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    920th RQW Airmen prepare for human spaceflight

    To prepare for the arrival of human space flight tests next year, the 920th Rescue Wing along with the DoD Human Space Flight Support Office, NASA and SpaceX personnel joined forces to plan and execute a realistic medical evacuation exercise at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Oct. 25.
  • Tech. Sgt. Michael Tryon, non-commissioned officer in charge, Aeromedical Operational Psychology at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, prepares to teach a course for Integrated Operational Support mental health care providers, technicians and social workers, Aug. 30, 2018. The IOS mental health care training program prepares providers going into IOS positions, focusing on how to support the entire squadron to improve performance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)

    USAFSAM readies operational mental health care providers

    The U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine has set up Air Force’s first operational training program for embedded mental health care providers and technicians, preparing them to join Integrated Operational Support teams.
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. Joshua Tyler, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron Institute for Defense Robotic Surgical Education program director, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., and Maj. Scott Thallemer, InDoRSE program coordinator, pose for a photo inside the robotics surgery training room at the clinical research lab on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sept. 13, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Kemberly Groue)

    Robotics key to medical Airmen recruitment, retention, readiness

    With surgical robots becoming the standard of care across many specialties, the Air Force Medical Service is keeping up with the latest advancements to provide the best patient care and maintain Airman readiness.
  • Maj. Penny Glenn (center), a critical care nurse with the 190th Medical Group and education specialist with The University of Kansas Health System (TUKHS), trains a guard member during a clinical rotation at TUKHS, June 20, 2017. The 190th Medical Group, part of the 190th Kansas Air National Guard Air Refueling Wing, has an established partnership with TUKHS to ensure Airmen maintain their clinical currency to deliver care downrange. (Courtesy photo)

    ANG medics maintain readiness with University of Kansas Health System

    Air National Guard Airmen are key to supporting Total Force readiness. Training agreements with civilian hospitals are vital to helping them achieve this support.
  • Pararescue specialists from the 103rd Pararescue Squadron, Westhampton Beach, New York, execute a rescue training mission for Northern Strike 18, Aug. 10, 2018. Northern Strike 18 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from many states, multiple service branches and a number of coalition countries during the first three weeks of August 2018 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan and operated by the Michigan National Guard. The accredited Joint National Training Capabilities exercise demonstrates the Michigan National Guard's ability to provide accessible, readiness-building opportunities for military units from all service branches to achieve and sustain proficiency in conducting mission command, air, sea, and ground maneuver integration, together with the synchronization of fires in a joint, multinational, decisive action environment. (Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Tiffany Clark)

    Air National Guard pararescue specialists train at Northern Strike 18

    Service members from all four branches taking part in Northern Strike 18 participated in a joint mass-casualty exercise, Aug. 10, 2018. This exercise enabled multiple units to work together to tackle complex issues, while securing, treating, extricating and evacuating simulated casualties.
  • U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. John Murphy, an optometrist assigned to the 162nd Medical Group, Arizona Air National Guard, shows Maui County Mayor Alan M. Arakawa the process and capabilities for the Optometry clinic for Tropic Care Maui County 2018 at Central Maui, Hawaii, Aug. 11. Tropic Care Maui County 2018 provides medical service members and support personnel “hands-on” readiness training to prepare for future deployments while providing direct and lasting benefits to the people of Maui, Molokai, and Lanai, Aug. 11-19. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin D. Schulze)

    Tropic Care Maui County 2018 clinic opens at UH Maui College

    A U.S. military health care clinic was launched at the University of Hawaii Maui College on Saturday, providing no-cost medical, vision, and dental services to the public from Aug. 11-19.
  • Japanese Ground Defense Forces demonstrate their plans to set up a decontamination area during a tabletop simulation at Yokota Air Base, Japan, August 8, 2018.

    374th MDG hosts Joint Bilateral CBRN training

    Medical personnel from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Ft. Dietrick, Maryland, came to Yokota Air Base, Japan, to host the Offsite Medical Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties (MCBC) Short Course, August 6-8, 2018.
  • An Airman checks behind a simulated military escort for combatants at the Emergency Medical Technician Rodeo at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M., August 8, 2018. A total of 21 Air Force bases from around the world visited MAFR and Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, to participate in the EMT Rodeo, giving the technicians a wide assortment of scenarios to test their knowledge and training in the medical field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gage Adison Daniel)

    EMT Rodeo 2018

    Emergency medical technicians from 21 Air Force bases from around the world gathered at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, to participate in the 11th annual EMT Rodeo 2018, a two-day competition testing their knowledge and readiness training during high-stress scenarios.
  • Newman received immunization augmentation training while at Spangdahlem in order to better assist the needs of the Airmen back home at Youngstown Air Reserve Station.

    910th MDS Airmen maintain readiness at Spangdahlem

    Seven Airmen from the 910th Medical Squadron, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, went to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to supplement their active duty counterparts and receive training, July 5-19, 2018. The 15-day annual tour provided the Reserve Citizen Airmen invaluable insight and aided them in remaining current and qualified with in their medical career fields.
  • Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa, fourth from left, stands with military leaders and Maui County officials in June 2018 to plan Tropic Care Maui County 2018. About 350 Guard, Reserve, and active duty military members arrived in Maui, Molokai, and Lanai to set up no-cost healthcare clinics as part of the U.S. military Innovative Readiness Training initiative. Military members will provide medical, vision, and dental services at sites in Central Maui, Kihei, Lahaina, Hana, Molokai, and Lanai, August 11-19. The training mission is led by the Air National Guard and supported by members of the Air Force, Army, Navy Reserve, and Marine Corps Reserve. Maui County and the Hawaii State Department of Health are partnering with the military for this mission, working closely with community members to organize the clinics. (Courtesy photo)

    Healthcare training mission coming to Maui, Molokai, Lanai

    Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa, fourth from left, stands with military leaders and Maui County officials in June 2018 to plan Tropic Care Maui County 2018. About 350 Guard, Reserve, and active duty military members arrived in Maui, Molokai, and Lanai to set up no-cost healthcare clinics as part of the U.S. military Innovative Readiness Training
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