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July 1, 2019

Limited services available in observance of Fourth of July holiday

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — The 59th Medical Wing will have limited same-day available appointments in the Primary Care Clinics (Family Practice, Internal Medicine and Pediatric) as well as the Gateway Bulverde Family Practice Clinic (located at the intersection of Hwy 281 and Overlook Parkway) on Friday, July 5, 2019 due to observing the scheduled AETC Family Day.All

U.S. Air Force Chaplain (Capt.) Lucas Dalgleish, 100th Air Refueling Wing chaplain, poses for a photo in front of a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II at RAF Mildenhall, England, June 6, 2019. Dalgleish parachuted into Normandy, France, during the 75th anniversary for D-Day while carrying a religious stole that started its ministry at the beaches of Normandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Luke Milano)

June 27, 2019

Bloody Hundredth chaplain returns stole during D-Day memorial

RAF MILDENHALL, England -- — Considered the turning point of World War II, D-Day was a time of heroism and sacrifice which brought hope to many people. This was just as true for the combat chaplains who brought hope to the soldiers who put their lives on the line.Many brave soldiers lost their lives at the Battle of Normandy, June 6, 1944, but through the chaos and mayhem of

June 14, 2019

SAUSHEC graduates 228 military physicians, health care professionals

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- — A San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, or SAUSHEC, graduation ceremony was held June 7 at the Lila Cockrell Theatre in downtown San Antonio to honor 228 Army, Air Force, Navy, Public Health and civilian graduates.This year, 205 physicians from 36 graduate medical education programs and 23 graduates from eight graduate allied

Mother, baby flown safely after 7 months in ICU

June 14, 2019

Mother, baby flown safely home after 7 months in ICU

DALLAS — Her anxious brown eyes stare large around her. The red jump seats, wires, oxygen masks, bare sheet metal and overall cold, dark interior of a C-130 Hercules are not comforting to the young mother whose 7-month-old son is out of an intensive care unit for the first time.Kaitlyn Crawford delivered her son Nakoa prematurely at 25 weeks old. He’s been

The Proverb "time heals wounds" is displayed on the wall of a patient room at Craig Joint Theater Hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan. The proverbs provide a unique opportunity to foster a sense of community and a sense of home they are familiar to many everyday patients seen at CJTH.

June 11, 2019

Healing more than limbs

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — At Craig Joint Theater Hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan, we care for the whole person, often in creative ways.  No one is specifically assigned as the ‘chief encouragement officer,’ it’s a collective effort to encourage patients and help them heal. Falling under the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, service members assigned to CJTH are charged with

Airman First Class Tobias Titus, Aerospace Medical technician in training, performed lifesaving intervention on a choking toddler at a local restaurant on March 30 in San Antonio, Texas.

June 3, 2019

AF medic trainee saves choking toddler

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — An Airman performed lifesaving intervention on a choking toddler at a local restaurant on March 30 in San Antonio, Texas.Airman First Class Tobias Titus, Aerospace Medical technician in training, and his wife were having dinner when he noticed a mother and grandmother at an adjacent table attempting to dislodge a piece of food from a toddler’s

Exercise services

May 23, 2019

Base exercise participation; services to remain open

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — The 59th Medical Wing is participating in a simulated mass causality exercise, on both JBSA-Lackland and Randolph on Tuesday, June 25.The purpose of the exercise is to assess the wing's medical emergency capabilities while providing a hands-on training opportunity to practice the necessary skills needed if confronted with a crisis

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May 23, 2019

Wilson praises Airmen, expresses gratitude in farewell remarks reflecting on her tenure as Air Force secretary

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AFNS) -- — Two years and nine days since becoming the 24th Secretary of the Air Force, Heather Wilson bid a formal farewell, May 21, to the institution and its Airmen, expressing gratitude for the opportunity to serve and declaring, “I will always be an Airman.”“I lived a blessed life,” Wilson said in a 15-minute speech which reflected on her tenure as the

Airman 1st Class Albert Lapera, 359th Medical Group physical therapy technician, performs a single-legged squat on the total gym machine as Dr. Jason Wheeler, 359th Medical Operations Squadron Physical Therapy Flight physical therapist, instructs proper placement of his foot. Arthritis Awareness Month, which is observed in May, is a time to motivate people, especially those with arthritis, to become more physically active.

May 22, 2019

Regular exercise helps to alleviate pain for arthritis sufferers

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas — A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study in 2017 showed that one in four U.S. adults have arthritis and 27 percent of them experience severe joint pain.The study also indicated that about one-third of Americans suffering from arthritis do not engage in any physical activity despite the fact that regular exercise can result in great

U.S. Navy Cmdr. David C. Jannotta, Naval Hospital Bremerton radiologist, conducts real-time provider to provider consultation on X-rays sent from 92nd Medical Group at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, which is using MHS GENESIS. The electronic health record has enabled connectivity between the Navy and Air Force military treatment facilities with convenient, timely, and expert interpretation for radiology studies, improving on previous routines that would routinely take 24 to 48 hours. MHS GENESIS allows Naval Hospital Bremerton to ensure 92nd Medical Group providers have results under 30 minutes, allowing for spot disposition for their active duty and beneficiaries patients. (U.S. Navy photo by Douglas H. Stutz).

May 21, 2019

MHS GENESIS a force multiplier, one read at a time

Naval Hospital Bremerton — Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) and the Air Force 92nd Medical Group are geographically distinct and culturally different, except when using MHS GENESIS to support mission readiness.As well as share – and deliver – timely patient-centered care.NHB was the first site with the Department of Defense new electronic health record in 2018 to provide

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