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  • Disaster Mental Health Team supports AUAB through COVID-19

    Disaster Mental Health Team supports AUAB through COVID-19

    To combat the stressors of novel coronavirus and improve the overall well-being of service members of Al Udeid Air Base, helping agencies assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing stood up the Disaster Mental Health team in accordance with a Department of Defense mandate.
  • Medic Airmen from the 378th Expeditionary Medical Squadron train during a heat injury, rapid cool protocol exercise with firefighters from the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, July 1, 2020. Rapid response time to heat injuries is crucial for life-saving treatment for a patient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Benjamin Wiseman)

    378th EMDS train for rapid heat injury response

    With the average temperature in the south Kingdom of Saudi Arabia being 113 degrees Fahrenheit during the summer months, heat related injuries are the number one non-combative danger for all personnel deployed to the austere environment. The 378th Expeditionary Medical Squadron and the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, are working together to decrease response times to heat injuries; as well as, training to treat those injuries when they arise.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alexandra Singer performs a bird dog exercise at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Jan. 13, 2020.

    Fit through the end: ACCs new prenatal/postpartum guidance

    I sat on my bathroom toilet in shock, heart pounding almost out of my chest as tears welled up in my eyes. “There’s no way I’m pregnant,” I thought to myself, except there was a way and as unexpected as it was, it was true. Pregnant women throughout the military may have had a similar reaction to mine or something completely different after finding out there is life growing inside them, but one thing remains the same for us all…we are pregnant, and we are in the military, which means fitness is still a huge part of our lives.
  • 380th Air Expeditionary Wing firefighters and medics remove a simulated patient from an Emirati UH-60 Black Hawk during a large first responder exercise Sept. 24, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The exercise helped foster partnership with the United Arab Emirates Air Force Joint Aviation Command to practice an aeromedical evacuation scenario via helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Thornbury)

    380 AEW first responders exercise readiness, interoperability

    Emergency personnel from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing executed a large, first responder exercise Sept. 24, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The focus of any exercise is to safely respond to the emergency and mitigate impact to the wing and personnel. While there will always be lessons learned along the way, “practice like you play” so that you are ready to "fight tonight," is even more relevant in the exercise scenarios.
  • Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force #18 Kaleth O. Wright visited several units at Tinker Air Force Base and toured the 137th Special Operations Wing at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base July 30-31. During his visit, Wright received an overview of Tinker missions with an emphasis on Airmen's contributions to readiness through innovation and their impact throughout the Air Force. Wright also delivered a presentation focusing on Wingman and total force resiliency at an Enlisted All Call at Rose State College. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

    CMSAF Wright talks resiliency and readiness at all call

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright discussed resiliency and readiness with Tinker Airmen during an All Call held at the Hudiburg Chevrolet Center.
  • Sandra Stuart, right, 23d Medical Group health promotion dietitian, and Tech. Sgt. John Faggard, 23d Aircraft Maintenance resource advisor, go over his body composition results, Aug. 9, 2019, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. As a board-certified sports dietitian, Stuart helps Airmen make the best use of the nutrition involved in their exercise, helping maximize their fitness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erick Requadt)

    Dietitian keeps Airmen fit to fight

    The building blocks that ensure Airmen are healthy and able to take the fight to the enemy starts with what they put on their plate and in their bodies. The base dietitian provides dietary counsel and offers a variety of sustainable wellness practices to help keep Team Moody fit to fight.
  • FTX trains Airmen for a deployed environment

    FTX trains Airmen for deployed environment

    While at Quantico, the 633rd SFS members, known as defenders, sharpened their skills while conducting day and night reconnaissance operations, establishing a forward operating base, and clearing villages to acquire a specific target.
  • Airmen with the 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron work together to fill a small pool with soapy water to clean thousands of toys January 18, 2019, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. Toys from the Child Development Center and Youth Programs went through a deep-clean over a period of several days: first soaked in a bleach solution, then hand-scrubbed in soapy water and rinsed with clean water before being left to air-dry. The thorough process ensured once sanitized, all frequently-used toys could be returned to base children without risk re-infecting them with a gastrointestinal virus which affected nearly more than 100 personnel and family members in the weeks prior. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elora J. Martinez)

    Grand Forks AFB public health team acts fast to combat virus

    Winter is infamous for wreaking havoc on immune systems and taking people down with the common cold, but when numbers abnormally started to rise on Grand Forks Air Force Base of military members, spouses and children experiencing a gastrointestinal virus in December, members of the 319th Medical Group took notice.
  • A joint surgical team comprised of three separate branches assembled to perform an operation at U.S. Air Force Hospital Langley at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Dec. 11, 2018.

    Langley surgical team goes 'purple'

    A joint surgical team comprised of three separate branches assembled at U.S. Air Force Hospital Langley on Dec. 11, 2018 to perform an operation. Consisting of a Navy surgeon, Air Force nurse, and Army technician, the team was organized to perform a Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery to restore a patient’s sinus ventilation to normal function.
  • 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. (U.S. Air Force illustration)

    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.
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