Master Sgt. Lorraine A. Hieskill, superintendent of the 59th Surgical Inpatient Squadron, is awarded the first Air Force Medical Service Senior NCO Leadership Award May 29 at the San Antonio Military Medical Ce More
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Stephen Galbreath, 502nd Operations Support Squadron, uses his radio to gain access to the flight line prior to a troop jump by the Texas Army National Guardsmen from the 1st Bat More
Capt. Andrew McCampbell, physician assistant with the 59th Medical Wing Versatile Injury Prevention and Embedded Reconditioning (VIPER) clinic, performs a dry-needling procedure on patient Airman 1st Class Just More
Tech. Sgt. Darrell Davis II, a supervisor with the 59th Medical Wing Airman Medical Transition Unit, shoots to score during the Adaptive and Rehabilitative Sports Kick-Off Oct. 9, 2015, on Joint Base San Antoni More
Participants learn about recent process improvement initiatives around the 59th Medical Wing during the first Gateway Academy Lean Poster Day Oct. 16, 2015, at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center. More More
United States Air Force Staff Sgt. Travis Carlson, 59th Dental Support Squadron dental lab technician, polishes and finishes an orthodontic retainer at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Jan. 26, 2016. The More
David Koch, an embedded athletic trainer with the 59th Medical Wing’s VIPER Clinic, monitors Airman 1st Class Michael Ferrari, a student with the 342nd Training Squadron, during stretching exercises, Jan. 27, 2 More
Retired Capt. William A. Robinson, former prisoner of war, speaks with Senior Airman Tyler Sutherland, 959th Medical Group cardiopulmonary technician, at the 59th Medical Wing annual awards luncheon. As an airm More
Maj. Nicholas Carr, 959th Medical Group staff neonatologist, and members of his team present a small shadow box to Kelly Banachowski, Wilford Hall Auxiliary service chair, in recognition of the WHA’s support to More
Staff Sgt. Joshua Ayers, 59th Training Group military training leader, gives an orientation briefing to new students April 14, 2016, on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The 59th TRG welcomes an a More
Members of the 59th Medical Wing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation transport team connect a patient to an ECMO system for transport from Lafayette General Medical Center to San Antonio Military Medical Center More
Senior Airman Sierra Steen, 59th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, pharmacy tech, drops off unused medications in the MedSafe cabinet, Apr. 21, 2016, at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center More
Staff Sgt. Reginald Gilchrist, NCO in charge of the Sustainment for Trauma and Resuscitation Skills Program, teaches Airman 1st Class Kasey Bober how to palpate for proper placement of intraosseous needle prior More
Maj. Stephen Cherrington (right), 59th Dental Group maxillofacial prosthodontist, checks the fitting of retired Army Master Sgt. Todd Nelson’s prosthetic ear at the San Antonio Military Medical Center, Joint Ba More
Majs. Casey Bowen (left) and Simon Ritchie, 59th Medical Operations Group dermatologist, discuss on timing and coordination in swimming to build their endurance for the English Channel Challenge in September. T More
Robert Shelley, 59th Medical Wing graphics illustrator, explains some of the projects the medical illustrations department has done to Lt. Col. Kenneth Dwyer, patient and Special Forces officer assigned to U.S. More
Staff Sgt. Michael Ellis, photojournalist with the 59th Medical Wing, was the first to respond to a solo vehicle crash on Dec. 31, 2016, in San Antonio. His actions helped save an 80-year-old woman who was trap More
Senior Airman Valeria Guevara, Blood Donor Center medical laboratory technician, evaluates a whole blood product Dec. 13, 2019 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. JBSA-Lackland’s Blood Donor Center suppl More
A Lockheed C-5 Galaxy takes aim to Houston, Texas, on August 30, 2017 transporting the 59th Medical Wing’s disaster relief teams. 70-members from the Air Force’s flagship medical wing were mobilized to provide More
Tech. Sgt. Claudio Collazo Jr., a command section staff member from the 59th Medical Operations Sqaudron, poses for a portrait on October 6, 2017, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Texas. Collazo spent the maj More
Tech. Sgt. Claudio Collazo Jr., a command section staff member from the 59th Medical Operations Squadron, poses for a photo on October 6, 2017, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Collazo overcame signif More
Tech. Sgt. Bryan Sundstrom, 59th Medical Wing cardiopulmonary technician, prepares a simulated patient for transport during a Critical Care Air Transport Team demo at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Jul More
Darlene Neubert, Step Saver carts driver of Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, prepares to go out to WHASC’s parking areas to pick up patients. Volunteers like Ne More
Airman 1st Class Brooke Martinez, a mental health technician at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, reads over some new material during the Nov. 8 Centering for Pr More
Karen LeRoy, research director for the University of Virginia’s research team at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Medical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, speaks with a caller on the Freedom Quit Line. The qui More
Air Force Maj. Carolyn Stateczny, 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse (right), guides Spcs. Sandessa Jones, Brooke Army Medical Center Bravo Company, and Maryssa Alfonso, BAMC Alpha Company into More
Texas Army National Guardsmen from the 167 Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade participate in exercise Operation Rapido Strike at joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field, Texas Mar. 23, 201 More
Texas Army National Guardsmen from the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade participate with exercise Operation Rapido Strike, Mar. 23, 2019, at Kelly Field, Texas. Operation Rapido More
We heavily rely on Airmen in all career fields to ensure we remain a high reliability organization with a strong focus on patient-centered healthcare!
