Story by Russell Tafuri Blanchfield Army Community Hospital Two college nursing students sacrificed part of their summer break from pursuing their nursing degrees to don hospital scrubs and participate in the U.S. Army Nurse Summer Training Program at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, from July 5-31. These students are members of the Army’s Reserve […]
Story by Bernard Little Walter Reed National Military Medical Center The National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) bid fair winds and following seas to U.S. Navy Capt. (Dr.) Carlos Williams and welcomed aboard Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Shannon Ford as NICoE’s director during a farewell ceremony on July 30 at NICoE, located at Walter Reed National […]
Courtesy Story Air Force Medical Service The U.S. Senate confirmed Maj. Gen. John J. DeGoes as the U.S. Air Force Surgeon General July 31, 2024. In this position, he will also serve as the principal advisor on all health and medical matters for the Space Force. The Senate Armed Services Committee confirmed DeGoes by voice […]
Story by Senior Airman Zachary Foster United States Air Forces Central U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY – The hardest part of a deployment is being away from loved ones, but service members deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility are never truly alone. The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing hosts a variety of resources […]
Story by Emily Swedlund Naval Medical Research Command Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) has announced the winners of their 2023 Scientist and Junior Scientist of the Year awards: Dr. Jeffrey Bolkhovsky and Mr. Matthew Daley, respectively. Bolkhovsky was awarded the Dr. Edward E. Cudahy Excellence in Scientific Leadership award and Daley received the Dr. Jo […]
Story by Senior Airman Tiarra Sibley Space Launch Delta 30 U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lexus Everett, 30th Medical Group diagnostic imaging technologist NCOIC, recently won the 2024 Blacks in Government (BIG) Meritorious Service Award. “I was initially shocked, proud, and grateful,” expressed Everett. “I immediately shared this exciting moment with my husband, family back at […]
Story by Airman 1st Class Robert Nichols 60th Air Mobility Wing U.S. Army 1st Lt. Sarah Krieger, Tripler Army Medical Center nurse, was coordinating an air medical transport operation for a patient when she realized her brother, U.S. Air Force Capt. Zackary Krieger, 21st Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III pilot, would be piloting the C-17 coming […]
Story by Master Sgt. Jaime Ciciora Air Force Reserve Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) MANGILAO, Guam. – The Air Force Reserve, Navy and Guam Air National Guard are partnering with the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services to host a pop-up medical clinic in support of the 2024 Guam Wellness Innovative Readiness Training now through […]
Story by Capt. Madeline Krpan 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) FILADELFIA, Paraguay — Active duty U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army personnel sourced from 15 locations across the globe arrived to Filadelfia, Paraguay, July 29 in support of Phase II of AMISTAD24, in the first ever active-duty-led U.S. military medical assistance mission in the country. […]
Story by Tech. Sgt. Alexis Wade 179th Cyberspace Wing Amongst the bison roaming over the great plains sits Browning High School, with the Rocky Mountains peaking just beyond the horizon, the hum of people funneling through filled the air while more than 200 U.S. service members changed the lives of members of the Blackfeet Tribe and […]