Oct. 28, 2023 Shaw AFB leads the way with MCA The MCA course provided 20th FW Airmen of various ranks from career fields such as maintenance, civil engineering and administrative services, a thorough training in support of the ACE model.
Sept. 8, 2023 AF Week in Photos This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
June 11, 2023 24 nations unite at Military Nursing Exchange to enhance USAFE-AFAFRICA partnerships, readiness The conference featured talks from various international medical professionals, centered on this year’s theme, ‘Military Medics: Optimizing Partnerships and Readiness.’
Aug. 8, 2022 Tactical care makes casualties rare As of July 2022, Self-Aid Buddy Care was replaced by Tactical Combat Casualty Care, a training which implements the best medical practices in battlefield trauma care.
March 2, 2020 Air Force BMT integrates tactical combat casualty care course for all Airmen During the tactical combat casual care course, service members learn lifesaving skills to render basic medical aid to a trauma casualty.
Feb. 28, 2020 AF Week in Photos This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
Oct. 16, 2019 Exercise Polar Force tests Agile Combat Employment Exercise Polar Force 20-1 allowed Soldiers and Airmen from units across Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to develop and strengthen the skills required to operate in austere environments and in adverse situations.
April 24, 2019 New training prepares Airmen to save lives Airmen are “arming up” their life-saving skills with Tactical Combat Casualty Care, also known as TCCC.TCCC is a standardized course created to equip every Airman, Soldier, Sailor and Marine with the basic skills to save lives in combat operations.
Nov. 23, 2018 Tactical Combat Casualty Care course: Maintaining MacDill's joint readiness “Medic!” A word synonymous with healthcare and combat, medic is one that can be heard being shouted from the frontlines of the battlefield, signaling a fallen combatant in need of medical treatment.
June 26, 2018 Tactical Combat Casualty Care: A new standard of trauma care training MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, plays host to several Tactical Combat Casualty Care for Medical Personnel courses throughout the year.
June 8, 2018 Airmen trust training, save child It was chaotic. People were screaming. There was smoke coming out of the large sports utility vehicle that was smashed against a tree at the in front of a forest. A frantic woman clenching a child panics and cries for help near the vehicle.Miraculously, three Moody Airmen with life-saving medical
July 21, 2014 Medical training in hyperreality The Air Force Medical Modeling and Simulation Training, or AFMMAST, is improving medical training is by adding hyperreality and high fidelity through the use of the Tactical Combat Casualty Care Cut Suit.