March 29, 2024 412th MDG Airman completes 26.2-mile Bataan Memorial Death March in honor of grandfather The granddaughter of a survivor of the Bataan Death March during World War II, completes the Memorial Death March in his honor.
Jan. 4, 2024 JBSA-Fort Sam Houston street renamed after Civil War surgeon-Soldier “William Hardee Road” at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is being renamed as “Letterman Road”, in memory of U.S. Army Maj. (Dr.) Jonathan Letterman, known as the "Father of Modern Battlefield Medicine."
July 28, 2023 Remembering the Great Flood of 1993 Responding to flood disasters is nothing new for the U.S. Air Force and the Mobility Air Forces in particular. However, 30 years ago this summer, the Illinois and Missouri region suffered one of the most devastating flood events in history: The Great Flood of 1993.
May 5, 2023 A look back at the Air Force’s evolving physical fitness standards May is National Physical Fitness Month and the Air Force Medical Service has been concerned about the fitness and overall readiness of its members throughout its history.
May 22, 2018 Retiring Surgeon General saw revolution in expeditionary care Air Force Medicine has changed significantly since 1986, when Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger left his family medicine practice in Missouri to join the Air Force. Ediger, the U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, retires June 1, after a 32-year career that took him around the world, through numerous postings and