172nd Airlift Wing conducts Operation Vital Force Story by Airman 1st Class Shardae McAfee JACKSON, Miss. – The 172nd Airlift Wing conducted Operation Vital Force, a training exercise that partnered the 172nd Medical Group, 183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 172nd Force Support Squadron with the Mississippi Army National Guard to reinforce joint coordination and effectiveness during […]
Story by Janet A. Aker Defense Health Agency Uniformed Services University researchers in psychiatry and psychology presented at two recent meetings in Poland in February and March 2024 on warfighter brain health and its impact on Ukrainian warfighters. The multi-day March event was a Department of Defense-sponsored symposium dedicated to addressing the comprehensive spectrum of […]
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey 168th Wing EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – Flyers, divers, and jumpers are in a unique special duty community where they may be exposed to risks in their military operational duties. With preparedness at the forefront and the key to helping people, Airmen of the 354th Fighter Wing […]
Story by BUMED PAO U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Ensuring the medical readiness of Sailors and Marines was the focus for more than 200 senior leaders who attended the 2024 Navy Surgeon General’s Leadership Symposium at the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) headquarters, May 6-8, 2024. […]
Story by Master Sgt. Peter Thompson 86th Airlift Wing BAKONYKúTI TRAINING AREA, HUNGARY – A U.S. contingent of 50 personnel participated in Vigorous Warrior 24 May 3-8, 2024, at Bakonykúti Training Area, Hungary. Vigorous Warrior is NATO’s largest medical exercise, with this iteration uniting more than 1,600 participants from 33 countries to exercise experimental doctrinal […]
Story by Airman James DeCicco 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard A ceremony was held to mark the change in leadership for the 167th Medical Group, at the 167th Airlift Wing base dining facility, Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia, May 4. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Dona Chewning assumed command of the 167th […]
Story by 2nd Lt. Merit Davey 27th Special Operations Wing Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. – The 27th Special Operations Medical Group recently joined the likes of gold-star health care programs worldwide in both ambulatory health care and primary care when it was accredited and certified, respectively, by The Joint Commission, Feb. 10, 2024, here. […]
Story by Maria Christina Yager Munson Army Health Center Public Affairs FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas – A Munson Army Health Center Soldier was among 48 United States and International Service Members on Fort Leavenworth to earn the coveted German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge. After passing the rigorous test, Pfc. John Lingo, a pharmacy specialist at Munson, […]
Story by Kira Baldau Air Force Medical Service Members of the Air Force Medical Service’s Nurse Corps celebrated Nurse and Medical Technicians week with a tour of the National Museum of Health and Medicine on May 8, 2024. The National Museum of Health and Medicine preserves the impact of military medicine by archiving and displaying […]
Story by Master Sgt. William Reinier Joint Task Force – National Capital Region and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington Charlie awoke and, by all accounts, had lost the use of his legs. Laying on the floor, Spc. Madison Gilmore reassured him, pleading with him to take just a few steps. Immobilized and unable […]