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Great American Smokeout aims to douse all types of nicotine use. Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, the Air Force Surgeon General, answers questions from an Airman during a question and answer session at the 2016 Air Force Medical Service Senior Leadership Workshop. The workshop has a week-long focus on strategies and future programs for the AFMS. Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, the Air Force Surgeon General, addresses medical Airmen during a question and answer session at the 2016 Air Force Medical Service Senior Leadership Workshop. The workshop has a week-long focus on strategies and future programs for the AFMS. Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, the Air Force Surgeon General, answers questions from an Airman during a question and answer session at the 2016 Air Force Medical Service Senior Leadership Workshop. The workshop has a week-long focus on strategies and future programs for the AFMS.
Maj. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, the Deputy Air Force Surgeon General, addresses almost 400 medical Airmen as Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, the Surgeon General, stands by behind her. She spoke to the crowd during a question and answer session at the 2016 Air Force Medical Service Senior Leadership Workshop. Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, the Air Force Surgeon General, addresses medical Airmen during a question and answer session at the 2016 Air Force Medical Service Senior Leadership Workshop. The workshop has a week-long focus on strategies and future programs for the AFMS. AFMS International Health Specialists at the IHS Orientation course at McGuire AFB, August 2016. Staff Sgt. Justin Pribble, 31st Medical Operations Squadron allergy and immunizations NCO in charge, administers an influenza vaccine to a patient, Oct. 14, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. (Photo by Senior Airman Areca T. Bell, Graphic added by Steve Thompson)
Cup Pack 50 members line up for their annual bicycle rodeo behind the Post Exchange at Fort Rucker, Ala. (Photo by Emily Brainard, Graphic by Steve Thompson) Col Alan Chambers (pictured center), former Director of AFMS International Health Specialist program, at an Acupuncture Exchange between the Department of Defense (DoD) and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Chinese military, at the Uniformed Services University (USU). On his left is Maj Andre Mach, IHS liaison, and on his right, a Senior Chinese Army official. (Bethesda, MD, December 2015.) Partnership exchanges like these are at the core of IHS program activities, sharing different approaches to medical practices and building relationships. Staff Sgt. Derrick Reynolds, a 71st Medical Operations Squadron technician, vaccinates an Airman at the immunizations section of the clinic at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Jan. 4. (Photo by David Poe, Graphic illustration by Steve Thompson) In 1954, a 50-bed hospital and its staff were airlifted from Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina to Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Fifty-four people and 36,740 pounds of medical and surgical equipment were flown 1,000 miles onboard C-119s. After the equipment was airlifted, the hospital was set up and ready for business in seven hours and 13 minutes. This marked the first use of helicopters and C-119s being used to move a hospital.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Thompson, 19th Aerospace Medicine Squadron dental laboratory noncommissioned officer in charge, analyzes the dentition of a patient with a computer-aided design and manufacturing machine July 27, 2016, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. CAD/CAM dentistry utilizes new technology to improve the design and creation of dental restorations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Harry Brexel) U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lekaya Williams, 19th Aerospace Medicine Squadron dental laboratory technician, examines a patient’s dentition prior to crafting dental prostheses July 27, 2016, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. 19th AMDS dental lab technicians ensure Airmen are ready to deploy by creating a multitude of dental prostheses. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Harry Brexel) Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Mark Ediger, Air Force Surgeon General, speaks to 31st Aerospace Medical Squadron Bioenvironmental Engineering Airmen during his visit, July 20, 2016, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Ediger met with Italian flight surgeons and 31st Medical Group personnel to better understand the group’s mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cary Smith/Released)