 
Hospital wing and prayer
Army Dr. (Capt.) Preston Omer reaches into an isolette, a Plexiglass crib, to draw blood from one of his tiny patients at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ken Wright)
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Posted: 3/7/2007
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Transportation secretary visits Lackland
Brig.Gen. (Dr.) David G. Young, 59th Medical Wing commander (right) and Brig. Gen. Mary Kay Hertog, 37th Training Wing commander, escort Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta (left). Mr. Mineta traveled to San Antonio to thank Lackland Air Force Base members for their support of the Hurricane Katrina evacuation (U.S. Air Force photo by Alan Bodecker)
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Posted: 3/6/2007
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Airborne emergency room
During Operation Northern Watch, Staff Sgt. Doug Perkins directs an ambulance into position to unload lifesaving equipment into the aircraft. The deployed medical team is from the 59th Medical Wing, Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force, Texas, and assigned to the 39th Medical Group at Incirlik Air Base Turkey. Sergeant Perkins is assigned to Moody AFB, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keith Reed)
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Posted: 3/6/2007
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Air Force trauma specialists train civilian counterparts
Penelope Henderson supervises Shawn Salter put in an intubation tube in the operating room at Wilford Hall Medical Center Feb. 8 in San Antonio. Staff members from the trauma department at Wilford Hall are training civilian medical personnel on emergency airway management skills as part of an agreement with San Antonio AirLife. Ms. Henderson is an anesthetist with the 59th Surgical Operations Squadron, and Mr. Salter is the chief flight nurse and director of clinical operations for San Antonio Airlife. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff. Sgt. Ruth Stanley)
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Posted: 2/15/2007
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Wilford Hall medics depart for Iraq
Lt. Col. Frank Palmisano goes through deployment paperwork with his wife, Lt. Col. Jane Palmisano outside Wilford Hall with more than 60 other 59th Medical Wing Airmen Jan. 9 as he prepares to depart Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Colonel Palmisano is the 59th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Group administrator and will serve as director of operations at the Balad Air Base hospital in Iraq. His wife is from the 859th Medical Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ruth Stanley)
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Posted: 1/9/2007
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Air Force pharmacist receives award for excellence
Maj. Dr. Barbara Hoeben reviews medication profiles to ensure appropriate medication therapy selection and dosing. Major Hoeben is the 59th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron Clinical Pharmacy Flight commander. She received the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Award for Excellence in Clinical Pharmacy Practice. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kimberly Yearyean-Siers)
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Posted: 11/28/2006
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Medical specialists on the job
Army Staff Sgt. Tanisha Denton, Staff Sgt. Stacy McGill and Senior Airman Armando Pena assist Senior Airman Brett Batson in transporting a wounded Soldier from a helicopter into the Balad Air Base, Iraq, hospital emergency room Oct. 1. The medical personnel are deployed from the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; the 59th Medical Wing at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; and the 99th Medical Group at Nellis AFB, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)
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Posted: 10/11/2006
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Suiting up
Staff Sgts. Christopher Price (left) and Chad Brock help Airman 1st Class Corey Hayes into a hazardous-material suit, so he can respond to a simulated toxic industrial spill at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, on Wednesday, June 28. The suit is worn when responding to a possible chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive attack. The Airmen are bioenvironmental engineer apprentices with the 59th Medical Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kimberly Spencer)
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Posted: 6/29/2006
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Silent vigil
Staff Sgt. Aaron Bowman stands at parade rest in silent vigil along with other members of the 59th Medical Wing's physical medicine flight at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, on Friday, May 26, 2006. The vigil, part of the base's Memorial Day observances, honored the contributions of servicemembers who are, or were, missing in action or prisoners of war. Each shift stood vigil for 10 minutes during the eight-and-a-half-hour observance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kimberly Spencer)
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Posted: 5/31/2006
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Back home
Master Sgt. Dawn Garza snuggles her son, Christopher, at the Kelly Field passenger terminal in San Antonio minutes after returning from a four-month deployment to Iraq on Tuesday, May 16, 2006. Sergeant Garza, a medical technician in the 859th Surgical Operations Squadron, was one of about 170 personnel from the 59th Medical Wing who deployed in January to work at the Air Force theater hospital at Balad Air Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sue Campbell)
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Posted: 5/16/2006
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Advanced trauma life support training returns to Wilford Hall
Maj. Brenda Frye (left) accepts a scalpel from Lt. Col. (Dr.) Craig Ruder during the surgical skills portion of Advanced Trauma Life Support training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. They are with the 59th Medical Wing and participated in the two-day course as part of their pre-deployment training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kimberly Spencer)
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Posted: 5/10/2006
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