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Maj. Gen. Allen gives speech about BHM
February 15, 2017 — Maj. Gen. Roosevelt Allen, Headquarters U.S. Air Force director of the medical operations and research, speaks in the celebration of Black History Month at The Club at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Feb. 9, 2016. MORE

Maj. Gen Roosevelt Allen, Office of the Surgeon General medical operations, research director and chief of the dental corps, speaks in honor of Black History Month at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Feb. 10, 2017. In addition to the speech, the base is scheduled to view a free movie of “Hidden Figures” at the base theater, Feb. 24, 2017 at 2 p.m. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Valentina Lopez)

79th Medical Wing Celebrates National Women Physicians Day
February 14, 2017 — A 779th Medical Group* plastic surgeon stationed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Latham is one of a number of women physicians at the “flagship of military medicine” who are appreciated every day for the care they provide America’s sons and daughters. Those women physicians are especially celebrated on Feb. 3, National Women Physicians Day, which honors the path female doctors have paved since 1849 when Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States... MORE

Aiding Recovery through Movement
February 3, 2017 — “It’s going to hurt, but it’s going to be a good hurt,” said Staff Sgt. Kivynn Pabst. “You’re doing a great job!”He offers helpful words of encouragement, as the patient’s face wrinkles with a grimace of pain and struggles to complete the movement. Pabst places his hand on the patient’s leg helping increase her flexibility with a leg stretch.Their... MORE

Staff Sgt. Kivynn Pabst, left, 779th Medical Group physical medicine technician, performs a stretch with Master Sgt. Christina Chislom, right, Malcolm Grow Medical Center patient, during a physical therapy appointment at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Feb. 2, 2017. Pabst gives Chislom treatment based on her unique needs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Valentina Lopez)

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