Nov. 5, 2024 Royal Thai Air Force nurses visit 59th Medical Wing The 59th Medical Wing hosted five Royal Thai Air Force nurses for a professional exchange in September and October 2024, offering them an immersive experience in U.S. Air Force healthcare practices.
Aug. 26, 2024 New commander takes the helm of 59th Medical Wing Members of the Air Force's 59th Medical Wing reflected on their recent accomplishments and readiness for future missions during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 23, 2024.
Dec. 13, 2023 Good sleep hygiene combats 'functional zombies' There are many facets to optimizing human performance, and Second Air Force is tackling how well Airmen sleep.
Nov. 30, 2023 AFRL, 59th Medical Wing launch space medical research group A newly established collaboration between the 711th Human Performance Wing’s Human Effectiveness Directorate, the Air Force Research Laboratory and the 59th Medical Wing is creating a military research working group to address defense space-linked medical research gaps.
Oct. 17, 2023 Air Force physician chosen to lead military’s largest medical network An Air Force physician with over 30 years of service became the first director of the newly designated Defense Health Network Central, the military’s largest medical network, on Oct. 1.
Aug. 29, 2022 Women’s Equality Day: Female leaders blaze a trail in military medicine As a first for military medicine here, there’s a female commanding general and deputy/vice commander at the helm of the 59th Medical Wing and Brooke Army Medical Center, as well as an all-female command team at the San Antonio Market.
Oct. 5, 2021 Medical readiness training through the pandemic The 59th Medical Readiness Training Center continues to provide the highest level of training for medics across the Air Force Medical Service prior to deployment as well as ensuring skills remain current.
Aug. 17, 2021 Medical Education and Training Campus trains biomedical technicians The Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is home to the Biomedical Equipment Technician program that meets the unique mission of training, mentoring, professionally developing and qualifying the most proficient Air Force, Army and Navy biomedical equipment
July 21, 2021 San Antonio Market to standardize, optimize local healthcare After years of collaboration, San Antonio’s military treatment facilities officially unified as a market with the Defense Health Agency during a ceremony at Brooke Army Medical Center today.
June 28, 2021 59th MDW treats transgender service members Earlier this year, President Joe Biden signed an executive order making it possible for transgender service members to openly serve in the military, which further strengthened the Transgender Health Medical Evaluation Unit at the 59th Medical Wing.
Jan. 27, 2021 Gold Star survivor becomes Bronze Star recipient Losing a loved one forever changes someone’s life. For some, it shatters them. For others, it pushes them to better themselves. Master Sgt. Brandon “Hock” Hockenbarger, 959th Medical Operations Squadron Internal Medicine flight chief, is the latter.
July 13, 2018 59 MDW expands wounded warrior care at MacDill AFB MacDill Air Force Base’s 6th Medical Wing’s dermatology clinic partnered with members from the 59th MDW to learn fractional laser resurfacing, a treatment used by the 59th MDW since 2007, providing patient-centered care to wounded warriors with traumatic amputations, burns and severe scarring.
May 2, 2018 59th Medical Wing executes five missions at once The 59th Medical Wing orchestrated five air transport missions simultaneously during the week of April 16th through the 20th. The Air Force's premier healthcare, medical education and research, and readiness wing flexed global capability by delivering expert healthcare to patients in multiple
Sept. 5, 2017 ‘Big Willie’ hosts soldiers traveling to Harvey relief The 59th Medical Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is currently hosting roughly 500-Soldiers in the old Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center as they prepare to deploy to areas affected by Hurricane Harvey.
Jan. 5, 2017 59 MDW cares for the warfighter In mid-November, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Kenneth Dwyer, a Special Forces officer assigned to U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, traveled to San Antonio for a week for a follow-up appointment. Within that short timeframe, he left with more than he expected and
Dec. 20, 2016 Training at a glance: Orthotics program The Air Force's only orthotics training program is conducted at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Established in the 1970s, the program is dedicated to providing the highest level of training and graduating world-class orthotics technicians. The
May 18, 2016 Roberson impressed by 59th MDW warrior medics Seeing first-hand how the 59th Medical Wing is “setting the standard” for innovation throughout the Department of Defense, Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, commander, Air Education and Training Command, toured the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center May 11 to get an inside glimpse of the organization.
April 27, 2016 Leading the next generation of warrior medics It’s a little after 7:30 a.m. and the stampede has finally cleared the hallways. Finally, a moment of silence, the first since arriving to work three hours prior. The five-story building is nearly desolate now, but a multitude of paperwork and tasks remain to be done before the 800-plus military
April 15, 2016 59th MDW, Wilford Hall Auxiliary team up to help save infant lives With help from the Wilford Hall Auxiliary, the Air Force’s 59th Medical Wing is helping babies born at the San Antonio Military Medical Center sleep safely.
April 6, 2016 X-ray tech makes sure doctors aren’t operating blind Senior Airman Meagan Tavares, 59th Medical Wing radiologic technologist, has a gift for seeing through people. Her X-ray equipment helps, but Tavares relies just as much on her people skills.