April 5, 2024 United in healthcare: Air Force medical assistance team works to help patients, strengthen partnerships As Air Force medical providers from varying specialties fanned out across the island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis in the eastern Caribbean, the line between uniformed military members and partner nation medical staff began to blur.
March 5, 2024 LAMAT: The impact on human life The LAMAT mission provides not just knowledge exchange and interoperability, but a real-world impact on human life. The mission will last until March 8, providing medical teams the opportunity to grow and build on relationships and skills.
March 1, 2024 U.S. Air Force medical assistance mission concludes in Suriname Forty-two U.S. Air Force active duty and reserve personnel embedded with Surinamese military and civilian medical institutions in an effort to collaborate and hone skills through mutual training and education, with the added and critical benefit of providing needed care for patients.
Feb. 9, 2024 USAFE Surgeon General organizes Minnesota, Croatia medical exercise Medical professionals from the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Surgeon General office, the Minnesota Army National Guard, and the Croatian Armed Forces conducted a patient holding and specified diagnostics tabletop exercise in Zagreb, Croatia, Jan. 22-25, 2024.
Dec. 1, 2023 Global minds converge: Empowering innovation through exchange of medical knowledge The United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa Office of the Command Surgeon hosted a medical knowledge exchange with NATO allies Denmark and Bulgaria as well as U.S. partner nation Serbia at Ramstein Air Base Germany, Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 2023.
Oct. 23, 2023 Yokota medics make moves in aeromedical evacuation exercise The 374th Medical Group responded to a simulated aeromedical evacuation and mass casualty scenario during the Beverly Morning 24-1 exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 20.
Sept. 27, 2023 Surgeon General immerses with Mustang Medics, talks AFMED U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, Air Force surgeon general, and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, medical enlisted force and enlisted corps chief, receives an informational briefing during an immersion tour.
Sept. 12, 2023 30th Medical Group conducts MEDIC-X training MEDIC-X is an Air Force Surgeon General initiative that equips all medical personnel with foundational skills to elevate patient care, readiness and casualty management.
Sept. 5, 2023 Popular AFRL invention supports joint military needs with mobile medical documentation BATDOK is a smartphone application for mobile medical documentation that replaces pen and paper records.
Aug. 24, 2023 AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing welcomes new commander Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Robert K. Bogart assumed command of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s, or AFRL, 711th Human Performance Wing during a ceremony hosted by Brig. Gen. Scott A. Cain, AFRL commander, Aug. 21, 2023, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
Aug. 14, 2023 Medics train during contingency response development U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army medical from multiple units came together for a contingency response development at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Aug. 9, 2023.
Aug. 1, 2023 Yokota Medics test contingency response with Allies during Mobility Guardian 2023 Yokota medics were put to the test to practice aeromedical evacuation and massive casualty response in cooperation with the U.K., Canada, New Zealand, and Japan in support of Mobility Guardian 2023 operations and an internal readiness exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 18-19, 2023.
July 20, 2023 U.S., Coalition Forces enhance emergency response capabilities U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing trained with coalition partners during a medical response exercise at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, July 17, 2023.
July 19, 2023 Frontline medicine: 378th Expeditionary Medical Squadron GST in action Last month, Airmen from the 378th Expeditionary Medical Squadron Ground Surgical Team had the opportunity to forward deploy to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan.
July 7, 2023 2023 Medic Skills Rodeo The 17th Medical Group participated in a Medic Skills Rodeo lead by Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute cadre which reinforced and expanded individuals' basic medical knowledge while still keeping participants engaged throughout the event, June 22.
July 7, 2023 What’s bugging you Yokota? The 374th Medical Group entomology Airmen collect samples of insects from across Yokota Air Base, and submit the samples to a testing facility to look for any insect-borne diseases that may affect base residents and the nearby Japanese communities.
June 9, 2023 Allies, partner nations collaborate at military nursing conference, enhance USAFE-AFAFRICA partnerships, readiness Nurses and medical professionals from 24 Allied and partner nations, including the U.S., converged at the U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa 2023 European-African Military Nursing Exchange conference, May 31 to June 2.
May 15, 2023 Breaking silence: Shattering the taboo of mental health May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about the importance of mental health and to reduce the stigma that surrounds mental illness.
April 5, 2023 CAFB Capt. poses question; improves readiness U.S. Air Force Capt. Hailey Faist, MD, 14th Medical Group flight surgeon, noticed an issue with the limited list of approved medications to treat Urinary Tract Infections.
March 31, 2023 Like a cable boss: Connecting medical technology Inspecting and connecting tiny wires may seem like a small task, but it’s one that has a big effect on medical care that military patients receive in deployed locations like Qatar.