AMC command surgeon visits Fairchild AFB

Lt. Col. Richard Broyer, 92nd Medical Support Squadron commander, gives Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Kory Cornum, Air Mobility Command command surgeon, a tour of the 92nd Medical Group building Jan. 13, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Cornum visited the base to experience Fairchild's medical mission firsthand. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Janelle Patiño)

AMC command surgeon visits Fairchild AFB

Tech. Sgt. Brian Watts, 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron force health management NCO in charge, demonstrates his equipment for Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Kory Cornum, Air Mobility Command command surgeon, during a tour of the clinic, Jan. 13, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. The tour included stops at the physical therapy, public health, flight medicine and family health. Cornum also presented the Air Mobility Command awards during an all-call. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Janelle Patiño)

AMC command surgeon visits Fairchild Airmen

Published Jan. 23, 2015
By Airman 1st Class Taylor Bourgeous
92 ARW

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Kory Cornum, Air Mobility command surgeon, visited the base to tour the clinic and present command-level annual awards to Team Fairchild Airmen.

Cornum visited a number of clinics including: physical therapy, public health, flight medicine and family health.

During the visit, Cornum also held an all-call to present the following AMC awards to Fairchild Airmen:

-Physical Medicine Non-Commissioned Officer: Staff Sgt. Sean Devereaux

-Excellence in Nursing Leadership: Lt. Col. James Stryd

-Team Award- Small Dental Clinic of the Year: Fairchild Dental Clinic

During the all-call, Cornum emphasized that small improvements can make major organizational change. He encouraged Airmen by stating, "keep looking for better ways of doing things; we do not need to solve world hunger to decide that what we are doing is better for the organization."

Cornum said he enjoyed visiting the base, "(Visiting Airmen is) fun for me, I get to travel around and see different groups and see (the) ...great innovations that you all are making happen," he said. "I look around, I look at you and you're smiling; I look at the patients in the hall and they are smiling and that's (the way) it should be."

According to Master Sgt. Dawn Traurig, 92nd Medical Operations Squadron superintendent, it is important for senior leaders to view or experience the mission.

"An electronic picture can only take you so far into how we complete the mission," she said. "Senior leaders can only get a true sense of our daily operations by visiting the Airmen that make it all happen."