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BAMC pediatric CCAT mission helps save critically ill child
October 14, 2022 — A team from Brooke Army Medical Center recently flew to Guam to transport a critically ill boy to Rady Children’s hospital in San Diego for treatment... MORE

Army MEDEVAC helicopters land at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
February 3, 2022 — A group of U.S. Army medical evacuation HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, landed at MacArthur Parade Field, adjacent to the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 27... MORE

'Operation Dustoff Vigilance' joint exercise strengthens survival skills
July 20, 2021 — In a display of multi-service integration, Total Force service members from the Army National Guard, Air Force Reserve and active duty converged on Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis for an exercise dubbed “Operation Dustoff Vigilance” in order to strengthen the personnel recovery-survival, evasion, resistance, and escape skills of Army aircrews and aviation support personnel... MORE

Total force exercise sharpens combat-ready skills
February 7, 2019 — Aerial porters, defenders, and medical personnel from the 433rd Airlift Wing joined the 502nd Air Base Wing defenders, the San Antonio Military Medical Center doctors, and helicopter crews from Texas Army National Guard, 2nd Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment in a training exercise titled Operation Dust Storm Feb. 1 at Martindale Army Air Field, Texas... MORE

Airmen from the 433rd Medical Group perform a litter carry from a CH-47 Chinook assigned to the Texas Army National Guard, during a training exercise at Martindale Army Airfield, San Antonio, TX, Feb 1, 2019.

Medical Service Corps celebrates 100th Anniversary with MEDEVAC demonstration
July 3, 2017 — A service member injured in combat currently has a 92 percent survival rate, due in large part to the ability of quickly treating injuries and evacuating the wounded within an hour. The U.S. Army Medical Service Corps demonstrated that capability at a ceremony honoring their 100th anniversary at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston parade field June 30, giving the public an up-close view of a medical evacuation, or MEDEVAC, in action. ... MORE

A Soldier assigned to the AMEDDC&S Training Support Activity defends while a UH-60 MEDEVAC lands to transport the wounded at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston June 30.