U.S. Air Force, Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn (right) and senior staff members sign a steel beam in front of Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, May 4, 2012. The beam will be the More
U.S. Air Force Col. James McClain, Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn, Command Chief Master Sgt. Maurice James, U.S. Army Col. Mary McAfee (from left to right) and fellow airmen stand in front of more than 600 donated foo More
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Chelsey Huff, major generals Gerard Caron and Byron Hepburn and Chief Master Sgt. Richard Robinson (left to right) cut the ribbon in front of the new Air Force Postgraduate Denta More
U.S. Air Force Col. James McClain (left) and U.S. Army Col. Mary McAfee (right) present Command Chief Master Sgt. Richard Robinson a shadow box in appreciation of his 30 years of dedication to the military at P More
Senior Airman Joshua Vanness closes a storage bin during the Kelly Family Health Clinic move to Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, June 21, 2012. The new clinic opened June 25, 2012, and is now called the More
U.S. Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Richard Robinson receives M&Ms for his retirement dinner from Tech. Sgt. April Weaver on behalf of the 59th Medical Wing command section at Parr O' Club on Randolph Air More
Construction workers prepare pipes for the new Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center energy plant on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 28, 2012. The energy plant is part of the first phase, which i More
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn and Chief Master Sgt. Maurice James hand out safety reminder cards to individuals arriving to Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, T More
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn, foreground right, and Col. James McClain, foreground left, participate in the 9/11 commemorative run on Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 11, 2012. Over 800 community More
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jonathan Garcia reads the names of individuals identified as POW/MIA during the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland POW/MIA Commemorative Run Sept. 21, 2012. The 24-hour memorial run More
Maj. Jon Sinclair describes available services for wounded airmen at the Aeromedical Staging Facility to Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn and Maj. Gen. James McLaughlin during a tour in Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical More
Lt. Gen. Thomas W. Travis, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, is greeted by Maj. Gen. Byron C. Hepburn, 59th Medical Wing commander, upon arrival at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center Jan. 22, 2014, on Joint More
Col. John Andrus, 59th Medical Operations Group commander, and two members of the Baptist Healthcare System receive a brief overview from Master Sgt. Celia Hermesch, MRI non-commissioned officer in charge, on t More
Col. Katherine Rearden, 59th Medical Wing Clinical Research Division chief, proudly displays her family's Air Force heritage in her office on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 28, 2014. Rearden hold 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
Airman Alysia Wuertz, a 59th Surgical Operations Squadron medical technician, preps and sterilizes a procedure room at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, June 23, 2016 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.
Senior Airman MaryNgan Nguyen, 59th Surgical Operations Squadron surgical technician, scrubs in before entering an operating room at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lacklan More
Senior leadership from the 59th Medical Wing render a salute for a pass and review during the 59th MDW transfer of colors ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 25, 2017. The ceremony marked 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
Helen Wells, a 94-year-old assistant library volunteer for the 59th Medical Wing, poses for a photo in the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center medical library. Wells has dedicated more than 50 years of serv More
Marvin Perez, 59th Medical Wing cardiac magnetic resonance imaging technologist, observes a patient’s vitals during a scan at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Car More
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
SrA Reanne Kohlus, a dental technician assigned to the 59th Dental Group, hands a prescription over to a beneficiary March 30, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland, Texas. The 59th Medical Wing is providin 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
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
An influenza vaccine sits with a syringe on a medical tray prior to being administered to a patient, Nov. 5, 2020, in Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at the Immunizations Clinic, Joint Base San Antonio- 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
U.S. Air Force Capt. Isaiah Jones, 59th Medical Wing licensed clinical social worker, speaks with a patient, Nov. 24, 2020, at the Mental Health Clinic, Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San A More
Capt. Danielle Siler, 59th Medical Operations Group executive officer, administers the flu vaccine to a patient, Dec. 1, 2020, in the atrium of Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-La 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
Airman 1st Class Raymond De Jesus, 59th Medical Wing medical logistics technician, and Staff Sgt. Romina Guridi, 59th MDW medical logistics warehouse supervisor, open the San Antonio Military Health System’s fi More
Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Sculley and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn unveil the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences plaque inside the new Air Force Postgraduate Dental School More
Candace Robinson receives the Yellow Rose of Texas on behalf of Gov. Rick Perry from Deborah Hepburn at Parr O' Club on Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, June 21, 2012. Robinson has dedicated over 25 years in gui More
Construction workers install electrical wires and air conditioner ducts in the new Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center A wing on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 28, 2012. The wing is part of th More
Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn explains the process for transportation of wounded airmen within the Aeromedical Staging Facility to Maj. Gen. James McLaughlin during a tour in Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, More
Lt. Gen. Thomas W. Travis, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, greets an Air Force basic trainee during his visit to the Reid Clinic Jan. 22, 2014, on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. One main focus during h More
The 59th Medical Operations Group leaders meet with members of the Baptist Healthcare System after conducting daily rounds to review the progress of each duty section at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center More
