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  • Air Force Surgeon General updates Congress on medical reform

    Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, the U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, testified Thursday, Dec. 5, before the House Armed Services Committee’s Military Personnel Subcommittee.Hogg’s testimony focused on modernizing the Air Force Medical Service to support the National Defense Strategy and emerging readiness

  • USAFE Surgeon General hosts NATO Dental Workshop

    Military dental officers from NATO partners, allies, and Partners for Peace nations, attended a dental readiness workshop hosted by the USAFE-AFAFRICA Surgeon General March 25-29, 2019 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

  • Preventive measures lead to a healthier Air Force

    Preventing illness or injury is the goal of the Air Force’s Preventive Medicine program, a topic that is highlighted in August during Preventive Health Month. Preventive Health extends beyond health care at an individual level, concentrating rather on the health of individuals, communities and

  • Coping with stress through healthy thinking

    Stress. Even mention of the word can increase anxiety for some. Everyone deals with stress differently, but how you cope with daily stressors can have great impacts on your quality of life and overall health.Stress is actually the body’s response to any demand, including change. According to the

  • Air Force increases access to behavioral health care

    Nearly half of people with a treatable behavioral health disorder do not seek help from behavioral health professionals, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. However, 80 percent of this population does visit a primary care manager at least once a year. The Air Force