Kaitlyn Crawford holds her 7-month-old son, Nakoa, at the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, June 7, 2019. Critical air transport team members explained the process of transferring her son to the Balboa Naval More
Maj. Joanna Borawski, 359th Medical Operations Squadron physical therapist, stretches Capt. Luke Seaman, 435th Fighter Training Squadron instructor pilot, during a consultation Aug. 8, 2019 at Joint Base San An More
Col. (Dr.) Chad Hivnor, 59th Medical Specialty Squadron chief of laser medicine, reviews medical chart information before surgery Sept. 6, 2019 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio More
Students in training with the 559th Aerospace Medicine Squadron’s aerospace and operational physiology unit help one another don their oxygen masks Jan. 28, 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The a More
Airman 1st Class Sterling Smith shares what motivates him as a warehouse technician at the 59th Medical Logistics and Readiness Squadron.
A truck is loaded with debris from the old parking lot of the Wilford Hall Medical Center Feb. 14, 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The hospital was dedicated in 1957 and served as one of the De More
Cones are lined up March 19, 2020 in preparation for the opening of a drive-through screening and testing line beginning March 20, 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The line will be open 9 a.m. to More
Capt. (Dr.) Shane Riggs, 59th Medical Operations Squadron psychiatrist, conducts a virtual medical appointment in San Antonio, Texas April 7, 2020. Telehealth appointments can be scheduled by calling the Consul More
2nd Lt. Jessica Zenteno, 559th Medical Operations Squadron nurse, stands for a portrait May 6, 2020 at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. National Nurse/Technician Appreciation Week runs More
Warrior medics from the San Antonio Military Health System perform simulated medical procedures on mannequins as part of a training exercise May 21, 2020 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base S More
Chief Master Sgt. Marc Schoellkopf, 59th Medical Wing command chief, speaks about how to be an effective leader during a senior NCO professional enhancement seminar Aug. 13, 2020, at Robert D. Gaylor NCO Academ More
The second flag from Hero’s Highway is displayed in the atrium of Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on September 14, 2020. The flag was retired in 2007 and provide More
Members of the 59th Medical Wing Family Emergency Center work at the nurses’ station, Oct. 29, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Brooke Army Medical Center loaned a number of practitioners to the More
Master Sgt. Danielle Benjamin, 59th Medical Readiness Training Center Air Evacuation and Patient Staging Course non-commissioned officer in charge, briefs air evacuation training protocols to Brig. Gen. Jeannin More
Brig. Gen. Jeannine M. Ryder, U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps chief nurse, spoke at a nurse all call, Nov. 4, 2020 in Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. She emphasized t More
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. John J. DeGoes, 59th Medical Wing commander, speaks at an all-call, Nov. 13, 2020 in Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. He emphasized the i More
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Shan K. Bagby, Brooke Army Medical Center commanding general, tours a Critical Care Air Transport simulation room, Nov. 23, 2020, in the 59th Medical Wing Medical Simulation Center, Wilford More
The flu vaccine sign directs patients in the atrium before the D-wing of Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Dec. 2, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The Centers for Disease Control and Pre More
Staff Sgt. Paullexia Dale, 59th Medical Wing aerospace medical technician, calls a patient for a telehealth appointment, Dec. 3, 2020, in the Family Health Clinic at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joi More
Master Sgt. Rashaan Paine, member of the 59th Medical Wing Airman Medical Transition Unit, receives swimming lessons from Dr. Aaron Moffett, swim coach for the Air Force Wounded Warrior program, during the Adap More
Senior Airman Jessica Harris, 559th Aerospace Medicine Squadron public health technician, briefs Chief Master Sgt. Maurice James, 59th Medical Wing command chief, on the PHA cell’s recent initiative to help red More
