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Air Force Reservist Honored with Life-Changing Gift for Her Service, Sacrifice, and Resilience

Air Force Reservist Honored with Life-Changing Gift for Her Service, Sacrifice, and Resilience

Julian Hernandez
Alamo Wing C-5M Super Galaxy Opens Fiesta Flambeau Parade with Sky-High Salute

Alamo Wing C-5M Super Galaxy Opens Fiesta Flambeau Parade with Sky-High Salute

Julian Hernandez
Ready Now, and Anywhere, 433rd Citizen Airmen go to Guyana for LAMAT 2025

Ready Now, and Anywhere, 433rd Citizen Airmen go to Guyana for LAMAT 2025

Master Sgt. Jacob Lewis
433rd ASTS Train With First Responders, Healthcare Professionals in Guyana

433rd ASTS Train With First Responders, Healthcare Professionals in Guyana

Master Sgt. Jacob Lewis
AFRC Command Team visits Alamo Wing

AFRC Command Team visits Alamo Wing

Staff Sgt. Adriana Barrientos
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Saving Lives, Building Partnerships: LAMAT 25 Delivers Critical Care, Reserve Readiness in St. Kitts and Nevis

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DAF Executive Order Implementation Guidance

DAF Executive Order Implementation Guidance

Tech. Sgt. Martha Rodriguez, a 433rd Security Forces Squadron fire team leader, poses for a photo with her leadership and representatives of the non-profit that nominated her to receive a new vehicle donated through USAA and the National Auto Body Council Recycled Rides program April 30, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas.

Tech. Sgt. Martha Rodriguez, a 433rd Security Forces Squadron fire team leader, embraces her husband Victor Rodriguez after receiving a new vehicle donated through USAA and the National Auto Body Council Recycled Rides program April 30, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas.

Tech. Sgt. Martha Rodriguez, a 433rd Security Forces Squadron fire team leader, embraces Lisa Hamlin, a retired 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Chief Master Sgt., after receiving a new vehicle donated through USAA and the National Auto Body Council Recycled Rides program April 30, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas.

Tech. Sgt. Martha Rodriguez, a 433rd Security Forces Squadron fire team leader, embraces Jose Andrade, CEO of USAA, after receiving a new vehicle donated through USAA and the National Auto Body Council Recycled Rides program April 30, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas.

Tech. Sgt. Martha Rodriguez, a 433rd Security Forces Squadron fire team leader, embraces her family after seeing their new vehicle donated through USAA and the National Auto Body Council Recycled Rides program April 30, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas.

Col. Rick Kuehn, 512th Airlift Wing deputy wing commander, Lt. Col. Brandon Rodts, 433rd Maintenance Group deputy commander, Citizen Airmen from the 512th AW, and a 433rd AW civilian pose for a group photo during maintenance on a C-5M Super Galaxy at the 433rd Airlift Wing on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas April 25, 2025.

Col. Rick Kuehn, 512th Airlift Wing deputy wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Geoffrey Morales, 512th AW senior leader, pose for a photo during a tour of the maintenance on a C-5M Super Galaxy at the 433rd AW on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas April 25, 2025.

Lt. Col. Brandon Rodts, 433rd Maintenance Group deputy commander, shows Col. Rick Kuehn, 512th Airlift Wing deputy wing commander, a C-5M Super Galaxy engine being serviced during a tour of the maintenance facilities at the 433rd AW on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas April 25, 2025.

A 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy performs a flyover to kickoff the 2025 Fiesta Flambeau Parade in downtown San Antonio, Texas May 3, 2025.

A 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy performs a flyover to kickoff the 2025 Fiesta Flambeau Parade in downtown San Antonio, Texas May 3, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Nicole Nagle, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron superintendent of health services assists Samuel Hobbs, 59th Medical Wing vitreoretinal surgeon, with putting on a sterile surgical gown before ophthalmology surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital, Georgetown, Guyana, April 7, 2025 during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team 2025 mission.

U.S. Army Maj. Halward Blegen, Brooke Army Medical Center refractive eye surgeon, assesses a patient at Georgetown Public Hospital, Georgetown, Guyana, April 3, 2025 during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2025.

The ophthalmology team pose for a photo at Georgetown Public Hospital, Georgetown, Guyana, April 1, 2025 during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2025.

U.S. Army Maj. Sien Chen, Brooke Army Medical Center cataract eye surgeon, performs a procedure on a Guyanese patient at Georgetown Public Hospital, Guyana, April 3, 2025 during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2025 mission.

U.S. Army Maj. Sien Chen, Brooke Army Medical Center cataract eye surgeon, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Samuel Hobbs, 59th Medical Wing vitreoretinal surgeon (right), collaborate during a procedure at Georgetown Public Hospital, Guyana, April 3, 2025 during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2025 mission.

