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PEOPLE The secretary also spoke to the numerous “It was an interesting concept because the 0RELOH,&8LPSURYHV
FIRST operations Airmen are currently supporting policy was … we (blacks) weren’t capable of care for wounded troops
around the world. doing anything technical, to include main-
Editor’s Note: The “People First” section is taining and flying airplanes,” McGee said. The mission of the 379th Expeditionary
compiled from information from the Air Force One part of taking care of people is en- Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron in Al
Personnel Center, TRICARE, 56th Force Sup- suring the Air Force modernizes its aircraft http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/ Udeid Air Base, Qatar, is to provide medical
port Squadron, Airman and Family Readiness fleet and develops its capabilities to ensure Article/657792/tuskegee-airmen-share-life- care for wounded service members, while
Flight, Veterans Affairs, the civilian personnel Airmen maintain an advantage as adver- lessons.aspx flying them to locations where they can
office and armed forces news services. For the saries close the technological gap. receive further treatment.
complete story, go to the web address listed at 1HZFRFKDLUPDQMRLQV
the end of the story. http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/ Air Force’s retiree council The unit provides this service to U.S. mili-
Article/655828/james-focuses-on-value-of-air- tary members, as well as coalition partners,
-DPHVIRFXVHVRQ men-at-afa-breakfast.aspx A new co-chairman will share the head supporting Operations Inherent Resolve
YDOXHRI$LUPHQ of the table at this year’s Air Force Retiree and Freedom’s Sentinel during aeromedical
Tuskegee Airmen Council meeting in May. evacuations.
Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee share life lessons
James spoke during the Air Force Associa- Retired Lt. Gen. Stephen Hoog, who left In 2015, more than 1,000 patients with
tion’s Air Force Breakfast Series Feb. 12 Three members of the famed Tuskegee active duty in October, succeeds retired Lt. a variety of injuries including gunshot
at the Key Bridge Marriot in Arlington, Airmen visited with Airmen at the Penta- Gen. Steven Polk as council co-chair with wounds, brain trauma and blast injuries
Virginia. gon during a meet and greet hosted by Air retired Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force were flown out of the U.S. Central Com-
Force Secretary Deborah Lee James Feb. 16. Rodney McKinley. mand area of responsibility by the squad-
James emphasized that her number one ron. The unit’s Critical Care Air Transport
priority is to take care of Airmen and she Retired Col. Charles McGee and former The co-chairs serve as personal advisers Team, which consists of a doctor, nurse and
ensured the fiscal year 2017 budget focused Cadets William Fauntroy Jr. and Walter to the chief of staff and the secretary of the therapist, provides care for the most criti-
on this. Robinson Sr. shared stories and insights Air Force on all issues regarding retirees cally wounded and has treated 10 service
about their lives as Tuskegee Airmen and and their families. Hoog’s appointment was members since Jan. 1.
James thanked Congress for their sup- as civilians after they left the military. announced by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.
port to modestly upsize the active-duty Mark Welsh III. “We are basically a mobile intensive care
force from roughly 311,000 to 317,000 by “I had a breadth of understanding of what unit,” said Master Sgt. Illeana, a 379th
the end of this fiscal year. She also expanded could be, because I had accepted the train- Meeting at the Air Force Personnel Center, EAES respiratory therapist from Maryland.
on how the fiscal 2017 budget will support ing and the discipline,” said Robinson, who the council receives briefings on today’s Air “We have everything we need to give people
Airmen, such as a 1.6 percent pay raise for went on to be the first black postal manager Force structure from senior members of the the most definitive patient care, just like
military and civilian forces, an expanded in Washington, D.C. Air Staff and other Air Force elements. This they would receive in an ICU at a hospital.”
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response information helps the 19-member panel ad-
Program, additional support for child care The Tuskegee Airmen were named after dress issues submitted from 100 base-level This mobile ICU consists of a five-
facilities, and educational benefit boosts. the Tuskegee Army Airfield near Tuskegee, retiree activities offices worldwide. Subjects member AE crew, a CCATT and about
Alabama, where they received their pilot range from health care to publication of the 1,000 pounds of equipment and supplies,
and aircraft maintenance training during Afterburner newsletter to various benefit including ventilators, medication, cardiac
World War II. The Tuskegee Airmen were and entitlement enhancements. monitors and bandages.
not just flyers but also radio operators,
navigators, bombardiers, aircraft maintain- http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/ http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/
ers, support staff, instructors, and all the Article/657453/new-co-chairman-joins-air-forces- Article/658547/mobile-icu-improves-care-for-
personnel who kept the planes in the air. wounded-troops-being-transported.aspx
retiree-council.aspx
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ful and I always being active whistles are way to get away
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