United States Air Force Staff Sgt. Travis Carlson, 59th Dental Support Squadron dental lab technician, analyzes dentures at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Jan. 26, 2016. The 59th DS provides patients w More
David Koch, an embedded athletic trainer with the 59th Medical Wing’s VIPER Clinic, teaches Senior Airman Christopher Rodriguez, a student from the 342nd Training Squadron, proper lifting techniques, Jan. 27, 2 More
Kelly Banachowski, Wilford Hall Auxiliary service chair (left), presents Jasmine Reese (right) with the first neonatal intensive care unit Halo SleepSack March 23 at the San Antonio Military Medical Center. Ree More
Prior to class, Staff Sgt. Mark Visita, 59th Training Group military training leader, leads technical training students in singing the Air Force song and reciting the Airman’s Creed April 14, 2016, on Joint Bas More
Members of the 59th Medical Wing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Critical Care Air Transport Team adjust settings on a vital signs monitor at Lafayette General Medical Center April 20. The teams were pr More
Airman 1st Class Kasey Bober practices the proper technique to insert an intraosseous needle during the Sustainment for Trauma and Resuscitation Skills Program anatomy lab April 21, 2016 at Wilford Hall Ambulat More
Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, commander, Air Education and Training Command, talks with 59th Medical Wing Airmen during an all call gathering May 11 at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San An More
Maj. Stephen Cherrington (left), 59th Dental Group maxillofacial prosthodontist, compares retired Army Master Sgt. Todd Nelson’s prosthetic ear with new ears at the San Antonio Military Medical Center, Joint Ba More
In preparation for the English Channel swim challenge in September, Majs. Casey Bowen (left) and Simon Ritchie, 59th Medical Operations Group dermatologist, sync their swim speed at the Skylark pool on Joint Ba More
Retired Master Sgt. William Vance, 59th Medical Wing graphics illustrator, presents one of his famous artworks, the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder art piece, to Lt. Col. Kenneth Dwyer, patient and Special Force More
Staff Sgt. Taylor Altricht, Blood Donor Center NCO-in-charge of quality assurance, squeezes a stress ball while donating platelets Dec. 13, 2019 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. JBSA-Lackland’s Blood More
59th Medical Wing’s medical gear gets loaded into a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, August 30. The wing is sending more than 70-members of the Air Force’s flagship medical wing to provid More
Maj. Mark Cheney (left), 59th Medical Wing anesthesiologist, Tech. Sgt. Bryan Sundstrom (middle), 59th MDW cardiopulmonary technician, and Capt. Elena Vulgamott (right), 59th MDW critical care registered nurse More
Fred Baker and Viola Calaman, 59th Medical Wing volunteers, assist two Airmen at the A desk in Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Volunteers throughout 59th MDW r More
A group of moms discuss issues about their pregnancies during the Nov. 8 Centering for Pregnancy session at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The Centering progr More
Senior Airman Amanda Geffert, 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight medic, and Army Spc. Maryssa Alfonso, BAMC Alpha Company load a simulated litter patient into a C-130H Hercules aircraft to for air tra More
Capt. Nicole Lieb, 59th Medical Wing critical care air transport team nurse, and Senior Airman Analiese Heitkamp, CCATT respiratory therapist, prepare a litter to recieve 7-month-old patient, Nakoa Crawford, du More
Retired U.S. Army Capt. Katie Blanchard speaks with a nurse before surgery Sept. 6, 2019 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Blanchard was injured in a workplace More
Senior Airman Deaja Ellis, 559th Aerospace Medicine Squadron aerospace and operational physiology technician, instructs aviators-in-training on correct oxygen mask procedures Jan. 28, 2020 at Joint Base San Ant More
Wilford Hall Medical center’s former emergency room entrance is behind barricades as it undergoes a gradual demolition Feb. 14, 2020 on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. During the building’s almost 60 ye More
Senior Airman Kyra Santiago, 559th Medical Operations Squadron aerospace medicine technician, stands for a portrait May 6, 2020 at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. National Nurse/Techn More
