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  • Tricare Online gives more power to its patients

    Fitting in appointments that work around a set schedule can be a difficult task, but through a system, patients will be able to become more flexible with their appointments, while making it easier to accomplish more with less.Right now, about only 23 percent of McChord Field's population uses

  • Spokane students learn about military medical field

    The 92nd Medical Group hosted a Business AfterSchool Program to give students from Mead and Mt. Spokane High Schools the opportunity to learn about the military and the medical field March 26.The program is a series of Industry Week Open House events for students, educators, parents and community

  • Air Force Wrestling Team trains at JB MDL

    Air Force Wrestling Team trains at JB MDL Airman 1st Class Joshua King Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Public Affairs JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURSTThe U.S. Air Force Wrestling Team recently concluded  their annual two-month training camp at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. in preparation

  • Two AF nurses heroes of 'Operation Babylift'

    EDITORS NOTE: This story was originally published March 12, 2013For more information on Operation Babylift go to the AMC History page hereNo matter how far women were kept away from combat roles, they were never far from harm and the opportunity to rise above and beyond the call of duty.An explosion

  • U.S. air advisors pioneer new DoD training in Zambia

    Eight members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing's 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron traveled to Lusaka, Zambia to take part in a first of its kind Department of Defense training event, March 21, 2015.The team engaged with twenty members of the Zambian air force to accomplish two

  • MacDill pharmacist wins Air Force level award

    In February, the office of the Air Force Surgeon General released the Air Force Medical Service 2014 annual award winners, and one of MacDill's own was on the list: Capt. Rohin Kasudia, 6th Medical Group Satellite Pharmacy officer in charge.Kasudia, a Chicago, Illinois native, won the Biomedical

  • Eagle Flag exercise brings services together

    The boots of more than 170 Airmen and Soldiers trekked through the grounds of a remote exercise site at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.All that stood before them was a barren field - with mud so dense it would act as a suction cup with each step they took - all while ice and snow

  • Military reminds personnel to remain vigilant on social media

    The digital age is making the world a smaller place and the "bad guys" could be a lot closer than you think.It continues to be dynamic and evolving. Now it's almost a cultural norm around the Air Force and globe to have social media as a part of everyday life. Those who use it, also have the

  • Facing the truth about suicide

    The Air Force no longer uses computer-based training for annual suicide prevention training and is shifting to face-to-face inactions.The change in training is still fairly new, it was put into effect on Feb. 11, 2015."Our goal on this base is to have the training completed by May 18, 2015," said