Feb. 6, 2024 Operation AGILE Medic: Joint Forces Collaborate in Full-Spectrum Medical Readiness exercise In December 2023, military forces conducted Operation AGILE Medic at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. More than 100 medical professionals collaborated to enhance full-spectrum medical readiness.
Jan. 16, 2024 Operation AGILE Medic, communication is key During the first week of December 2023, the Air Force, Army and Marines collaborated in Operation AGILE Medic at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, providing medics with real-world experience in austere environments transporting patients and implementing hands-on MEDIC-X training.
March 9, 2023 U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye hands over DoD field hospital to Turkish Government’s Ministry of Health On March 7, U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye, Jeffry Flake, officially handed over the field hospital on the grounds of Mustafa Kemal University to the Turkish Government's Ministry of Health on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense.
May 23, 2022 Air Force Surgeon General eyes modernizing capabilities for joint commanders (Part 2) Since assuming his role of Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Robert Miller has worked to advance the Air Force Medical Service’s capabilities, ensuring it is ready for an evolving joint fight.
May 16, 2022 JBA's EMEDS training prepares medical personnel for deployments Military medical personnel from across the United States participated in the final day of an Expeditionary Medical Support System exercise at Joint Base Andrews, Md., May 12, 2022.
March 15, 2022 Women's History Month highlight: All-women medic team supports mission welcoming Afghan allies In late August 2021, the Department of Defense issued a call for volunteers to support Operation Allies Welcome, the federal government’s effort to safely resettle Afghan refugees. Within a month, three medics from the 162nd Wing’s medical group—all women—answered that call.
Sept. 15, 2021 16 years later; A look back at the AFMS response to Hurricane Katrina The Air Force Medical Service played a significant role in the federal response to the devastation wrecked upon the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005 and her successor, Rita, three weeks later.
Sept. 2, 2021 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.
April 14, 2020 EMEDS maintains readiness posture Expeditionary Medical Support, an 86th Medical Group asset, remains postured and ready at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, should the capability be needed in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and saving lives.
June 27, 2019 Operation Allied Force and Shining Hope: The making of the new expeditionary AFMS This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Air Force Medical Service’s involvement in Operation Allied Force and the humanitarian support in Operation Shining Hope, and the first deployment of the Air Force’s Expeditionary Medical Support System, or EMEDS.
May 16, 2019 Vigorous Warrior 2019: Strengthening readiness and building partnerships For the first time, U.S Air Force assets participated in Vigorous Warrior, NATO’s largest-ever medical exercise held in April.Vigorous Warrior is a biannual readiness event organized by the NATO Military Medicine Centre of Excellence, headquartered in Budapest, Romania. This year’s exercise involved
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.
Aug. 21, 2018 An AFMS look back: Air Force provides medical, humanitarian support after hurricane devastation The hurricanes that battered dozens of islands in the Caribbean and the southeast U.S. in 2017 left millions without power, food, safe drinking water and medical support. In the wake of the devastation, disaster relief efforts mobilized, with Air Force assets providing aeromedical evacuation,
June 28, 2018 EMEDS Training at Exercise Maroon Surge To project forward medical capability into deployed settings, the Air Force uses Expeditionary Medical Support System.
June 12, 2018 Exercise Maroon Surge trains in crisis scenario response In an effort to advance combat readiness, the 86th Medical Group conducted Exercise Maroon Surge on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, June 4 through June 11.
May 1, 2018 AFNORTH wraps up EMEDS exercise Air Forces Northern Surgeon General’s office members wrapped up their evaluation of an Expeditionary Medical Support (EMEDS) confirmation field exercise, April 20.
April 20, 2018 AFNORTH surgeon general team evaluates DSCA medical response capabilities Two members of Air Forces Northern’s Surgeon General’s office are watching months of their planning efforts unfold here during an Expeditionary Medical Support confirmation field exercise, April 16-21, as they evaluate the 81st Medical Group’s response to simulated tornado aftermath.
April 18, 2018 Airmen treat "patient" during EMEDS exercise U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Khaliha Love, left, and Senior Airman Glen Snyder, medics assigned to the 81st Medical Group, Keesler Air Force Base, treat a “patient” during the Expeditionary Medical Support (EMEDS) field confirmation exercise facility build-up portion at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, April
April 9, 2018 Air Force lab puts medical devices through their paces “We break stuff,” said Lt. Col. Brandi Ritter, chief of the Air Force Medical Evaluation Support Activity, showing off the facility where her unit tests the devices medical Airmen use to complete their mission.
Oct. 19, 2017 AF medics deploy to Puerto Rico, aid hurricane relief efforts Approximately 87 members assigned to the 633rd Medical Group departed Joint Base Langley-Eustis to set up and operate a 25-bed Expeditionary Medical Support field hospital in support of hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico, Oct. 15-17, 2017.