U.S. Army Maj. Sien Chen, Brooke Army Medical Center cataract eye surgeon, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Samuel Hobbs, 59th Medical Wing vitreoretinal surgeon (right), collaborate during a procedure at Georgetown Public Hospital, Guyana, April 3, 2025 during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2025 mission.

U.S. Army Maj. Sien Chen, Brooke Army Medical Center cataract eye surgeon, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Samuel Hobbs, 59th Medical Wing vitreoretinal surgeon (right), collaborate during a procedure at Georgetown Public Hospital, Guyana, April 3, 2025 during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2025 mission.

Dr. Arlene Bobb-Semple, Georgetown Public Hospital vitreoretinal surgeon performs a procedure with guidance from U.S. Air Force Maj. Samuel Hobbs, 59th Medical Wing vitreoretinal surgeon (right), at Georgetown, Guyana, April 3, 2025 during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2025 mission.

Dr. Arlene Bobb-Semple, Georgetown Public Hospital vitreoretinal surgeon performs a procedure with guidance from U.S. Air Force Maj. Samuel Hobbs, 59th Medical Wing vitreoretinal surgeon (right), at Georgetown Public Hospital, Georgetown, Guyana, April 3, 2025 during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2025 mission.

During the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2025 mission, U.S. Air Force eye surgeons have partnered with medical professionals in Guyana to restore sight and provide life-changing care to patients in need.

A Guyanese surgical technician prepares a sterile tray before an eye procedure at Georgetown Public Hospital, Georgetown, Guyana, April 3, 2025 during LAMAT 2025.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Samuel Hobbs, 59th Medical Wing vitreoretinal surgeon, assesses a patient at Georgetown Public Hospital, Georgetown, Guyana, April 3, 2025 during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2025 mission.

Gregory Wickham, Guyana Fire Services chief fire officer, and Ron Morris, Guyana Emergency Medical Service chief emergency medical technician, pose for a photo with U.S. Air Force members from the 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron at the Guyana Fire Station Headquarters on a tour during the LAMAT mission in Georgetown, Guyana, April 2, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alisha Young, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron critical care air transport team physician, gifted the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team patch to Gregory Wickham, Guyana Fire Services chief fire officer, during a tour of the Guyana Fire Service Headquarters during the LAMAT mission in Georgetown, Guyana, April 2, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alisha Young, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron critical care air transport team physician, Tech. Sgt. Jimmy Eitutis, 433rd ASTS medical admin, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Lowe, 433rd ASTS medical technician, trains alongside Guyana emergency medical technicians and firefighters for hands-on training of tactical combat casualty care at the Guyana Fire Service Headquarters during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission in Georgetown, Guyana, April 9, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Suzanne Redd, senior enlisted leader with the 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, participates in hands-on tactical combat casualty care training alongside Guyanese emergency medical technicians and firefighters at the Guyana Fire Service Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana, April 9, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alisha Young, a critical care air transport team physician with the 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, trains alongside Tech. Sgt. Jimmy Eitutis, a medical administrator, and Senior Airman Brandon Lowe, a medical technician, both also with the 433rd ASTS, during hands-on tactical combat casualty care training with Guyanese emergency medical technicians and firefighters at the Guyana Fire Service Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana, April 9, 2025.

Gregory Wickham, chief fire officer of the Guyana Fire Service; Cleon Thom-Fernandes, assistant divisional officer, GFS; and Ron Morris, chief emergency medical technician of the Guyana Emergency Medical Service, pose for a group photo after completing tactical combat casualty care training at the Guyana Fire Service Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana, April 9, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alisha Young, a critical care air transport team physician with the 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, gives a brief overview of tactical combat casualty care to Guyanese emergency medical technicians and firefighters during hands-on training at the Guyana Fire Service Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana, April 9, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rodrigo Salinas, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron medical technician, gifted his U.S. Air Force technical sergeant stripes to Cleveland King, a Guyana Fire and Emergency Medical Service advanced emergency medical technician training officer, after EMT training at the Guyana Fire Service Headquarters during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission in Georgetown, Guyana, April 3, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rodrigo Salinas, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron medical technician, and Cleveland King, a Guyana Fire and Emergency Medical Service advanced emergency medical technician training officer, pose for a picture at the Guyana Fire Service Headquarters after EMT training during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission in Georgetown, Guyana, April 3, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Lowe, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron medical technician, and Cleveland King, a Guyana Fire and Emergency Medical Service advanced emergency medical technician training officer, pose for a picture at the Guyana Fire Service Headquarters after EMT training during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission in Georgetown, Guyana, April 3, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rodrigo Salinas, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron medical technician, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Lowe, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron medical technician, learn from Cleveland King, a Guyana Fire and Emergency Medical Service advanced emergency medical technician training officer, about the equipment and protocol procedures for EMTs on an ambulance at the Guyana Fire Service Headquarters during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission in Georgetown, Guyana, April 3, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rodrigo Salinas and Senior Airman Brandon Lowe, both medical technicians with the 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, learn how to apply a cervical collar inside an ambulance from Cleveland King, an advanced emergency medical technician training officer with the Guyana Fire and Emergency Medical Service, at the Guyana Fire Service Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana, April 3, 2025. The training was part of the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission, which brings together U.S. military medical personnel and local healthcare professionals from across Latin America and the Caribbean to exchange knowledge and strengthen partnerships.

