AFMS is facing a challenging environment. As key providers of medical support for operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, AFMS personnel operate three theater hospitals that provide health care to deployed forces from all four services. Much of this health care is provided to severely injured or wounded U.S. personnel, as well as to civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. At the same time, they have continued the mission of stabilizing ...
This is an interim report for the first phase of a larger study that aims to develop a disaster preparedness support tool for local military and civilian planners. It reflects the formative research carried out from October 2006 through May 2009. It describes the current policy context for domestic emergency preparedness, risk analysis, and capabilities-based planning--the starting points for local planning--as well as results from interviews with local military and ...
The Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) provides care both at home stations and in deployment missions. Two platforms provide its deployment component: Expeditionary Medical Support (EMEDS) and the aeromedical evacuation system. These have evolved over the years to provide increasingly better care to service members during deployments. Much of this success can be credited to the concept of operations (CONOPS) of these systems and the tailoring of manpower and equipment ...
Since the advent of the all-volunteer force, the U.S. Air Force has struggled with how best to attract and retain physicians and dentists. Both populations have declined in recent years. Multiyear Special Pay (MSP) is intended to keep physicians and dentists in the Air Force after their initial service obligations have expired. MSP has been successful in that eligible dentists, in particular, have often accepted it. Although most eligible physicians ...
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