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Airmen, Soldiers work together to save lives at Joint Base Balad hospital
Air Force and Army medics here work as an integrated team to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries, two of the most common injuries to affect wounded warriors. The cooperation between services does more than contribute to the Air Force Theater Hospital's 98-percent survival rate -- it reduces the number of servicemembers
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11/12
2008
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Deployed Airman helps others’ fitness plans take shape
From free weights and nautilus equipment to treadmills and elliptical machines, one Airman is helping her peers' fitness goals take shape. Senior Airman Jessica Mead, a services journeyman with the 407th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron, is the sole personal trainer on the fitness center staff here. Discovering a calling Mead discovered her
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11/10
2008
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Airman returns to Kandahar seven years after witnessing its takeover
Just weeks after the attacks on the twin towers, Staff Sgt. Isidro Rios deployed to Afghanistan as a supply troop attached to a special operations unit. During his eight-month deployment he was witness to the taking of Kandahar International Airport from Taliban forces. "The tempo was real hot then," he said. "It was scary at first. There was no
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11/10
2008
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LOA learns lessons in logistics
The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing's Logistics Officer Association recently toured a prominent local port and naval base as part of the local LOA Professional Development program. The port is often referred to as the Seaport of Debarkation (SPOD) and is operated by the US Army's 1186th Transportation Terminal Brigade. The port is critical to
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11/10
2008
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Australians deploy for first, last time with U.S. AWACS; U.S.-trained Aussies wrap up 6 years with Tinker’s Airmen
Two Australians assigned to the 965th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron are making their mark as the first and last to deploy on the Airborne Warning and Control System loan-officer program. The unit, from Tinker Air Force Base's 552nd Air Control Wing, brought Australian, British and Canadian members who are assigned to the Oklahoma base
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11/10
2008
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A veteran walks among us
Senior Master Sgt. Edgar Newell stood among the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Airmen at guard mount here Nov. 8. His face somber, the lines on his face filled with the shadows of two score of deployments and military service. The sun was rising, casting the golden glow of dawn across the pale landscape. When 2nd Lt. Sarah
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11/10
2008
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Deployed Airman helps others' fitness plans take shape
From free weights and nautilus equipment to treadmills and elliptical machines, one Airman is helping her peers' fitness goals take shape. Senior Airman Jessica Mead, a services journeyman with the 407th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron, is the sole personal trainer on the fitness center staff here. Discovering a calling Mead discovered her
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11/07
2008
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Kyrgyzstan “Heart Doctor” visits Manas AB
Dr. Samudin Shabyraliev holds a special place in the hearts of Airmen at Manas AB thanks to his selflessly providing over 100 heart surgeries free of charge to Kyrgyz children. As a gesture of thanks, the Bishkek Institute of Cardiac Surgery and Organ Transplant surgeon was invited for his first visit to the base, Oct. 25, to meet with wing
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10/31
2008
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Volunteers form critical link in hospital's 'care chain'
Two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters descend on the Patient Administration and Disposition landing zone here, their blades kicking up dust as they blows air outward at speeds of 50 mph or more. Noise from the Black Hawks' rotors drowns out any attempts at conversation, so the helicopter crews and PAD staff use hand signals to communicate with
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10/31
2008
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Fitness program saves Airman's career
A personnel journeyman with the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Group turned her career around thanks to a fitness regimen she now teaches at the Red Tail Fitness Center here. Faced with a possible medical discharge from the Air Force, Staff Sgt. Monica France discovered a program called CrossFit, which not only saved her career but improved
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10/31
2008
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