kinglocke responded to a major accident on U.S. Highway 98 and saved the life of a motorcyclist Oct. 17, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Posey)
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New Medical Education and Training Campus commandant

Rear Adm. William Roberts congratulates Brig. Gen. Robert Miller on relieving him as the new Medical Education and Training Campus commandant during a Change of Commandant ceremony September 24. Miller is METC's first Air Force commandant, a position that also inherits the dual hat of Education & Training (E&T) director for the new Defense Health Agency. Lt. Gen. Douglas Robb, Director of the Defense Health Agency, presided over the ceremony while the Honorable Dr. Jonathan Woodson, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, served as guest speaker (Photo by Lisa Braun)
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Air Force nurse recipient of Juanita Redmond Award at AFA

Capt. Stephanie Doane, Mountain Home Air Force Base nurse, is awarded the Air Force Association Juanita Redmond Award by George Muellner, AFA Chairman, Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Thomas Travis, Air Force Surgeon General, and Gen. Mike Hostage, Air Combat Command Commander, on Sept. 15, 2014 at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. The Juanita Redmond Award is awarded to an Air Force nurse who has provided a significant contribution to health care of an Air Force individual or family, excellence in clinical nursing or improvment in nursing care. (Courtesy Photo)
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Paul W. Myers Award awarded during AFA to medical corps officer

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Vikhyat S. Bebarta, Director, Enroute Care Research Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is awarded the Air Force Association Paul W. Myers Award by George Muellner, AFA Chairman and Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Thomas Travis, Air Force Surgeon General, on Sept. 15, 2014 at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. The Paul W. Myers Award is awarded to an Air Force Medical Corps Officer who has made the most significant contribution to the continued good health of the men and women of the USAF. (Courtesy Photo)
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Suicide Prevention Month: A reminder of our 24/7/365 responsibility to ourselves and each other

Suicide Prevention Month: A reminder of our 24/7/365 responsibility to ourselves and each other (Air Force Graphic / Steve Thompson)
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Suicide Prevention Month: A reminder of our 24/7/365 responsibility to ourselves and each other

Suicide Prevention Month: A reminder of our 24/7/365 responsibility to ourselves and each other (Air Force Graphic / Steve Thompson)
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Paws and Stripes helps injured troops regain their life by pairing them with therapeutic canines.

Yes, they're undeniably adorable, however, these pups serve a very important role in the #military community. Studies indicate that working... with dogs releases oxytocin, a hormone that promotes bonding. New research, including a $5 million study at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seeks to scientifically test whether training service dogs helps with post-traumatic stress disorder. (Courtesy Photo) Read more by visiting the #AFMS webpage: http://1.usa.gov/1y5G1OE
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AFMS expresses condolences to Airman after fatal training accident

Senior Airman Timothy J. Wright, an Air Force aeromedical evacuation technician, recently passed after being fatally injured during a training exercise. SrA Wright, member of the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, was laid to rest at Pensacola's Barrancas National Cemetery on July 29th. (Courtesy Photo)
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Happy birthday Air Force Medical Service

Happy 65th birthday to the Air Force Medical Service! In September 1947 the combat elements of the Army Air Forces separated from the U.S. Army, forming the United States Air Force. But a few Air Force support functions, such as medical care, remained U.S. Army responsibilities for the next two years. Starting in 1948, the Air Force and the Air Surgeon, Maj. Gen. Malcolm C. Grow (1887-1960), began to convince the U.S. Army and the administration of President Truman that the Air Force needed its own medical service. In the summer of 1949, Air Force General Order No. 35 established a medical service with the following officer personnel components: Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Veterinary Corps, Medical Service Corps, Air Force Nurse Corps, and Women's Medical Specialist Corps. The order stated, "The above listed corps shall consist of those personnel transferred from corresponding corps of the Department of the Army, and personnel subsequently commissioned in the respective corps of the Medical Service, United States Air Force. Personnel appointed in the above corps will be carried on separate promotion lists." Each officer corps also received a contingent of enlisted medics. The effective date of the creation of the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) was July 1, 1949.
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