Lt. Col. (Dr.) Chad Hivnor, 59th Medical Specialty Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is helping wounded warriors regain strength and confidence with a new approach — lasers. Hivnor will receive the Air Force Association’s Paul W. Myers Award for his work using pulsed dye lasers and carbon dioxide fractional lasers to improve skin conditions on wounded warriors, according to a release. He is also the only dermatologist in the Air Force taking patients to the operating room to treat severe burns that involves anywhere from 10 to 80 percent of their body surface area. How does the treatment work? “By…
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The Air Force has announced changes to officer training to accommodate single parents, military spouses and pregnant women. In this week’s edition, you can read what prompted the Air Force to make these changes and how they affect women who become pregnant during training. Also this week, the latest staff sergeant promotion rate is the worst in 15 years. Air Force Times looks at why there are fewer opportunities for enlisted airmen to advance. Meanwhile, the Air Force is soliciting suggestions from airmen to solve its toughest problems, from how to save money to how to prevent sexual assaults. Vice…
The Air Force has announced changes to officer training to accommodate single parents, military spouses and pregnant women. In this week’s edition, you can read what prompted the Air Force to make these changes and how they affect women who become pregnant during training. Also this week, the latest staff sergeant promotion rate is the worst in 15 years. Air Force Times looks at why there are fewer opportunities for enlisted airmen to advance. Meanwhile, the Air Force is soliciting suggestions from airmen to solve its toughest problems, from how to save money to how to prevent sexual assaults. Vice…
If you’ve heard rumors of a new Air Force app coming out for your smartphone or tablet, well rumor no more. It has arrived. “MyAirForceLife,” developed by the Air Force Personnel Center, is a free mobile app geared toward informing airmen and families about force support squadron morale, welfare and recreation events happening on their base, according to officials. Even though the app has been available from the “App Store” for almost two months, the creators have made some additions: So far, twenty locations are currently available on the app and more than 25 additional bases are adding content in…
