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  • Nellis Lab Technicians work, train towards team success

    The word laboratory tends to conjure a vision of a solo scientist working with beakers and test-tubes, but that's not the case with the team based workflow of the 99th Medical Support Squadron medical laboratory.The medical lab is responsible for a wide variety of tasks and utilizes six working

  • 99th Medical Group takes on inspection and accreditation

    The Air Force Inspection Agency and a panel from The Joint Commission, a civilian association for the accreditation of health care organizations, visited the 99th Medical Group Feb. 13-17 for a review of the facilities and procedures.Both organizations conducted a thorough review of medical group

  • 58th Rescue Squadron conducts SERE IFAM training

    Members of the 58th Rescue Squadron participated in Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape initial familiarization training Feb. 14, 2012, near Alamo, Nev.This SERE IFAM training is a mandatory portion of a pararescuman's qualification training.Click here to view more photos of the PJs going through

  • Security….everyone’s responsibility

    Information Protection should be on everybody's minds whether they are a military member, civilian employee, or government contractor. The compromise of our nation's classified or controlled unclassified information, whether from an insider threat or unauthorized public release, can have a

  • Installation parking frustrations an easy fix

    Whether driving through town, local neighborhoods or even on base, there always seems to be one inconvenience that comes up: parking.Most people have experienced the inconvenience of running into a parking problem here or there, whether it's driving around a lot for what may seem like an eternity

  • Thrift Store Find Yields 99 ABW Historical Treasure

    The phrase, "never leave an Airman behind" is part of the Airman's Creed. Recently, that phrase took on greater meaning for me.It began with a chance find at a Goodwill thrift store a few months ago: an old book published by News Day magazine in 1959 called "Sky Sentry... a SAC Crewman in Service."

  • AMMOS continues to prepare advanced wartime maintainers

    The Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Officer School continues to put forth superior maintainers with the Feb. 17, 2012 graduation of the Advanced Maintenance Superintendent Course."AMSC, the Air Force's first maintenance advanced training course for Senior Non-commissioned Officers, is considered

  • Vance Marchbanks: Military, Space Medical Pioneer

    The American public remembers John Glenn for his solo orbit around Earth. They remember Neil Armstrong for his walk on the moon. But few remember how Col. (Dr.) Vance H. Marchbanks Jr., one of the first black flight surgeons in the Army and the first in the Air Force, made it possible for them and

  • Mike O'Callaghan Treatment Facility Upgrades to Expand Care

    Mike O'Callaghan Federal Medical Center has begun adding new services and a larger capacity for care. The former federal hospital was redesignated in this year's defense authorization bill, clearing it for the expansion.Maj. James Combs of the 99th Medical Dental Support Squadron, head of patient

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