AFMS - USAF - Public Health

08/10/2023

Greetings PHamily,

Please join us in congratulating our NEWEST 4E SSgt-Selects:

Alfonzo, Ashley F
Bates, Georgia Mae
Calloway, Bobby V
Dilts, Gracien M
Galindo, Joshua A
Grochan, Amber Lee
Hunt, Shadrica N
Lewis, Mariana C
Lopez, Jennifer K
McKie, Diamond N
Miano, Danarie K
Miano, Wesley N
Nicholson, Sanquill
Nixon, Tamajae D
Ojeda, Gorgus A
Ramer, Naeshlie N
Scott, Zachary L
Smith, Nicholas J
Vigil, Dandra N

Congratulations to you, your families, and your team on this AMAZING accomplishment!

Strong work!!!

07/13/2023

Very interesting article!

One soldier's horrifying collection of superbugs highlights hidden war.

07/06/2023

Greetings PHamily,

Please join us in congratulating our NEWEST 4E TSgt-Selects:

Buenaflor, Miguel A
Bugaj, Aubrey Anna
Bullitt, Seraphina
Dominguez, Kevin
Fabian, Kristel Joy
Feuerhak, Molly
Fury, Kathleen Rose
Galjour, Ariana N
Jiles, Courtney A
Prince, Wyquesha A
Richmond, Misty A
Vasquez, Carmen R
Wright, Monique D

Congratulations to you, your families, and your team on this AMAZING accomplishment!

Strong work!!!

06/23/2023

FYSA! Please ensure your records are good before the file freeze!

06/23/2023

06/01/2023

Please join us in congratulating our NEWEST 4E MSgt-Selects:

Allison, Alejandra
Brown, Lyndsey M
Cain, Maurice A
Dino, Eric R
Guynn, Brittany M
Knowles, Justin C
Koah, Abby S
Lazcano, Leo
Pangilinan, Andrea
Pellot Munoz, Miguel
Pennington, Evon M
Peterson, Rostov L
Torres, Stephanie A

Congratulations to you, your families, and your team on this AMAZING accomplishment!

Strong work!!

04/07/2023

Another one……Joint Base Langley-Eustis!

04/05/2023

Big Shout Out to AETC!

04/05/2023

PHamily,

Chief Wigington and I appreciate the time you all have taken out of your busy schedules so far this week to help us celebrate YOU and National Public Health Week.

Just in case you missed it, we launched a new Public Health website on milSuite that we hope will make your jobs and lives easier across the Air
Force. The new site can be found at:
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/usafphamilymatters). Please bookmark and follow this page to keep up-to-date on new and exciting improvements and additions.

The new milSuite site will eventually replace the PH Kx page. From this point on, all new and future information pertinent to our career field will be posted to the milSuite site. We have already transferred over the vast majority of the current and updated content from the Kx to the new site, and we will keep the remaining holdover useful items as archives when the Kx migrates to Azure GovCloud. There is no need to mass download documents for
safekeeping.

If you have already had a chance to poke around on the new site, you may have noticed that 4 standardized Occupational Health tools have been posted and featured on the site. They are also attached to this email for your convenience and immediate use. These tools are to replace any locally developed documents of the same subject.

The attached memorandum serves as DAF Public Health guidance for use of these guides, tools, checklists, and forms until applicable DAF guidance is updated to incorporate use of these documents. Utilization of standardized checklists and forms is mandatory.

These new tools are just a start to showcasing the hard work of our standardization working group and just a start to our promise to focus back on the Basics. Our priority is to ensure we provide you all with best guidance and tools to effectively accomplish the mission every day. Thank you to those bases who have allowed our program experts to support these efforts thus far, and we appreciate your willingness to continue to do so in the future!

Please direct any questions or concerns you have regarding these new products through your respective MAJCOMs.

Again, thank you for what you do.Everyday! And remember.....without PH.people get sick and die!

Col Farrell and Chief Wigington

Maureen A. Farrell, Col, USAF, BSC
Chief, Public Health Branch
Public Health Associate Corps Chief
Air Force Medical Readiness Agency
AFMRA/SG3PM
DSN: 312-761-7102; Comm: 703-681-7102 Cell: 937-815-2145
Email: [email protected]

milSuite provides a collection of tools for Department of Defense (DoD) personnel that facilitates professional networking, learning, and innovation through knowledge sharing and collaboration.

04/05/2023

A few more photos!

04/04/2023

Here are a few more.

04/04/2023

Good Day PHamily,

In honor of PH Week…..we wanted to share pictures of our PHamily across the globe.

