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  • Senior Airman Gideon L. Connelly, repair and reclamation crew chief, 175th Maintenance Squadron, was involved in a motorcycle accident in Baltimore County where he sustained serious damage to his left leg in July 2011. The doctors told the Maryland Air National Guardsman if he kept his leg, it would leave him with limitations to what he could do. If the leg was replaced with prosthesis, his abilities would significantly increase. On Sept. 16, 2011 Connelly chose to have the leg removed below the knee and is now training for the Paralympics. (Courtesy photo/released)

    Through Airmen's Eyes: Going for the Gold

    (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series on AF.mil. These stories focus on a single Airman, highlighting their Air Force story.)On July 5, 2011, Senior Airman Gideon L. Connelly was involved in a motorcycle accident in Baltimore County with serious damage to his left leg. The doctors told the Maryland Air National Guard repair
  • Maj. Shawn Boyle, an Individual Mobilization Augmentee Reservist with the 436th Airlift Wing/Judge Advocate office poses with his wife Sarah and daughter Cathleen in a recent family portrait near their home outside of Pittsburgh, Pa. Boyle was diagnosed with a slow growing form of brain cancer in Feb. (Courtesy photo)

    Dover Airman in 'fight of his life'

    Sometimes a headache is just a headache. Other times it can be the sign of something much worse.Just ask Maj. Shawn Boyle, an Individual Mobilization Augmentee reservist with the 436th Airlift Wing/Judge Advocate office. Boyle, who lives outside of Pittsburgh, Pa., was experiencing what he thought were severe migraine headaches. Over time the

  • VA launches hotline for health care, women veteran questions

    The Veterans Affairs Department has launched a new hotline -- 1-855-VA-WOMEN -- to receive and respond to questions from veterans, their families and caregivers about the many VA services and resources available to women veterans.The service began accepting calls March 27."Some women veterans may not know about high-quality VA care and services
  • Retired Senior Airman Brandon Bishop practices a volley during sitting volleyball, one of seven events that the Air Force Warrior Games team practiced for the week of April 15-19 in preparation for the 2013 Warrior Games. one of seven events that the Air Force Warrior Games team practiced for the week of April 15-19 in preparation for the 2013 Warrior Games. The Warrior Games is scheduled to take place May 11-16 at the Air Force Academy and U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Van Winkle)

    Warrior Games camp prepares Air Force team

    Athletes representing the Air Force during this year's Warrior Games participated in a week-long training camp here April 14-20.The Warrior Games, held May 11-16 at the U.S. Air Force Academy and U.S. Olympic Training Center, are a sport competition for sick and injured service members and veterans. This year marks the largest number of wounded
  • The Air Force Medical Service’s Center of Excellence for Medical Multimedia (CEMM) has recently unveiled their latest educational and state-of-the-art Web site for Airmen and their families dealing with pregnancy. The Pregnancy A to Z Web site is the CEMM’s 12th educational Web site that addresses a significant medical topic Airmen deal with frequently and can be found at www.pregnancyatoz.org. (Air Force graphic / Steve Thompson)

    New AF pregnancy website offers state-of-the-art support

    The Air Force Medical Service's Center of Excellence for Medical Multimedia, or CEMM, recently unveiled an educational and state-of-the-art website on pregnancy for Airmen and their families.The Pregnancy A to Z website, www.pregnancyatoz.org, is the CEMM's 12th educational website. The site features videos, 3-D animations, downloadable fact
  • Master Sgt. John Kley, Capt. Adriana Valadez, Staff Sgt. Julian Williams, Lt. Col. Kathleen Sprague and Senior Airman Amanda Pena were the medical team on an Aeromedical Evacuation mission that transported a critically wounded combat controller from Mazar-e Sharif to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on March 28, 2013. They are assigned to the 651st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Kandahar Airfield. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Tristan Hinderliter)

    Teamwork, technology allows Kandahar C-130J AE crew to save a life

    On the battlefield of northern Afghanistan in late March, an Air Force combat controller was shot by the enemy through the right thigh, opening up a large wound and fracturing his femur. The Airman was rushed to a hospital at Mazar-e Sharif, where he was operated on in an effort to save his leg and his life.With limited medical resources at the

  • VA funding reflects commitment to vets

    Emphasizing that a nation's budget reflects its core priorities, a senior Veterans Affairs Department official said the proposed 10 percent fiscal year 2014 budget increase for VA and the fact that the department is specifically sheltered from sequestration demonstrate America's unwavering commitment to its veterans.Tommy Sowers, assistant VA

  • TRICARE expands assistance to reduce tobacco use

    The Defense Department is committed to helping troops, their families and all beneficiaries of the TRICARE health care plan reduce their reliance on tobacco products, a TRICARE official said here today.During an interview with American Forces Press Service and the Pentagon Channel, Paul Fitzpatrick, TRICARE's "Quit Tobacco" program manager, said

  • Air Force reservists and retirees eligible for TRICARE healthcare programs

    TRICARE has affordable healthcare programs available for all Air Force Reserve retirees - including "gray-area retirees" and actively-participating Air Force reservists, no matter what orders they are on.Reservists who retire before age 60 are eligible for TRICARE Retired Reserve coverage while they are in the "gray area." This is the waiting
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lara Ishikawa, 359th Medical Wing, explains the functions of a recumbent bike during an Adaptive Sports Program camp at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, March 21, 2013. The goal of the Air Force Wounded Warrior Adaptive Sports program is to introduce adaptive sports early on in the healing process in order to promote physical, social, emotional and spiritual healing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Westin Warburton)

