Dec. 21, 2017 Reserve Citizen Airman leads life-saving med-evac mission Just before Thanksgiving, Maj. Jeffrey DellaVolpe, an Individual Mobilization Augmentee, led an international medical evacuation mission that saved the life of a wounded Navy EOD technician. DellaVolpe is assigned to a one-of-a-kind life-saving medical team at SAMMC and is one of less than a handful
June 19, 2017 59th MDW opens new hyperbaric medicine facility on JBSA Designed from the ground up to provide outstanding patient care, the 59th Medical Wing’s new, state-of-the-art facility near the San Antonio Military Medical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston expands the wing’s capability to provide hyperbaric medicine and wound care.
Oct. 4, 2016 Air Force officer leads SAMMC Emergency Department “Trauma team to the trauma room; trauma team to the trauma room.”
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.