Moody Air Force Base News

Moody assists SGMC vaccination drive

Airman 1st Class Briana Beavers — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 19:28:00 GMT

10 Airmen from the 23rd Medical Group at Moody Air Force Base volunteered to vaccinate members of the Valdosta community at two South Georgia Medical Center COVID-19 vaccination drive-through locations, Aug. 28, 2021. These Airmen partnered up with staff from SGMC, Valdosta State University and Partnership Health Center last Saturday to help vaccinate more than 800 members of this region.

Moody PHEO discusses COVID updates

Dr. (Maj.) Elizabeth Landman, Moody Public Health Emergency Officer — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 22:15:00 GMT

Dr. (Maj.) Elizabeth Landman, Moody Public Health Emergency Officer, discusses COVID-19, provides resources, and tackles topics to include misinformation and social distancing.

Tier 2 screening relocates

Airman 1st Class Azaria E. Foster — Wed, 13 May 2020 15:50:27 GMT

CurbSide Rx Dispensing supports Team Moody

Senior Airman Erick Requadt — Fri, 08 May 2020 19:20:53 GMT

Team Moody beneficiaries received their prescriptions during CurbSide Rx Dispensing May 8, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. Since instituting CurbSide Rx Dispensing on April 14, prescriptions were successfully picked up by 1,729 Moody pharmacy beneficiaries. Currently, CurbSide Rx Dispensing occurs Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. between buildings 900 and 899.

Unified by diversity: BSC celebrates 53 years

Senior Airman Daniel Snider — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 21:09:43 GMT

The Chief of Staff of the Air Force signed a special order On Jan. 28, 1965 to recognize officers in 17 different medical specializations as the Biomedical Science Corps. Team Moody’s BSC, the most diverse corps in the Air Force Medical Services, is celebrating their strength through diversity for the 53rd year, during BSC appreciation week, here, Jan. 22-26.

Bedrock of readiness: Air Force Medical Home improves access to care and supports Airmen readiness

Shireen Bedi — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 20:05:00 GMT

Air Force Medical Home is a patient-centered, team-based approach to delivering primary care to patients at Air Force health facilities. As with all aspects of the Air Force Medical Service mission, maintaining Airmen’s medical readiness and optimizing performance is the highest priority. To achieve this mission, the Air Force Medical Service is working to increase its health care capabilities, and provide greater levels of mission support to line commanders.

347th Rescue Group initiates new medical, survival training

Senior Airman Daniel Snider and Airman Eugene Oliver — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 14:00:00 GMT

Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists and Independent Duty Medical Technicians recently partnered to innovate a more realistic training experience for 23d Wing aircrew. The training is designed to merge many smaller courses into one three-day course that seamlessly ties together different skills that could be used together in the event that Airmen become isolated during a mission.

23d AMDS debunks dental myths

Capt Genifer Schrimsher — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:43:05 GMT

Natural oral health remedies are on the rise, even though there is no scientific evidence to support their effectiveness or safety. The trends that we are currently aware of include oil pulling and brushing with a charcoal derived mixture. Neither practice should be used to supplement oral hygiene practice and certainly should not replace proper oral home care.

New commander steps in for 23d AMDS

Airman 1st Class Daniel Snider and Airman 1st Class Destiney Masse — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 18:33:06 GMT

The 23d AMDS oversees the individual medical readiness of approximately 4,000 active-duty members and the occupational health of roughly 5,500 industrial workers. The 23d AMDS consists of approximately 90 healthcare professionals who are organized into four flights providing services to include Flight and Base Operational Medicine, Optometry, Aerospace Physiology, Dentistry, Bioenvironmental Engineering and Public Health.

Medical technicians care for greatest assets

Airman 1st Class Daniel Snider — Wed, 10 May 2017 20:47:13 GMT

Medical technicians are normally the first to see a patient, leaving it to them to assess if someone is simply sick or should be in an emergency room. After recognizing a patient with life-threatening symptoms, one of Team Moody’s medical technicians was recently honored for quickly responding to a potentially dire situation. “I knew right away I needed to let the provider know and figure out what we were going to do for them,” said Senior Airman Kristen Aubrey, 23d Medical Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician. “We called and made them go to the ER right away because it could have been the onset of another heart attack.”

Airman battles alcoholism, prevails

Airman 1st Class Daniel Snider — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 18:25:25 GMT

“I was in a ball crying and saying, ‘I need help.’ My wife didn’t know what to do. I’d already been through in-patient once, and she didn’t know how to fix me.” After relapsing and turning back to the bottle, Staff Sgt. Jaiopalanta Jones, 23d Equipment Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment technician, later checked himself into in-patient care. This was the second time he attempted to combat the effects alcohol was having on his life.

BSC celebrates 52nd year of diverse care

Airman 1st Class Daniel Snider — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 19:35:00 GMT

The commissioned and enlisted members of the Biomedical Science Corps are recognizing and celebrating their diversity and impact to the mission, here, during BSC Appreciation Week, Jan. 23-27. The BSC is a collection of 2,400 officers in 15 different medical specializations, supported by 5,800 enlisted members Air Force wide. These medical careers combined when a special order was signed by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Jan. 28, 1965. That day, the BSC became the most diverse recognized corps in the Air Force medical services, dedicated to providing specialized trusted medical care to Airmen and their families.

Medics refresh their skills

Airman 1st Class Janiqua P. Robinson — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 21:12:00 GMT

BOOM! Ears ring and the ground violently shakes as dust, smoke, rubble and debris fill the air. After the dust begins to settle, a burning smell arises along with cries for help. This is the scenario a class of firefighters as well as U.S. Air Force guard, reserve and active-duty Airmen and firefighters faced at the end of their Emergency Medical Technician refresher course, Oct. 31 through Nov. 4 at Moody Air Force Base, Ga.

Air Force duo key to Army medical aid in Honduras

Capt. David Liapis — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 16:33:00 GMT

Medical Readiness Training Exercises, Military Partnership Engagements and Mobile Surgical Team deployments have been the backbone of Joint Task Force-Bravo’s humanitarian mission in Central America for the past 23 years and have touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, built partner nation capacity and fostered goodwill towards the U.S. in the region. These missions are almost completely run and supported by the U.S. Army … almost.

Preventive measures lead to a healthier Air Force

J.D. Levite — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 01:05:00 GMT

Preventing illness or injury is the goal of the Air Force’s Preventive Medicine program, a topic

23d MDG welcomes new command, bids farewell to old

Airman 1st Class Greg Nash — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 19:30:00 GMT