Articles

  • The day in the life of a laboratory technician

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Rickard, 1st Special Operations Medical Group non-commissioned officer in charge of laboratory shipping, performs a Covid-19 test at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 7, 2024. The 1st SOMDG laboratory provides essential medical support to all members of Team Hurlburt,

  • Out with the old [medical record system] and in with the new

    The Military Health System Genesis Electronic Health Record System is a new electronic health record system that will be an all-in-one record system for medical care for all of the Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs and military dependents.

  • Hurlburt Medical Group Receives COVID-19 Vaccine

    Medics now have their biggest weapon against coronavirus due to the recent delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Jan. 7, 2021.Paramedics, firefighters, security forces and other first responders are among the first members on base to receive the vaccine.

  • 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

  • 1st SOMDG hosts diversity, inclusion month kickoff

    The 1st Special Operations Medical Group held a diversity and inclusion month kickoff at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 5, 2020. The 1st SOMDG diversity and inclusion council was formed to research, develop and propose mechanisms that will help create a supportive, positive and inclusive work

  • 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

  • 1st SOCES wins intramural basketball championship

    The 1st Special Operations Medical Group and 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron basketball teams competed for first place during the intramural basketball championship at the Aderholt Fitness Center here, April 6. For eight weeks, 12 teams competing through a single-elimination

  • 1 SOMDG named flag football champions

    Air Commandos with the 1st Special Operations Medical Group and 23rd Special Tactics Training Squadron intramural flag football team competed in the flag football championship at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Jan. 26, 2017. The 1st SOMDG bested the 23rd STTS with a score of seven to six. More than 24 teams