Col. Katherine Rearden, 59th Medical Wing Clinical Research Division chief, sits with her parents' official service portraits on March 28, 2014 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Rearden's father, Antho 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. (Dr.) John Stowers, a 959th Medical Operations Group general surgeon, speaks to his patient prior to performing a lipoma removal procedure at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, June 23, 2016 at J More
Senior Airman MaryNgan Nguyen, 59th Surgical Operations Squadron surgical technician, prepares medical instruments prior to a surgery at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lac 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
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging technologists observe a patient during a cardiac MRI scan at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Cardiac MRI, which takes approxim 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
Master Sgt Faith Webb, assigned to the 59th Training Group, speaks to a beneficiary through a car window March 30, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland, Texas. The 59th Medical Wing is providing curbside s 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
Tech Sgt. Robert Carpenter, 59th Medical Wing Immunizations Clinic licensed vocational nurse, administers the influenza vaccine to a patient, Nov. 5, 2020, in Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at the Immu 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
Robert Carpenter, 59th Medical Wing Immunizations Clinic licensed vocational nurse, prepares the San Antonio Military Health System’s first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Dec. 14, 2020, at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Sur More
U.S. Air Force, Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn signs a steel beam in front of Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, May 4, 2012. The beam will be the last one placed on the A wing bu More
Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center overlooks the construction of the B wing for the new WHASC on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 28, 2012. The B wing is one of four wings and is part of the se More
Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn provides Maj. Gen. James McLaughlin with a Kelly Airfield view from the rooftop of Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center during a tour at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas Aug. 27 More
Col. Steven Caberto, 559th Medical Group commander, briefs Lt. Gen. Thomas Travis, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, and 59th Medical Wing leadership on the proposed site and plan for the new Reid Clinic Jan. 22, 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. (Dr.) John Stowers, a 959th Medical Operations Group general surgeon, performs a lipoma removal procedure at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, June 23, 2016 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.
Senior Airman MaryNgan Nguyen, 59th Surgical Operations Squadron surgical technician, checks the dosage in a syringe before the medication is administered to a patient at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Ce 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
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
Retired U.S. Army Capt. Katie Blanchard goes under anesthesia before surgery Sept. 6, 2019 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Blanchard estimates she has undergo More
Second Lt. Denise Johnson, 559th Aerospace Medicine Squadron aerospace physiologist, monitors students in a hypobaric chamber Jan. 28, 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The 359th AMDS teaches more More
Construction machinery collects and hauls away debris from the demolition of the now closed Wilford Hall Medical Center Feb. 14, 2020 on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The iconic building’s final stag More
Beneficiaries wait in their cars in front of Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center to pick up their prescriptions March 30, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland, Texas. The 59th Medical Wing is providing More
Senior Airman Taylor McClendon, 559th Medical Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician, stands for a portrait May 6, 2020 at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. National Nurse/Tec More
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Shan K. Bagby, Brooke Army Medical Center commanding general, listens to a brief about the COVID-19 tent operations at the Reid Health Services Center, Nov. 23, 2020, on Joint Base San Anto More
An influenza vaccine sits on a table prior to being administered to a patient, Dec. 2, 2020, in the atrium of Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The flu vaccination More
Airman 1st Class Raymond De Jesus, 59th Medical Wing medical logistics technician, and Staff Sgt. Romina Guridi, 59th MDW medical logistics warehouse supervisor, pull out the first five cases of the San Antonio More
U.S. Air Force, Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn, commander or the 59th Medical Wing (right) and U.S. Air Force, Chief Master Sgt. Richard Robinson, command chief (left), sign a steel beam in front of the construction s More
Richard Perez provides opening remarks as a guest speaker at a ceremony marking the transfer of authority for directorship of the San Antonio Military Health System from Maj. Gen. Byron C. Hepburn to Maj. Gen. More
Senior Airman MaryNgan Nguyen, 59th Surgical Operations Squadron surgical technician, passes medical instruments to a doctor at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Te More
Maj. (Dr.) Thomas Lee, 59th Medical Wing critical care air transport team pediatrician, checks the pulse of 7-month-old patient, Nakoa Crawford, at the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, June 7, 2019. Crawfor More
Burn scars are visible as retired U.S. Army Capt. Katie Blanchard awaits surgery Sept. 6, 2019 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Blanchard underwent fractionate More
Staff Sgt. Taylor Altricht, Blood Donor Center NCO-in-charge of quality assurance, jokes with Senior Airman Matthew Long, medical laboratory technician, as he surveys her before platelet donation Dec. 13, 2019 More
Senior Airman Deaja Ellis, 559th Aerospace Medicine Squadron aerospace and operational physiology technician, explains hypoxia symptoms during cabin decompression Jan. 28, 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolp More
Wilford Hall Medical Center sits behind a construction fence as it undergoes the first stages of demolition Feb. 14, 2020 on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The distinguished medical center served as a 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
Airman 1st Class Raymond De Jesus, 59th Medical Wing medical logistics technician, and Staff Sgt. Romina Guridi, 59th MDW medical logistics warehouse supervisor, remove dry ice from the San Antonio Military Hea More