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Military medical team in Yuma tests patients for COVID-19

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bradley Gorman, a medical technician assigned to a military medical team deployed to Yuma, Arizona, performs a nasal swab at the Yuma Regional Medical Center’s COVID-19 testing drive-thru in Yuma, Jan. 17. The U.S. Air Force medical team is deployed in support of continued Department of Defense COVID-19 response operations to help communities in need. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible DoD support to the whole-of-government COVID-19 response. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Barnes)
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Air Force medics partner with University of Nebraska to sharpen biocontainment care skills

Lt. Gen. Robert I Miller, center, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, gets an overview on the Isolation System for Treatment and Agile Response for high-risk Infections, or ISTARI, from Dr. James Lawler, right, executive director of international programs and innovation at the Global Center for Health Security at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, August 18, 2021. The ISTARI is located in the Training, Simulation and Quarantine Center in the Davis Global Center at UNMC. (Photo by Kent Sievers, University of Nebraska Medical Center)
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HARB's August UTA vaccination event

A member of team Homestead receives the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination event during the August Unit Training Assembly at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, Aug. 7, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Allissa Landgraff)
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Military, medical leaders discuss COVID-19 issues with Service Members

Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and wife Hollyanne Milley said they are committed to protecting the military's 2.3 million men and women and 2.7 million family members from COVID-19, during a virtual event on Feb 4. (MHS Communications photo by Jacob Moore)
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COVID-19 vaccine arrives at Aviano

Six Airmen assigned to the 31st Medical Group receive their first COVID-19 vaccination at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Jan. 8, 2021. Inoculations for the 31st Fighter Wing will be given in a tiered approach, with first-tier recipients including health care workers and first responders getting priority. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. K. Tucker Owen)
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178th Wing administers COVID-19 vaccine

A U.S. Air Force 1st. Lt. Greg Geisler, a clinical nurse assigned to the 178th Medical Group, prepares the COVID-19 vaccination, Jan. 9, 2021, at the Ohio Air National Guard’s 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio. Vaccine administration reduces the burden of COVID-19 in high-risk populations and simultaneously mitigates risk to military operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Elisabeth Gelhar)
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178th Wing administers COVID-19 vaccine

A U.S. Air Force Medic assigned to the 178th Medical Group holds the COVID-19 vaccination, Jan. 9, 2021, at the Ohio Air National Guard’s 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio.Vaccine administration reduces the burden of COVID-19 in high-risk populations and simultaneously mitigates risk to military operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Elisabeth Gelhar)
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178th Wing administers COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Delani Ortiz, a medic assigned to the 178th Medical Group, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Tech. Sgt. Steven Snyder, a flight chief assigned to the 178th Security Forces Squadron, Jan. 9, 2021 at the Ohio Air National Guard’s 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio. Vaccine administration reduces the burden of COVID-19 in high-risk populations and simultaneously mitigates risk to military operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Elisabeth Gelhar)
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178th Wing administers COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Delani Ortiz, a medic assigned to the 178th Medical Group, prepares COVID-19 vaccine paperwork, Jan. 9, 2021 at the Ohio Air National Guard’s 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio. Vaccine administration reduces the burden of COVID-19 in high-risk populations and simultaneously mitigates risk to military operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Elisabeth Gelhar)
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178th Wing administers COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kari Boyle, a public health technician assigned to the 178th Medical Group, hands screening paperwork to Tech. Sgt. Steven Snyder, a flight chief assigned to the 178th Security Forces Squadron, Jan 9, 2021 Ohio Air National Guard’s 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio. Public Health screened each 178th member prior to receiving their first dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccination. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Elisabeth Gelhar)
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178th Wing administers COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. Air Force Medics assigned to the 178th Medical Group prepare the processing line for administration of the COVID-19 vaccination, Jan. 9, 2021, at the Ohio Air National Guard’s 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio. Distribution of local vaccinations is based on a phased approach sent out by the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Elisabeth Gelhar)
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Air Force Surgeon General visits Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, receives COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kelvin Thomas, 316th Medical Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of immunizations, administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination to U.S. Air Force Lt. General Dorothy A. Hogg, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force Surgeon General, at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington D.C., Jan. 6, 2021. As initial quantities of the vaccine are limited, medical, fire department and security forces professionals are the first at JBAB to be offered the vaccine in line with the Department of Defense phased prioritization plan. When available, the DOD will ensure the vaccine is available for all beneficiaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Corey Hook)
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Air Force Surgeon General’s annual workshop concludes, focuses on “refusing to lose”

Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force Surgeon General, speaks with Gen. Charles Brown, Jr., Air Force Chief of Staff, and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass via video teleconference during the third day of the Air Force Surgeon General’s annual Senior Leadership Workshop at Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia, Dec. 9, 2020. The workshop was held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Brown and Bass spoke about leadership and the challenges for the future. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Rohin Kasudia) (This photo has been altered for security purposes by blurring out text panels)
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Coronavirus Update

(Courtesy graphic from U.S. Food & Drug Administration)
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DHA leaders recognize CCP collection campaign contributors & donors

Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist, left, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ronald J. Place, right, present an award to U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Christina Swope on behalf of all Air Force personnel who worked on convalescent plasma efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Navy Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kurtis A. Hatcher)
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COVID-19 vaccine development

COVID-19 vaccine development in September 2020 in New Orleans. (Courtesy photo from Johnson & Johnson)
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SOUTHCOM donates field hospitals to support COVID-19 response in Costa Rica

Loadmasters, assigned to the 15th Airlift Squadron from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, offload a mobile field hospital from a C-17 Globemaster III at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 19, 2020. Aircrew, assigned to the 15th Airlift Squadron, transported the large mobile field hospital from Charleston to Kingston, where it will be donated to health care providers and used to support the Caribbean nation’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation, was part of U.S. Southern Command’s ongoing assistance to nations responding to the global pandemic in the Caribbean and Latin America and funded by the command’s Humanitarian Assistance Program. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force partners in medical logistics to support US

Tech. Sgt. Brison King, non-commissioned officer in charge, Warehouse Operations, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, packs critical lab supplies at Port San Antonio, Texas, August 24, 2020. (Courtesy photo)
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SOUTHCOM donates field hospitals to support COVID-19 response in Costa Rica

U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, Sharon Day, delivered three field hospitals, purchased by U.S. Southern Command, to the Costa Rican government during an official donation ceremony in San Jose, Aug. 24, 2020. The donation was part of SOUTHCOM’s ongoing assistance to nations responding to the global pandemic in Central America, South America and the Caribbean. In total, SOUTHCOM will donate 24 field hospitals to 11 countries in the coming weeks. (Courtesy photo)
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Women’s Equality Day: BAMC doctor hopes to ‘level the playing field’ for women

U.S. Air Force Col. (Dr.) Heather Yun, Deputy Commander for Medical Services, is an infectious disease physician playing a critical role in BAMC’s COVID-19 response. Yun, a Colorado native, is a fourth-generation doctor who has tackled many roles over the course of her career - student, doctor, mentor, leader, wife, mother, singer, and endurance triathlete. (U.S. Army photo by Jason W. Edwards)
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