• Air Force ‘angels’ rescue injured Haitians

    "Don't leave me," said a young Haitian girl, her arms and head bandaged after being badly burned. She reached out to a nearby nurse, "Am I going to die?""No, not today. Don't you worry," said the nurse. The girl settled back onto her litter.Farther down the row of litters a Haitian man was chanting,

  • MacDill AFB MASF arrives in Haiti

    A team from MacDill AFB, Fla. arrived Jan. 21 at the Port-au-Prince airport to assist with the ongoing relief efforts here.The 6th Medical Group sent one of their 13-person Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facilities here to help prepare patients for medical aero evacuation to other treatment

  • MASF mission through a spouse's eyes

    When Marcie Wheatley's husband told her Jan. 13 that he was preparing to leave for Haiti, she had no idea that he would not actually leave until Jan. 20 and with only ten minutes notice."It was initially hard on the kids because of the back and forth about when he was leaving," said Ms. Wheatley.Ms.

  • For AMC, Haiti a total force effort

    The Mississippi State University patch on Col. Tod Wall's headphones speaks of more than just collegiate affiliation; it tells the story of today's total force Air Force team.Wall, a National Guardsman, is the Operations Group commander, 172nd Airlift Wing, Mississippi Air National Guard out of

  • Team MacDill responds to Haiti Relief Efforts

    Thirteen members of MacDill Air Force Base's 6th Medical Group deployed to the Republic of Haiti on Jan. 20 in support of the humanitarian mission to provide critical medical care to survivors of the massive earthquake that devastated the island recently."The team consists of personnel whose

  • Oyster reef project dates set

    Those interested in protecting and improving MacDill's shoreline may be interested in volunteering for one or both of two upcoming events. One is an off-site trip to a nearby (man-made) salt marsh to dig up marsh grass plugs. Event two is a marsh grass planting event at the oyster reef site on the

  • HAWC director Craft

    News that the MacDill Health and Wellness Center is the top HAWC in Air Mobility Command for 2009 was great enough, but it didn't stop there. Joan Craft, director of the HAWC, was singled out for her detailed analysis of 10 years of tobacco cessation programs run by the center, the work selected as

  • HAWC wins top AMC honor; in running for AF award

    The 6th Air Mobility Wing's Health and Wellness Center has done it again, winning Air Mobility Command HAWC of the year for the fourth time. That puts the HAWC in the running for Air Force HAWC of the year - another honor it's held in the past."It's just a testament to all the members of the HAWC,"

  • Its not too late to vaccinate!

    Jan 10 - 16 is National Influenza Vaccination Week.Vaccination is the single best way to protect yourself and the people you love from influenza. The 6th Medical Group Immunizations Clinic is currently vaccinating against both H1N1 flu (formerly called Swine flu) and seasonal flu viruses.

  • Dover reserve crew delivers communications team, equipment to Haiti

    Airmen from Dover's 326th Airlift Squadron delivered the Joint Communications Support Element to Port-au-Prince, Haiti aboard a C-17 during the early morning hours Jan. 16.On the way to Haiti, the aircrew stopped at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. to load up the JCSE personnel and equipment."We were