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  • U.S. Air Force Capt. Jessie Huynh-Toor, a physician assistant with the 1st Special Operations Medical Group, sits inside of a treatment room at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 6, 2020. After serving more than 10 years as an enlisted airborne cryptologic language analyst and airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operator, Huynh-Toor commissioned through the interservice physician assistant program, ultimately joining the 1st SOMDG medical team and providing care to Air Commandos, families and retirees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey M. Ziegler)

    The 1 SOMDG ‘Jack of all trades’: physicians assistants kickoff PA Week

    The 1st Special Operations Medical Group kicked off physician assistant’s week here on Oct. 6, with a breakfast gathering, starting a week-long appreciation for the medical Air Commandos that can often be seen as the jack of all trades in the facility. PA Week is meant to highlight the versatile and essential job that PAs do as crucial members of a medical staff team.
  • U.S. Air Force Col. Antonio Love, second from left, commander of the 1st Special Operations Medical Group, U.S. Air Force Col. Jocelyn Schermerhorn, center, commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing, Shiela Clark, second from right, regional base exchange manager and Barbara Ross, Hurlburt base exchange manager, conduct the ScriptCenter ribbon-cutting ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 15, 2020. The ScriptCenter is a will-call pickup station for refill prescriptions and can be utilized any time the base exchange is open. (Courtesy photo)

    1st SOMDSS opens ScriptCenter

    The 1st Special Operations Medical Group and 1st Special Operations Medical Support Squadron opened use of the brand new ScriptCenter, located in the base exchange on Sept. 4, 2020 “It’s what we call, in the pharmacy world, an external will-call system,” said U.S. Air Force Capt. Michael Braud, chief of pharmacy operations with the 1st SOMDSS. “That’s just a fancy way to say a medication pick-up cabinet, but it’s external to the pharmacy so you’re not having to wait to pick up your prescription.”
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Devin Martin, a tactical systems operator with the 25th Intelligence Squadron, is rinsed of simulated chemical agents during an annual anti-terrorism/force protection exercise at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Aug. 19, 2020. Anti-terrorism/force protection exercises are conducted to further strengthen and train emergency response personnel to be prepared to respond in a real-world attack. Participants were permitted to take off their masks during designated portions of the exercise out of safety concerns that surpassed the concern of transmitting coronavirus disease 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dennis Spain)

    Hurlburt Field conducts anti-terrorism/force protection exercise

    Members of the 1st Special Operations Wing conducted an exercise that simulated a terrorist attack on base to provide inspection teams the opportunity to assess how the base would respond in a real-world attack. Participants were permitted to take off their masks during designated portions of the exercise out of safety concerns that surpassed the concern of transmitting coronavirus disease 2019.
  • 1SOHOS Airman continues Cuban heritage, keeps Air Commandos ready

    1 SOHCOS Airman continues Cuban heritage, keeps Air Commandos ready

    Her father grew up in the communist-socialist country of Cuba and continually saw freedoms taken away from citizens who were often cast into economic hardship.In 1996, at just 21 years old, her father left Cuba. He immigrated to the United States on a marriage visa to begin a better life with his wife and two children.One of those children was
  • New Air Force Tattoo Policy

    AF evolves policies to access more talent, maintain high standards

    The Air Force announced new policies on dress and appearance with regard to tattoos, as well as changes to service medical accession policy Jan. 9.
  • Senior Airman Ceiera Taylor, a dental technician with the 1st Special Operations Dental Squadron, prepares to take x-rays of a patient at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 4, 2016. Taylor takes x-rays for the dentist as part of an annual check-up for patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jeff Parkinson/Released)

    1 SODS keeps Air Commandos deployable

    Senior Airman Ceiera Taylor, a dental technician with the 1st Special Operations Dental Squadron, prepares to take x-rays of a patient at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 4, 2016. Taylor takes x-rays for the dentist as part of an annual check-up for patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jeff Parkinson/Released)
  • Senior Airman Christopher Lomax, a medical logistics journeyman from the 1st Special Operations Medical Support Squadron, uses a forklift to reach supplies on a tri-wall at Hurlburt Field Fla., Aug. 30, 2016. A tri-wall holds supplies that are sent to deployed troops if biological, nuclear or radiological emergencies occur. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Andrea Posey)

    Medical Logistics keeps 1st SOMDS supplied

    Senior Airman Christopher Lomax, a medical logistics journeyman from the 1st Special Operations Medical Support Squadron, uses a forklift to reach tri-wall boxes at Hurlburt Field Fla., Aug. 30, 2016. A tri-wall box holds supplies that are sent to deployed troops if biological, nuclear or radiological emergencies occur.
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