Ron Morris, chief emergency medical technician with the Guyana Emergency Medical Service; Dehola Jacobs, station officer at Eccles Fire Station; and Guyanese emergency medical technicians pose for a group photo with U.S. Air Force members from the 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron during a tour of the Eccles Fire Station in Georgetown, Guyana, April 2, 2025.

Ron Morris, Guyana Emergency Medical Service chief emergency medical technician, and a Guyana fire fighter pose for a photo with U.S. Air Force members from the 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron at the Guyana Fire Station Headquarters on a tour during the LAMAT mission in Georgetown, Guyana, April 2, 2025.

Col. James Bershinsky, 433rd Medical Group and Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team commander, provides opening remarks during Guyana LAMAT 2025 opening ceremony, Georgetown, Guyana, March 31, 2025.

President of Guyana Mohamed Irfaan Ali, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Melissa A. Coburn, 22nd Air Force commander, poses for a photo after the President of Guyana gifted Coburn with his presidential coin after the closing ceremony for the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission at the Guyana President’s estate in Georgetown, Guyana, April 11, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Melissa A. Coburn, 22nd Air Force commander, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Angella Mudd, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron and LAMAT Guyana mission commander, and U.S. Air Force LAMAT members pose for a group photo following the closing ceremony for the LAMAT mission at the Guyana President’s estate in Georgetown, Guyana, April 11, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jermey Bolin, 959th Medical Group vascular surgeon, left, Tameshwar Algu, New Amsterdam Hospital general surgeon, center-left, U.S. Air Force Maj. Porter Maerz, 96th Surgical Operations Squadron general surgeon, center-right, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Randy Perez, 301st Medical Squadron operating room nurse, right, performs a vascular procedure on a patient at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital in New Amsterdam, Guyana, April 1, 2025.

U.S. Air Force members from the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistant Team and Georgetown Public Hospital healthcare professionals at the Georgetown Public Hospital examine a two-month-old patient under anesthesia before receiving eye surgery in Georgetown, Guyana, April 7, 2025.

U.S. Air Force members from the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistant Team and Georgetown Public Hospital healthcare professionals at the Georgetown Public Hospital administer general anesthesia on a two-month-old patient before receiving eye surgery in Georgetown, Guyana, April 7, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rodrigo Salinas, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron medical technician, and Gangapattie Dani, Georgetown Public Hospital Accident and Emergency Department ward manager, pose for a photos outside the emergency room at the Georgetown Public Hospital during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission in Georgetown, Guyana, April 7, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Wan Chen, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron psychiatric nurse practitioner, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Quinton Murry, 433rd ASTS psychiatric nurse practitioner, pose for a photo outside the psychiatry clinic at the Georgetown Public Hospital during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission in Georgetown, Guyana, April 7, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Samuel Hobbs, 59th Medical Wing vitreoretinal surgeon, works with local healthcare professionals during ophthalmology surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital, Georgetown, Guyana, April 7, 2025 during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team 2025 mission.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alisha Young, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron critical care air transport team physician, draws an arterial blood gas sample from a patient at the emergency room inside the Georgetown Public Hospital during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission in Georgetown, Guyana, April 3, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alisha Young, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron critical care air transport team physician, teaches an internal medicine intern how to draw an arterial blood gas sample from a patient at the emergency room inside the Georgetown Public Hospital during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission in Georgetown, Guyana, April 3, 2025.

U.S. Air Force members from the 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron work with Guyanese healthcare professionals during an emergency at the Georgetown Public Hospital during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission in Georgetown, Guyana, April 3, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alisha Young, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron critical care air transport team physician, and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rodrigo Salinas, 433rd ASTS medical technician, provides assistance to doctors and healthcare professionals during an emergency at the Georgetown Public Hospital during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission in Georgetown, Guyana, April 3, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alisha Young, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron critical care air transport team physician, and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rodrigo Salinas, 433rd ASTS medical technician, provides assistance to doctors during a medical procedure at the emergency room inside Georgetown Public Hospital during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission in Georgetown, Guyana, April 2, 2025.

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