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    Air Force Reserve Airmen recognized with awards at Air, Space & Cyber Conference

    Maj. Gen. John Healy, deputy to the chief of Air Force Reserve, and Chief Master Sgt. Jeremy Malcolm, 10th Air Force command chief, presented the Air Force Reserve Unit award and the Best Space Operations Crew award to Citizen Airmen during the 2021 Air, Space & Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 20, 2021.
  • Senior Airman Kenyetta Oglesbe (right) applies broken nose moulage to Senior Airman Shauna-Kay Nation

    Airman enhances readiness through personal passion

    Senior Airman Kenyetta Oglesbe, 51st Medical Group air evacuation technician, stumbled across a YouTube video about special effects makeup that sparked her interest. She then took her newly gained skills from online tutorials and self-application hands-on training and used them to create lifelike injuries on patients for training scenarios.
  • Under Secretary of the Air Force, Gina Ortiz Jones leads a discussion with wing leaders about the mandatory COVID vaccination efforts, Sept. 11, 2021, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. The USecAF wants to determine any limiting factors in the execution of the timeline, concerns voiced from members of the units, use of medical or religious exemptions, and best practices of communicating the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine, and show support for the units overall readiness efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cierra Presentado/Released)

    Under Secretary of the Air Force talks mandatory COVID vaccination efforts with Air Force Reserve

    The under secretary’s purpose for the short trip to JB Andrews was to meet with the AFR and have an open, face-to-face discussion on the mandatory COVID vaccination efforts and learn what the Reserve needs at the secretary level to make this initiative successful.
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    DAF announces mandatory COVID vaccine implementation guidelines for Airmen, Guardians

    Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall has released a service implementation plan that requires Airmen and Guardians to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the following dates, unless seeking an exemption.
  • AUAB medics adapt to support Afghanistan evacuation

    AUAB medics adapt to support Afghanistan evacuation

    Since Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, became the main stopover location for qualified evacuees from Afghanistan on Aug. 14, 2021, the entire installation and all of its personnel have had to adapt at a moment’s notice in order to support the Afghanistan evacuation operations.
  • Doctor provides care to patient.

    More than medical care: EMEDS prescribes hope

    In less than 24 hours, medical and logistics personnel transformed Ramstein’s Southside Fitness Center Annex into an expansive Expeditionary Medical Support System during Operation Allies Refuge.
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Donald Davenport, 92nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron medical technician, treats a simulated patient during Exercise Ready Eagle at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Aug. 27, 2021.

    Ready Eagle exercise keeps 92nd MDG prepared

    The 92nd Medical Group participated in a week-long readiness exercise, dubbed Ready Eagle, August 23-27, 2021. Ready Eagle is an Air Force Medical Readiness Agency-directed exercise to keep medical personnel prepared for the future fight.
  • U.S. Airmen offload a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 815th Airlift Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, for aeromedical evacuation training during exercise Patriot Warrior at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 13, 2021. Patriot Warrior is Air Force Reserve Command's premier exercise providing Airmen an opportunity to train with joint and international partners in airlift, aeromedical evacuation, and mobility support. The exercise builds on capabilities for the future fight, increasing the readiness, lethality and agility of the Air Force Reserve. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Corban Lundborg)

    Reserve Airmen participate in exercise Patriot Warrior

    During the exercise, the unit stood up a fully operational base, equipped with mobile hospitals for simulated patients flown in on military aircraft, such as the C-130J Super Hercules aircraft operated by an 815th AS aircrew who took part in the deployment-style exercise to enhance wartime skills.
  • Medics from the 88th Medical Group unload a patient manikin from the AMBUS during deployment training Aug. 12 provided by aeromedical evacuation instructors at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Richard Eldridge)

    USAFSAM provides deployment training to medics at Wright-Patt Med Center

    Aeromedical evacuation instructors from the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine provided an all-day deployment training on patient movement Aug. 12 to a team of 14 medics from the 88th Medical Group who currently work at the Wright-Patt Medical Center.
  • Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines provide no-cost health care to Central Delaware communities Aug. 1, 2021 as part of Central Delaware Partnership For Hope 2021 Innovative Readiness Training program. The event is scheduled to provide services from Aug. 1-9. IRT is a National Guard-led, multi-service/component training event intended to build mutually beneficial partnerships between the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. communities. The mission provides servicemembers with hands-on readiness training opportunities, while providing direct and lasting benefits to residents of each community served. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Gonzalez)

    Central Delaware IRT wraps up medical mission

    Guard, Active and Reserve component service members concluded medical care services provided by Central Delaware Partnership for Hope 2021 Innovative Readiness Training program Aug. 9, 2021.
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