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  • 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
  • Airman 1st Class Kayla Descamps and Staff Sgt. Michael Glowth, 28th Medical Group aerospace medical technicians, practice strapping Tech. Sgt. Ricky Dunbar, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the ambulance services flight, to a stretcher at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., July 10, 2018. The 28th Medical Operations Squadron ambulance services flight brings a lot of gear with them on calls so they can deal with a wide variety of situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Karol)

    Ambulance services strive to keep you alive

    No matter the season, time or weather, a familiar sound can be heard from every corner of the base during an emergency – the wailing of an ambulance’s sirens en route to save a life.
  • Tech. Sgt. Ricardo Lemos Rodriguez, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Force Health Management Branch, mentors the Public Health apprentice students to prepare them for the operational Air Force. He discusses how they can navigate the Air Force Portal to locate information on Air Force priorities, career development and education. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)

    USAFSAM instructors bring experience to classroom, ready Airmen to battlefield

    Deployed experience, subject expertise, and a passion to share lessons learned make instructors at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine a vital part of medical readiness, equipping Airmen with the skills to be successful. Celebrating its 100th year, USAFSAM is the leading platform for education, training, and research in aerospace and operational medicine.
  • An Airman from the 59th Medical Wing performs sentry duty during a combat simulation as part of the Ability to Survive and Operate course Oct. 10, 2017, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The ATSO course takes Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing out of their traditional patient centric clinics and places them into a realistic combat settings and scenarios they may encounter in the real world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keifer Bowes)

    Deployment training reinforces critical skills

    On the grounds of the Air Force’s largest medical mobility mission, the 59th Medical Wing amplifies critical readiness and combat skills to enhance joint service integration downrange.
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