7 Feb 2020

59th MDW among Air Force Medical Service 2019 Award Winners

Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, were among the 2019 Air Force Medical Service annual award winners announced Feb. 7, 2020.

30 Oct 2019

Air Force transitions all U.S. military treatment facilities to DHA administration and management

This October, U.S.-based Air Force military treatment facilities transferred administration and management to the Defense Health Agency. Congress directed this transfer in the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. Establishing an integrated Military Health System will standardize health care delivery and business operations across all military treatment facilities.

1 Jul 2019

Air Force stands up Air Force Medical Readiness Agency

In a ceremony Friday at the Defense Health Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia, the Air Force Medical Service stood up a new field operating agency, the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency. Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force Surgeon General, and Brig. Gen. Mark Koeniger, incoming AFMRA commander, spoke at the ceremony, heralding a new era in Air Force Medicine.

20 Feb 2019

59th MDW members among Air Force Medical Service 2018 award winners

The Air Force Surgeon General announced the recipients of the Air Force Medical Service 2018 individual and team annual awards Feb. 20. Six Joint Base San Antonio members are among the individual award recipients.

28 Jan 2019

Melting pot of the medical group

White coats, stethoscopes, nurses and doctors are a few of the most identifiable symbols and careers in the medical community. While these are prevalent in every hospital and medical clinic in the Air Force, there is a subset of equally hard-working medical professionals that are often overlooked.“The Biomedical Science Corps is one of five corps