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  • Arkansas Air Guard Medics Provide Free Medical Care in Guatemala

    NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Thirty-six Arkansas National Guardsmen from the 188th Wing at Ebbing Air National Guard base in Fort Smith and the 189th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville departed Dec. 1 for a seven-day mission providing free medical care in Guatemala City. “We are

  • Texas Air Guard Medical Group Completes Required Training

    HONOLULU - Nearly 50 Texas Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 136th Medical Group traveled in the wing’s C130J Super Hercules to Tripler Army Medical Center, Army Post Schofield Barracks, and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to complete annual medical training May 13-27.The medical group was

  • New York Air Guard Medics Train on Trauma Care

    WEST ISLIP, N.Y. – Members of the 106th Medical Group of the 106th Rescue Wing partnered with Good Samaritan University Hospital for two weeks of training April 10-24.“The purpose of the training is to have the medics maintain their competencies in the skills that they use for basic medical care and

  • 109th Airlift Wing Medical Personnel Train at Local Hospital

    STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - New York Air National Guard flight nurses and medical technicians assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing are getting more hands-on training at a major nearby hospital.St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, a 442-bed cornerstone of the regional St. Peter’s Health

  • Indiana Guard, Nigerien Medics Bond Over Lifesaving Skills

    NIAMEY, Niger – The Indiana National Guard state partnership medical team worked alongside the Niger armed forces’ first combat medic team for more than two weeks to teach tactical combat casualty care and behavioral health.The mission didn’t stop there.The Indiana National Guard team also trained a

  • Two Colorado National Guard Members Serve as Sisters in Arms

    AURORA, Colo. – Two sisters have come together in a unique unit where they are not only sisters but sisters in arms.Serving in separate branches, U.S. Army Spc. Jessica Lee and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Julie Lee are both members of the Colorado National Guard’s Chemical, Biological,

  • 103rd Medical Group partners with Hartford Hospital

    HARTFORD, CT -- The 103rd Medical Group, Connecticut Air National Guard has partnered with Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut for annual medical training.Air National Guard medics and nurses are required to receive at least 40 hours of training a year at a level I or II trauma center.

  • West Virginia Air Guard medics conduct trauma training

    MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Five aerospace medical service personnel assigned to the 167th Medical Group completed 40 hours of trauma training at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital May 16-20.Working alongside critical care nurses and trauma nurses, the Airmen, whose roles are part licensed practical nurse and part

  • NY National Guard troops continue to aid nursing homes

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Eighteen New York National Guard medics and medical technicians on duty at a Syracuse area nursing home are opening up more care slots in the region’s medical system, according to Dr. Kimberly Townsend, the president and chief executive officer of Loretto Health and