April 10, 2019 Medical logistics Airmen enable enhancement of lifesaving skills at NATO exercise in Romania Approximately 50 Airmen from the 86th Medical Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, arrived April 3 at Cincu Military Base, Romania, to participate in the NATO-led medical exercise Vigorous Warrior 19.
April 9, 2019 USCENTCOM’s medical exchange supports global readiness “Injury Prevention to Rehabilitation, Enhancing Military Medical Capabilities” was the theme during USCENTCOM’s biennial Medical Security Cooperation Exchange, April 2 - 5.Senior medical officials from eighteen coalition and partner nations representing the Middle East and Central Asian regions, as
March 22, 2019 AF studies Total Exposure Health approach in high-noise environments The Air Force Medical Service is studying new and cost-effective ways to promote readiness by understanding these exposures.
March 18, 2019 Beale Medical Group restructures organization of Family Health Clinic The 9th Medical Group recently executed a restructure of its Family Health Clinic to create two units of focused care: active duty beneficiaries and all other beneficiaries.
March 13, 2019 Area Dental Laboratory aims for 100 percent lab tech certification Dental readiness is an important aspect of keeping the Air Force fit to fight. Despite this, the dental lab technicians responsible for ensuring your readiness are not required by the Air Force to hold a certification from the National Board for Certification in Dental Laboratory Technology.
March 5, 2019 Project ECHO: Using telehealth to maintain a ready medical force Project ECHO was developed by the University of New Mexico. The AFMS began using a modified version in 2012 to improve the ability to connect medical Airmen with specialty providers at other MTFs.
March 4, 2019 AF Surgeon General visits RAF Lakenheath Lt. Gen. Dorothy A. Hogg, surgeon general of the Air Force, and Chief Master Sgt. Steven Cum, chief of medical enlisted force and enlisted corps chief, visited the 48th Medical Group here, Feb. 28, 2019.
March 1, 2019 Interagency exercise boosts medical readiness The 99th Medical Group, Department of Veterans Affairs and Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps participated in a federal coordination exercise, Feb. 19, simulating a mass airlift operation to extract casualties following a disaster.
Feb. 16, 2019 Medical helps prevent the flu amongst service members The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain procured 3.4 million influenza vaccine doses for service members around the world during the 2018-2019 Influenza Season.
Feb. 6, 2019 Project HeRO seeks to improve squadron health habits A new Air Force Health and Readiness Optimization program, or HeRO, seeks to partner with squadrons by using data to help Airmen improve health habits that impact readiness.HeRO represents a reboot of Air Force Health Promotion efforts. It is designed to target at-risk squadrons using data and
Jan. 31, 2019 Getting right for readiness The 633rd Medical Group implemented a new program that incorporates individual medical readiness requirements into the First-Term Airmen Course curriculum at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.The Medical Right Start Program, initially launched in July 2018, aims to reduce overdue IMR statuses
Jan. 29, 2019 Virtual training platform maintains, improves military surgeon’s skills The Air Force is working with sister services to study a virtual training platform called Crowd-Sourced Assessment of Technical Skills, or C-SATS.
Jan. 17, 2019 Growing Air Force’s space medicine culture Medical Airmen within U.S. Air Force Space Command are making sure space operators are ready for future readiness requirements.
Dec. 17, 2018 ACC Command Surgeon on today’s, tomorrow’s medical operations Brig. Gen. Paul Friedrichs is the Command Surgeon, Headquarters Air Combat Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, shares personal and professional perspectives on Air Force life and military medicine.
Dec. 8, 2018 One step at a time Senior Master Sgt. David Snyder put on his physical training uniform and fought the tension inside his chest. It was the day of his annual PT test. Like all his tests before, he had been preparing for months. But this time, he was a lot more nervous.
Dec. 4, 2018 AF SG kicks off 2018 AFMS senior leadership workshop The Air Force Medical Service hosted the Senior Leadership Workshop for medical leaders at the National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia, Dec. 3-6, 2018.
Nov. 28, 2018 Mental health providers, leadership partner for deployment resiliency, readiness Deployed mental health providers work closely with leadership to help maintain warfighter resiliency and readiness.Service members are away from their usual support systems during deployment, and because the environment and stress puts them in unusual situations, they require innovative and flexible
Nov. 27, 2018 Medical Airmen committed to patients, readiness throughout transformation As the Air Force Medical Service undergoes transformation, medical Airmen maintain an unwavering commitment to readiness and Trusted Care.
Nov. 26, 2018 Deploying mental health care downrange Deployed mental health providers play a vital role in delivering medical care downrange, ensuring the health of the warfighter and the mission.Even though service members who deploy are medically ready, both physically and mentally, the rigors of deployment can take a toll.
Nov. 23, 2018 Combating suicide: What can I do today? Multiple Air Force initiatives are working toward a common goal; Empowering Leaders and Airmen to increase morale, cohesion, and readiness by recognizing when Airmen need help, decreasing barriers to help-seeking, and creating a culture in which Airmen and their families thrive.