A warrior medic from the San Antonio Military Health System perform simulated medical procedures on mannequins as part of a training exercise May 21, 2020 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base More
Members from the 59th Medical Wing staff the drive through COVID-19 screening center on Lackland Air Force Base, June 25, 2020. The drive through screening center was reimplemented as part of the measures taken More
Senior Airman Raeann Espinoza, 59th Medical Operations Squadron Family Emergency Center medical technician, prepares a syringe at the FEC, Oct. 29, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The staff at More
Maj. Martha Paul, 59th Medical Readiness Training Center director of protocol, briefs live tissue training to Brig. Gen. Jeannine M. Ryder, U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps chief nurse, Nov. 4, 2020, at Joint Base Sa More
Chief Master Sgt. Marc Schoellkopf, 59th Medical Wing command chief, speaks at an all-call, Nov. 13, 2020 in Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. He communicated the More
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. John J. DeGoes, 59th Medical Wing commander, speaks with U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Shan K. Bagby, Brooke Army Medical Center commanding general, about medical simulation training, Nov. 23, 2 More
Capt. Sheniqua Fortune, 59th Surgical Operations Squadron same day surgery and post anesthesia care unit clinical nurse, administers the flu vaccine, Dec. 2, 2020, in the atrium of Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgi More
Capt. Andrew McCampbell, right, physician assistant with the 59th Medical Wing Versatile Injury Prevention and Embedded Reconditioning Clinic, assesses Airman 1st Class Justin Zeedyk on Joint Base San Antonio-L More
Andrew Dennard, 59th Dental Support Squadron dental lab technician, seats a crown for a tooth at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Jan. 26, 2016. The 59th DS provides patients with full spectrum care opti More
David Koch, an embedded athletic trainer with the 59th Medical Wing’s VIPER Clinic, examines Airman 1st Class Michael Ferrari, a student with the 342nd Training Squadron, Jan. 27, 2016, at the Battle Gym on Joi More
Staff Sgt. Mark Visita, 59th Training Group military training leader, marches technical training students to class April 14, 2016, on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Less than two dozen military More
Medical technicians from the 59th Medical Wing and 433rd Reserve unit learn how to identify and treat multi-system injuries at the Sustainment for Trauma and Resuscitation Skills Program anatomy laboratory, Apr More
Senior Airman Arlinda Haliti briefs Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, commander, Air Education and Training Command, his wife, Cheryl Roberson, and AETC Command Chief Master Sgt. David Staton, on the En-Route Patient S More
Maj. Stephen Cherrington (right), 59th Dental Group maxillofacial prosthodontist, selects colors to paint a new prosthetic ear for retired Army Master Sgt. Todd Nelson’s at the San Antonio Military Medical Cent More
Lt. Col. Kenneth Dwyer, patient and Special Forces officer assigned to U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), get his new prosthetic eye with his unit's crest checked at the Air Force Postgraduate Den More
Senior Airman Brandy Johnson, Blood Donor Center medical laboratory technician, draws blood for testing from Staff Sgt. Taylor Altricht, Blood Donor Center NCO-in-charge, before platelet donation Dec. 13, 2019 More
59th Medical Wing members start boarding into a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy as the disaster relief team to Houston, Texas, August 30. More than 70-members of the Air Force’s flagship medical wing were mobilized to prov More
Tech. Sgt. Bryan Sundstrom (left),59th Medical Wing cardiopulmonary technician, Capt. Elena Vulgamott (middle), 59th MDW critical care registered nurse, and Maj. Mark Cheney (right), 59th MDW anesthesiologist, More
433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 59th Medical Wing, and Brooke Army Medical Center personnel prepare to unload simulated litter patients during a National Disaster Medical System exercise at Joint Base Sa More
Critical air transport team members from the 59th Medical Wing and local emergency medical technicians walk into the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas to pick up 7-month-old patient, Nakoa Crawford, June 7, 2 More