Assistant Secretary of Defense of Health Affairs visits 59th Medical Wing

Staff Sgt. Ethan Hart, 59th Dental Support Squadron maxillofacial dental lab technician, showcases various maxillofacial prosthetics to the Honorable Thomas McCaffery, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, at the Air Force Post Graduate Dental School, Oct. 21, 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Maxillofacial prosthetics deliver facial, ocular and other prostheses which restore form and function to the maxillofacial area of the body. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stanford)

Assistant Secretary of Defense of Health Affairs visits 59th Medical Wing

The Honorable Thomas McCaffery, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, watches the beginning stages of a refractive surgery at the Warfighter Refractive Surgery Center, Oct. 21, 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The center is the largest refractive training program in the Department of Defense and has trained and certified more than 150 refractive surgeons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stanford)

Assistant Secretary of Defense of Health Affairs visits 59th Medical Wing

The Honorable Thomas McCaffery, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, speaks about the importance of mental health evaluations to basic military trainees to ensure the force is fit to fight at Reid Health Services Center, Oct. 21, 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Secretary McCaffery visited a variety of specialties at the 59th Medical Wing to include trainee health, maxillofacial, and refractive surgery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stanford)

Assistant Secretary of Defense of Health Affairs visits 59th Medical Wing

The Honorable Thomas McCaffery, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, and Col. Alan Hardman, 559th Medical Group commander, talk outside of Reid Health Services Center, Oct. 21, 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Reid plays an instrumental role in preventing the spread of COVID-19 in basic military training while continuing to provide routine and preventive health care to trainees and technical training students. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stanford)

Assistant Secretary of Defense of Health Affairs

Published Oct. 23, 2020
By Staff Sgt. Amanda Stanford
59th Medical Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Staff Sgt. Ethan Hart, 59th Dental Support Squadron maxillofacial dental lab technician, showcases various maxillofacial prosthetics to the Honorable Thomas McCaffery, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, at the Air Force Post Graduate Dental School, Oct. 21, 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Maxillofacial prosthetics deliver facial, ocular and other prostheses which restore form and function to the maxillofacial area of the body. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stanford)