Aug. 4, 2025 Travis AFB demonstrates readiness during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2025 Military and civilian personnel at Travis AFB put their medical readiness to the test during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2025 July 21 to Aug 2, 2025.
Aug. 4, 2025 Exercise tests large-scale patient movement from Indo-Pacific region Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2025 created realistic crisis scenarios that prompted a large-scale military patient movement response from within the Indo-Pacific region.
July 22, 2025 USTRANSCOM, DOD and interagency partners exercise critical capability in US, Indo-Pacific U.S. Transportation Command’s annual Ultimate Caduceus exercise kicked off today, testing how the Defense Department and its interagency and industry partners coordinate military patient movement from the Indo-Pacific to United States.
July 9, 2025 Alaska Air Guard 168th Medical Group trains for high-stakes missions The 168th Wing Medical Group continues to strengthen its operational edge, proving lethality in today’s battlespace isn’t just about combat power. It’s about readiness and the ability to respond quickly in complex, high-stakes environments.
April 2, 2025 Little Rock participates in multi-agency mass casualty response exercise The Federal Coordinating Center conducted a large-scale mass casualty response exercise at the Clinton National Airport, Arkansas, March 25, 2025.
Feb. 24, 2025 Air National Guard medics keep Airmen in the fight When 70 Airmen from 37 ANG wings participated in a Cold Weather Operations Course at Camp Ripley, Minn., three aerospace medical technicians, or medics, and a physician assistant assigned to the Minnesota National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing were on hand, 24/7, to provide mobile medical support.
Feb. 3, 2025 19th Medical Group host training exercise The 19th Medical group hosted an exercise simulating a deployed environment in which assisted Airmen with military readiness in future missions and operations at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Jan. 23, 2025.
Dec. 13, 2024 Desert Hammer 2024: Tactical combat casualty care - training to save lives The remote desert landscape of southern Arizona recently played host to Desert Hammer 2024, an expansive Joint Large Force Exercise showcasing the 944th Fighter Wing's commitment to readiness and lifesaving excellence, Nov. 13-16, 2024.
Nov. 19, 2024 Offutt AFB hosts VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System Offutt Air Force Base hosted the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System as they conducted a National Disaster Medical System exercise at Offutt Field House, Nov. 13.
Oct. 29, 2024 86 AES and U.S. Army conduct Operation Guardian Wings 2024 The 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron showcased a unique achievement during Operation Guardian Wings at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 23, 2024.
Oct. 25, 2024 Team McChord’s Operational Support Team enhances Airmen health, readiness Team McChord’s Operational Support Team is a multidisciplinary, rotational medical team designed to support Airmen in the areas of physical therapy, strength training, and mental health.
Sept. 27, 2024 36 OSS feels the burn with the OST The Operational Support Team is part of the 36th Medical Group, which falls under the 711th Human Performance Wing, and is composed of multi-disciplinary medical personnel.
Sept. 18, 2024 Operational Support Team teaches Airmen to be resilient, ready The 66th Security Forces Squadron here is taking part in a preventative medicine program that strives to keep defenders resilient, healthy and mission-ready.
Sept. 11, 2024 Proactive wellness: Altus AFB establishes Operational Support Team In 2018, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force led an effort to establish a new healthcare model called Operational Support Teams to provide individual health and unit support. The “Mighty 97th” established an OST at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma in May of 2024.
Sept. 10, 2024 445th Airlift Wing participates in Exercise Patriot Medic 2024 445th Airlift Wing medical Airmen joined approximately 500 U.S. Air Force Reserve medical personnel assigned to 14 units who participated in Exercise Patriot Medic 24 with Joint and Allied Forces, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 2-17, 2024.
Sept. 9, 2024 378 EMDS shines during MASCAL exercise MASCAL exercise demonstrated and enhanced the participants’ readiness, integration and response skills while operating in austere environments.
Aug. 27, 2024 445th mass casualty exercise stress tests AES Members of the 445th Aeromedical Staging, Aerospace Medicine and Aeromedical Evacuation Squadrons participated in a mass casualty exercise Aug. 3, 2024.
Aug. 12, 2024 Operational Support Team embeds into 36th Airlift Squadron To assist units with rigid mission requirements, a psychologist and a physical therapist from the 374th Medical Group formed the Operational Support Team, July 29, to provide curated support to units across Yokota.
July 22, 2024 Scott provides manning assist for Beale Physical Therapy Clinic The Air Force is no stranger to innovation when using flexibility to overcome challenges. The Air Force Manning Assist Program is proof of one of the Air Force’s unofficial mottos, “The key to Air Power is flexibility”.
July 22, 2024 Priority of Airmen's health and wellness The Air Force emphasizes the three pillars of health - spiritual, mental, and physical - as foundational to overall well-being, teaching Airmen how to balance these elements for long-term benefit.