Aug. 20, 2024 Aeromedical Nurse Practitioner ensures fliers are fit to fight While relatively new to the Air Force as a career field, ANPs serve a vital purpose by providing care to Airmen who take part in flying missions, thereby keeping them fit to fight.
June 20, 2023 88th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron focused on ‘fit to fight’ force The 88th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron provides direct support to Air Force operations by promoting and sustaining force health, preventing injury and illness, restoring health and elevating human performance.
May 24, 2019 Seeking mental health treatment: 49th Maintenance Group chief shares his experience with PTSD “Dealing with a traumatic event from 2011 in Afghanistan, I realize now that I probably needed help long before 2018, but at the time I felt like I’d figured out how to control the ghosts in my head. I forced myself to keep them at bay, and instead of dealing with my problems, I just let them
March 1, 2019 Expeditionary bioenvironmental technicians safeguard 386th AEW Deployments take U.S. service members to all corners of the globe, which can present a number of health risks, especially in new environments.
Sept. 17, 2017 Deployed med group keeps Airmen, Coalition members in the fight Military members across the various U.S. service branches are all expected to maintain certain physical fitness standards in order to be fit to fight. But what happens when those military members get injured or come down with an illness while deployed?
June 16, 2017 386 AEW physical therapists keep service members fit to fight SOUTHWEST ASIA -- In a deployed environment, injuries happen. Whether they occur in the performance of duty or through the course of physical exercise, they have the potential to impact the mission. Each individual in the military, and their ability to perform their duties, plays an important role