• Base announces special holiday operating hours for Presidents' Day

    The following base gates and facilities will have adjusted hours in observance of Air Force Materiel Command Family Day on Feb. 14 and Presidents’ Day on Feb. 17, 2025. (if not listed, consider it closed):GATES1A (Commissary Gate)Feb 14: Open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.Feb 17: Closed12A (AFMC headquarters)Open

  • Base announces special holiday operating hours for Christmas and New Year's

    The following base gates and facilities will have adjusted hours in observance of Air Force Materiel Command Family Days and the Christmas and New Year’s holidays Dec. 24-26 and Jan. 1-2 (if not listed, consider it closed):GATES1A (Commissary Gate)Dec 24: Open 6 a.m. – 6 p.m.Dec 25: ClosedDec 26:

  • Air Force medics need to be ready at a moment’s notice

    Readiness and the ability to respond effectively and rapidly to mass casualty events are critical components of being an Air Force medic. When the 88th Medical Group participated in a Ready Eagle II event in fall 2024, those skills were put to the test.Ready Eagle II was a three-day event building

  • Wright-Patterson Medical Center leads military health care innovation

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Wright-Patterson Medical Center is at the forefront of a new era in military health care, selected by Defense Health Agency as one of five facilities to pilot a more patient-centered care model.This initiative marks a shift in how military medicine approaches

  • 88 DTS does it out of sight and beneath the surface

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 88th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron “dominates the dirty work” behind the scenes often finding things that are hidden from view.“When I was deployed to Afghanistan, I had that epiphany as a senior airman/staff sergeant,” said Senior Master Sgt.

  • Day in the Life: Labor and Delivery Nurse

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- What’s in a workday? Sometimes, it depends on who you ask.Does it start at midnight—when Capt. Dahlia Garcia, 88th Inpatient Operations Squadron charge nurse, is halfway through her 12-hour shift in the Labor and Delivery Ward? Or does is start at 5 p.m.—when