04/03/2023

Interesting! MREs have come a long way!

04/03/2023

Good Day PHamily,

I hope everyone had a great weekend! HAPPY PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK!

Please see the list of events that are scheduled for this week!

03/14/2023

PHamily,

Please join us in congratulating our newest 4E SMSgt-Selects:

Alviar Svethlana
Bean Jack
Beard Carol
Money Ian

Below are our 4E’s currently serving in DSD positions that were also selected for promotion to SMSgt:

Baker James
Calais Allen
Chateau Jaclyn
Green Lindsey
RIos Carlos

Congratulations to you all, your families, and your team on this AMAZING accomplishment!

Strong work!!

03/11/2023

03/08/2023

Good Day PHamily,

Please take the time to listen to one of our PHamily that is grinding and being a great example. Strong Work TSgt Evon Pennington!

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Evon Pennington, 6th Medical Group public health specialist, is awarded Air Mobility Command 2022 Female Athlete of the Year.

03/06/2023

Air Force officials selected 1,723 Air Force master sergeants for promotion to senior master sergeant, out of 16,424 eligible, for a selection rate of 10.5% in the 23E8 promotion cycle, which includes

03/02/2023

Big Ups and Congrats to the 2022 AFMS Col Cleveland L. Parker - Public Health Award Winners:

USAF Public Health Airman of the Year
SrA Nicole E. Juliano
31 ORMS/SGXM, Aviano AB, Italy, USAFE

USAF Public Health NCO of the Year
TSgt Andrea M. Pangilinan
374 ORMS/SGXM, Yokota AB, Japan, PACAF

The Air Force Surgeon General is proud to announce the recipients of the 2022 Air Force Medical Service Annual Awards. The awards include both individual and team awards.

02/19/2023

TSgt Pennington is an inspiration to everyone! Congratulations on your selection as AMC’s Female Athlete of the Year!

Strong Work!

01/12/2023

PHamily,

All those eligible for 22E8 promotion read below:

22E8 File Freeze 27 Jan 23
Promotion Board 31 January - 22 February 23

The 23E8 Promotion Board will convene 31 Jan 23. AFPC will freeze the Weighted Airman Promotion System (WAPS) promotion file effective 27 Jan 23.

Please ensure your records are good to go.

01/05/2023

Good Day PHamily,

Please see the information below for the BSC Week list of events:

The BSC office is excited to announce the following webinars:
• Monday 23 Jan 1000/1700 EST: Corps Chief Kickoff
• Tuesday 24 Jan 1200 EST: AFPC Insight: FAQs
• Wednesday 25 Jan1200 EST: Senior Leader Panel
CGO Focus: Foundation for a Successful BSC Career
• Thursday 26 Jan 1400 EST: Senior Enlisted Leader Panel

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12/13/2022

Greetings PHamily,

We wish you a very Happy Holiday Season and a peaceful and prosperous New Year! Your hard work and dedication has been a shining light this year for not only our career field but for the Air Force. You have overcome many obstacles and are preparing for the future of this PHamily. It is an honor to serve with each and everyone of you and we’re grateful for having the ability to call you PHamily. Please take this time to take a knee…..relax, spend time with loved ones, and most importantly focus on self-care. Your extended PHamily at DAF/SG are looking forward to amazing things in 2023!

On behalf of Col Farrell, CMSgt Wigington, Lt Col Kim, Lt Col Sayers, Lt Col Molchan, Maj Walsh, Maj Peters, and MSgt Knight…..THANK YOU for all that you do EVERYDAY and thank you for serving!

Warm Wishes and Strong Work!

12/06/2022

Good Day PHamily,

Please join us in congratulating our newest 4E CMSgt-Selects:

Gaddis, Cassie
Horton, Camille

Congratulations to the both of you, your families, and your teams on this AMAZING accomplishment!

Strong work!!!

11/24/2022

Happy Thanksgiving PHamily!

10/12/2022

It is always awesome to see the Strong Work that Public Health provides in support of our communities and missions.

Senior Airman Jennifer Lopez, 17th OMRS public health technician, flies high above the standard to ensure the health of all members of the 17th Training Wing.

09/26/2022

Good Day PHamily,

Please see these 2 opportunities to gain some potential valuable nuggets that can potentially be applied to your current and future operations. There are a lot of lessons to learn and it is always best to gain various perspectives.

