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  • Airman receives Bronze Star medal for heroism in combat

    Senior Airman Michael J. Malarsie was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor for heroism during a ceremony at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, March 30.Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn, commander, 59th Medical Wing, presented the award to Malarsie for his actions while deployed as a Tactical Air

  • ASTS receives life-like training tool

    The newest member of the 944th Aeromedical Staging Squadron allows operators to create "real-life" situations for medical training. Laerdal SimMan 3G, a new mannequin, is a life-like patient able to produce audible breathing and bowel sounds, and heartbeats. He can sweat, cry and bleed. Even more

  • Changes to military health system create efficiencies, improve care

    A proposed new governance structure will make the military health system more effective, produce savings and improve beneficiaries' access to care.Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter submitted a report to Congress March 2 describing the department's plan to further integrate health operations.

  • Etchberger legacy lives on at Enlisted Heritage Research Institute

    In honor of his legacy and to inspire future generations of Airmen, two contributions were added to the Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. Etchberger displays at Gunter Annex March 26.The Air University Foundation unveiled a bronze bust of Etchberger, now on exhibit at the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned

  • Bulgarian Air Force deputy commander tours Laughlin's pilot training program

    The deputy commander of the Bulgarian air force and his staff completed a two-day tour of Laughlin's pilot training program March 20.Brig. Gen. Rumen Radev visited Laughlin as the latest in a series of base tours geared in helping him transform the Bulgarian air force's pilot training program."As

  • Facility Energy Program earns new CDC playground at Tyndall

    Energy reduction efforts at Tyndall have translated into a cash award from Headquarters Air Education and Training Command. The command's annual Energy Incentive Award recognizes the top three performers in energy and water intensity reduction. For fiscal 2011, Tyndall finished third in the command

  • Air Force officials: check Professional Development Guide for errors

    Air Force officials announced today that some copies of the printed versions of the 2011 Professional Development Guide will need to be returned to unit Weighted Airman Promotion System monitors, as the documents may have a number of errors."Airmen and Supervisors of Airmen using this version of the

  • Archeologists unearth artifacts at Luke AFB

    Luke Air Force Base plans to build a large solar array on the south side of the base to help offset energy costs. First, however, site preparation must be done, including mitigation of surface archaeology and testing for subsurface archaeology. Unbeknownst to anyone, significant findings lay just a