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  • CSAR training builds confidence for USAF, Icelandic Coast Guard

    They're known as the Guardian Angels, a name bestowed on them because the men and women of the combat search and rescue community work to save lives, literally. Their mission is vital, their training is rigorous, and the satisfaction they feel following a successful recovery is unlike any other.

  • Lajes members earn degrees, encourage others

    Today, 76 Lajes Airmen graduated with their Community College of the Air Force degrees. Seven will receive other associate's degrees, six have completed their bachelor's degrees, and six more have earned their master's degrees.One graduate, Maj. Randall Schmedthorst, 65th Air Base Wing safety,

  • CSAR training builds confidence for USAF, Icelandic Coast Guard

    They're known as the Guardian Angels, a name bestowed on them because the men and women of the combat search and rescue community work to save lives, literally. Their mission is vital, their training is rigorous, and the satisfaction they feel following a successful recovery is unlike any other.

  • SR12 ends with demonstrations to nation, military leaders

    The exercise portion of Shared Resilience 2012 ended here June 6 as the joint medical teams showcased their strengths to leaders of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the U.S. military.Some of the distinguished visitors included U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott J. Zobrist, 31st Fighter Squadron commander, Aviano

  • SR12 attendees demonstrate expeditionary medical support

    More than 50 U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps students are attending an expeditionary medical support course during Shared Resilience 2012 here, May 28 - June 8.The Air Force Medical Service EMEDS course instructors are showing students how to build and populate rapid-deployment medical facilities

  • Global medical practitioners work to seamlessly integrate

    Instructors from the U.S. Defense Institute for Medical Operations are exchanging ideas and techniques with medical practitioners from the different countries participating in Shared Resilience 2012 May 28 - June 8 here.The information flow is driven from a class titled "Critical Lifesaving Skills

  • Life and death: A chaplain's perspective

    The pain consumes your mind.There is nothing but agony, a throbbing cadence brought about by the tattered flesh of what used to be your body.You hear the ambulance siren, although it sounds distant -- as if your ears are plugged with cotton. Someone's asking a question, and rough hands lift you onto

  • SR12 Cultural Day promotes cross-nation appreciation

    U.S. service members of Shared Resilience 2012 participated in a SR12 Cultural Day tour of nearby historic and holy sites here June 3.The tour included Pocitelj, a preserved village from the late 14th century; the Zitomislic Monastery, a Serb Orthodox church; the Buna river spring; the "Old Bridge"