Wednesday, September 28 - Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Key Takeaways for Future Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize strategies learned from COVID-19 pandemic to address alternate public health emergencies.
2. Understand considerations for staffing, clinical care, and messaging in response to public health emergencies.
3. Identify resources to support clinical response to future infectious disease outbreaks.

Wednesday, October 19 - Health Center Preparations for Clinical Care after the End of the Public Health Emergency

Learning Objective:
Discuss health center impacts and strategies for protecting work after the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.

Time: 1:00pm HT / 4:00pm PT / 7:00pm ET Duration: 1 hour per session Description: Join AAPCHO and CHERN for a four-part learning series designed for clinicians, clinical supervisors, and other clinical staff. The series will cover four unique COVID-19 topics. Please note that the agenda is subject t...

09/23/2022

SUSPENSE: 1 Nov 22

1. PURPOSE: USAFSAM Epidemiology Consult Survey for MAJCOM/base level distribution.

2. BACKGROUND: To better align services offered by the Epidemiology Consult Service with base level needs, we request that you send this questionnaire to each base for participation. The Epidemiology Consult Service consists of Hearing Conservation, Food Defense (FVAs), Entomology and Epidemiology (AFDRSi, ESSENCE) support. Please encourage completion of the survey prior to 1 Nov 22.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/USAFSAMPublicHealthSurvey

3. RECOMMENDATION: Share with all Total Force PH Personnel (Officer, Enlisted, and Civilian).

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

09/18/2022

It’s a great day to be a U.S. Airman!

Happy 75th birthday to our United States Air Force, and to all Airmen, past and present.

09/18/2022

09/17/2022

08/25/2022

Good Day PH Family,

Please join us in officially congratulating our newest 4E SSgt-Selects:

Alvarez Jose C
Bookout Jaidlyn M
Bowman Angel B
Brown Ricardo D
Byrd Anaiah E
Franey Heather K
Gardner Jessica D
Guzman-Ramirez Emma
Juliano Nicole E
Kelley Kameron E
Lojayi Carlos A
Lowe Ashley C
McKethan Mattie M
Orwick Kecia M
Owiredu Gyamera A
Parker Emmanuel D
Patterson Emma N
Ramsey Zavier I
Shelton Ananieze V
Sisk Ricky B
Suarez Joscelyn R
Tellez Montoya A
Zeigler Britney R

Congratulations to all of you, your families, and your teams on this AMAZING accomplishment!

Strong Work!!!

08/19/2022

One of our own is out grinding and making a difference. Show love and support to Josh White. We are in The business of people! It is amazing to see the PHamily out grinding and telling Airman’s Stories!

Big Ups and Much Love!

CMSAF JoAnne S. Bass Thank you for your support! 🙏🏽

08/19/2022

It's important to stay notified about Monkeypox and be aware of its symptoms as it continues to be a national public health emergency. Read our website for more detailed information about the virus: https://www.airforcemedicine.af.mil/Monkeypox/

08/19/2022

The brought it tonight! We love and appreciate all the support you’ve shown us this week! Thank you!

08/18/2022

Air Force officials have selected 9,706 senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant, out of 45,991 eligible, for a selection rate of 21.1 percent in the 22E5 promotion cycle, which includes supplemental promotion opportunities. The staff sergeant promotion list will be available on the Air Force's Personnel Center website Enlisted Promotion page, the Air Force Portal and myPers August 25, 2022 at 8 a.m. CDT.

08/02/2022

Strong Work PHamily!

Congratulations to the 22nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base for winning the Air Force Aerospace Team of the Year award. This Air Force level award recognizes the squadron for their hard work and accomplishments completed in 2021.

Read more about their accomplishments supporting the COVID-19 response and Operation Allies Refuge all while strengthening their dental, vision and overall care for Airmen: https://www.mcconnell.af.mil/News/Article/3092011/22nd-operational-medical-readiness-squadron-wins-air-force-team-of-the-year/

07/23/2022

The Air Force will soon have the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine available after the U.S Food and Drug Administration authorized it for emergency use and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

07/23/2022

This week we had the opportunity to team up with AAFES, American Tattoo Society, and the MacDill PH Flight to conduct, the 1st ever and ground breaking, Tatto Parlor Inspection training and to start the the validation process of the training/inspection protocol. Big shout out to the AAFES Team: LTC Brglez, CMSgt (Retired) Robin Williams, and SMSgt Sonja Berry. Additionally, I want to thank the MacDill Family for hosting the team and making this event exceptional.

We are continuously identifying ways to innovate and to do “What Right Looks Like”. SMSgt Berry has been running point with this project and has helped to Lead by Example and help PH progress into the future.