He is assigned to Hie 932nd
Aeromedical Staging Squadron. (Tech.
He explained to the audience at his change-of-command ceremony for the 439th
Aeromedical Staging Squadron that "passion is what makes you want to give every ounce of your being during your waking hours -- and some of your sleeping ones -- to accomplish your mission."
Lindsay Ciullo of the 446th
Aeromedical Staging Squadron at McChord Field, Wash., made the Air Force Softball team, for the first time in 2008.
(Dr.) Javier Tapia, a physician with the 908th
Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., checks a Dominican baby during a medical training readiness exercise in the Dominican Republic May 24.
Arnold Stocker, a certified registered nurse anesthetist with the 920th
Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., comforts a young patient prior to administering general anesthesia so a doctor could remove a cyst on his chest.
Steven Podnos, 920th
Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., and Capt.
Colonel Mosier, an international healthcare specialist with the 459th
Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Andrews AFB, Md., said his experience in developmental pediatrics provides him the background to serve as a consultant to medical staff on complicated cases such as caring for premature infants without incubators being available.
(Dr.) Will Mosier of the Air Force Reserve's 459th
Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Andrews Air Force Base, Md., feeds a malnourished 3-month-old baby during a two-week humanitarian mission to El Salvador in March.
Mark Hopkins, commander of the 944th
Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.; Maj George Kolo, a sports medicine expert and flight surgeon assigned to the 442nd Medical Squadron at Whiteman AFB, Mo.; dietician Lt.
Matt Opada, a critical care air transport nurse, 349th
Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif., the exercise's success is measured by how much he and his fellow medics learned from one another.