    Air Force wounded warriors attend adaptive sports camp

    More than 50 wounded, ill or injured Airmen from the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Patient Squadron participated in a two-day adaptive sports camp here March 21-22.The camp was provided by the Air Force Wounded Warrior Adaptive Sports Program, which introduces wounded, injured and ill Airmen to adaptive sports, such as wheelchair basketball and

  • DOD announces pilot sites for Healthy Base Initiative

    Thirteen pilot sites will participate in the Healthy Base Initiative, a demonstration project for the Defense Department's Operation Live Well, Pentagon officials announced March 18.Among the 13 chosen were Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii; Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho; Yokota Air Base, Japan; and March Air Force Base, Calif.Operation
  • Master Sgt. Jennifer Allara, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron, Explosive Ordinance Disposal team leader, puts on a bomb suit while Staff Sgt. Jared Hess, 436th CES, NCOIC of EOD equipment, assists Feb. 14, 2013, at the EOD building on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Allara has been in the Air Force for 17 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chuck Walker)

    PTSD and TBI: One Airman's road to recovery

    Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder have been two topics of great discussion recently, thanks to the debate going on in the National Football League and the recovery of veterans as they return home from the war in Afghanistan.One person who has experienced both and is on the road to recovery is Master Sgt. Jennifer Allara,
  • Staff Sgt. Jasmine Russell, 2nd Medical Operations Squadron, poses for a photo on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Feb. 5. Russell earned the Purple Heart after her deployment to Afghanistan in 2011 during Operation Enduring Freedom. After an improvised explosive device detonated under the vehicle she was traveling in, Russell aided members in her convoy even after sustaining injuries herself. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Micaiah Anthony)

    Medic awarded Purple Heart for deployed actions

    An Air Force medic assigned to dangerous duty with an Army logistics convoy unit when deployed to Afghanistan two years ago was awarded the Purple Heart during a ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, La.Staff Sgt. Jasmine Russell, 2nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Personnel Reliability Program alternate monitor, received the award from Lt. Gen.

  • Mobile app provides biofeedback for patients

    The Department of Defense released a smart phone mobile application to help service members use the therapeutic benefits of biofeedback.BioZen, a mobile app from the Defense Department's National Center for Telehealth and Technology based here, known as T2, uses wireless sensors to show users their physical level of relaxation. It is the first
  • Athletes take part in a swimming competition during Warrior Games 2012 at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 5, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Val Gempis/Released)

    Academy hosts Warrior Games sports camp

    Air Force wounded warriors are participating in a sports camp here through Feb. 2 in their quest to represent the Air Force in the 2013 Warrior Games.Fifty-four candidates are participating in the sports camp, which includes events such as track and field, basketball, volleyball, swimming, marksmanship and recumbent biking.Since 2010, nearly 200
  • Maj. (Dr.) James Bales, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron, checks Senior Airman Joshua Hoover’s post-operative progress Jan. 14, 2013, at the Keesler Hospital, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Bales is a returning coach for the 2013 Warrior Games May 11-17 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Hoover is an 81st Training Group command post member. (U.S. Air Force photo by Steve Pivnick)

    Getting Airmen back in the 'Games'

    Many Airmen have served honorably in the Air Force, but due to wounds, illnesses or injuries are no longer able to serve in the capacities they did before. The Warrior Games gives those Airmen a chance to serve again.The games, scheduled for May 11-17 in Colorado Springs, are designed to introduce ill, injured or wounded service members to
  • Amanda Schneider talks with her husband Staff Sgt. Kris Schneider as he recovers from injuries sustained during the March 2, 2011, shooting at the Frankfurt International Airport, Germany. The RAF Lakenheath 48th Security Forces Squadron Airman was being treated at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital in Frankfurt am Main. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jocelyn L. Rich)

    From tragedy comes triumph: Wounded warrior shares his story

    The first bullet struck him in the hip. But it was the second shot, the one that hit Staff Sgt. Kristoffer Schneider in the forehead, which forever changed his life nearly two years ago.Schneider and his wife, Amanda, shared his story of surviving the 2011 terror attack at Frankfurt International Airport, Germany, with the Grand Forks Military
  • The annual Capt. Lance P. Sijan Award recognizes the accomplishments of officers and enlisted members who have demonstrated the highest qualities of leadership in the performance of their duties and the conduct of their lives. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration)

    Air Force names Lance P. Sijan Award winners

    Air Force officials recently announced the winners of the 2012 Lance P. Sijan Air Force Leadership Award.The Lance P. Sijan Air Force Leadership Award recognizes Airmen who demonstrate outstanding leadership abilities.The senior officer category winner is Lt. Col. Nathan C. Green, who is assigned to Hurlburt Field, Fla. As an Air Force Office of

  • Officials announce TRICARE Prime service area changes

    Active-duty service members and their families will be unaffected when long-delayed reductions to areas where the TRICARE Prime option is offered take place Oct. 1, TRICARE officials said Jan. 9.But as TRICARE seeks to synchronize service area shifts once staggered by contract delays, some military retirees and their dependents will be moved to

  • DOD heightens training, prevention to target human trafficking

    To spark awareness and vigilance against a growing global human rights crisis, President Barack Obama has proclaimed January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.Linda Dixon, the Defense Department's program manager for combating trafficking in persons, told the Pentagon Channel and American Forces Press Service in a recent
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