Some 40 surgeons and physicians assistants deployed to Iraq converged on the Air Force-run theater hospital at Balad AB, Iraq, to share battlefield medicine techniques. Hospital commander, Air Force Col. Brian Masterson, says that the joint services medical professionals have been able to achieve an astounding 98 percent survival rate “by defining and perfecting a standardization of care.” Col. Mark Richardson and Lt. Col. Craig Silverton developed the daylong Tri-Service Extremity War Surgery Symposium to foster the idea that there is “a standard way of treating wound X with therapy X to yield consistent, positive results,” reports Capt. Ken Hall. The trauma pace at Balad is four times that of stateside trauma centers.
Now Enlisted Airmen Can Stay in Uniform Longer
Dec. 8, 2023
The Air Force is extending the amount of time Airmen can spend at most enlisted ranks by two years, as the service looks to combat sluggish recruiting and balance its force structure. The High Year of Tenure (HYT) program sets limits on how long service members can spend in each grade…