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  • New contingency aeromedical staging facility opens

    Wilford Hall Medical Center continues its long tradition of healing as it takes on a new mission to provide a temporary staging facility here for ill or injured servicemembers returning from overseas. In support of the war on terrorism, the 59th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility, or CASF

  • 54th ARS instructor pilot helps recover missing Oklahoma boy's body

    It's a quiet, Thursday morning. The debris of what used to be homes and trees are scattered across the town. Dogs bark. Their leashes jingle as they run and intensely sniff their surroundings. Police radios and chatter hums in the background. The canines are focused and alert. They're on a search, a

  • Scare at local water park highlights importance of knowing BLS/CPR

    The importance of Basic Life Support and CPR training was reinforced for a Randolph family June 5 when their trip to a local water park took a serious turn after another family's small child choked on a grape and stopped breathing.Dr. Shawna Hoffert and her family were in the kiddie pool area when

  • The legacy of military graduate medical education lives on

    Top leadership of this unique military medical training program here shifted roles as Dr. Kenneth Torrington retired from his position as dean of the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, or SAUSHEC on June 10. Col. Woodson Scott Jones, who previously served as the director of

  • Air Force offers Airmen free mobile app for basic military training

    A free mobile phone application geared toward people preparing for life in the Air Force and focusing on physical training was released June 2. The mobile app is available for download from the iTunes Store and is now available from the Android Market. "The application will help Air Force candidates

  • Specialists keep an eye on military working dogs

    Fritz, a blonde Labrador retriever, sat patiently on a metal table as first one eye, then the other, was examined by a veterinary specialist.Each ophthalmology examination varies in length. Fritz' time with the specialist was longer than usual to satisfy media requests. However, the 11-year-old Lab

  • Wilford Hall dialysis unit prepares for move to BAMC

    After 50 years of saving lives, the valve to the water room in the dialysis unit at Wilford Hall Medical Center was shut off May 27, 2011, marking the closure of five decades of providing treatment to chronic dialysis patients.The unit is scheduled to relocate to Ft. Sam Houston as part of the 2005

  • Mighty 97th CES Airmen help Little Rock AFB recover from tornado

    A four-man team from the 97th Civil Engineer Squadron structure shop recently returned from assisting Little Rock AFB, Ark., which was devastated by a tornado April 25.The four-man team consisted of Tech. Sgt. Robert O. Findley, 97th CES NCO in charge of the structure shop; Staff Sgt. Paul C.