Mt. Redoubt, (live video
here from a weather cam) a volcano in Alaska, may erupt and the Air Force is preparing for that according to
the mainstream media. Click
here for pictures, maps, etc. Many Soldiers and
Airmen live in Alaska and are preparing for a potential eruption. We're interested in your photos and personal accounts of the eruption or the prep for eruption. Send them to us at
afbluetube AT
gmail.com and we'll highlight them in social media, to include our
Youtube page, as well as on other popular social networking sites.
UPDATE:
Check out some of our Airmen at
Elmendorf AFB preparing for this event.
Picture above right:
ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska-- A C-17
Globemaster III takes off from
Elmendorf making its way to
McChord Air Force Base Feb. 1, 2009. Five C-17
Globemaster IIIs and around 130 operations and maintenance personnel are heading to
McChord AFB as a precautionary measure due to increased activity associated with Mount Redoubt. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Jonathan Steffen)
We'll bring you more in the future and will cover it
right here.
posted By Capt. David
Faggard, Air Force Public Affairs.
Thanks to the
Airmen of PACAF Pixels for sharing their impressions/efforts of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration Jan. 20, 2009. We'll link back for more from DC.
Posted by Capt. David
Faggard, Air Force Public Affairs
Posted at
http://www.pacafpixels.blogspot.com/, originally written by Lt. Col. Marie Colasanti, Chief of the Behavioral Health Branch at Pacific Air Forces.
A new study by the
Institute of Medicine featured in a
New York Times article today brings to light the importance of understanding the long-term effects of
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) experienced by our combat veterans. This is a great intro to what our military is doing in order to treat our war-injured military, especially those with TBI... PACAF is utilizing the Air Force Surgeon General's standardized pre- and post-deployment education program called "
Landing Gear," using the metaphor that, no matter how powerful an aircraft is in the air, functioning landing gear is necessary to safely launch and recover. The focus of Landing Gear is on brief education to hopefully increase the recognition of Airmen suffering from traumatic stress symptoms and connect them with helping resources. Landing Gear has been implemented Air Force-wide and we have sent the training material to all mental health professionals throughout PACAF.In addition to the Landing Gear program, PACAF will also be implementing a Baseline Pre-Deployment Neurocognitive Assessment Testing (NCAT) for our troops planning to deploy. TBI is a condition that is affecting many of our
returning warriors. Unfortunately, it is difficult to measure the degree of injury without baseline data. Therefore, DoD is requiring every deployer to be tested with the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics (ANAM) within 12 months prior to deployment. This should help us establish a basis for future comparative review should a suspected TBI occur. The plan is for each Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) to receive one to three computers loaded with the ANAM software from Health Affairs. Our MTFs here at PACAF will be prepared to initiate testing within two weeks of receiving the computers with the ANAM software.
Posted by Captain David Faggard, Air Force Public Affairs
Mt. Redoubt, (live video here from a weather cam) a volcano in Alaska, may erupt and the Air Force is preparing for that according to the mainstream media. Click here for pictures, maps, etc. Many Soldiers and Airmen live in Alaska and are preparing for a potential eruption. We're interested in your photos and personal accounts of the eruption or the prep for eruption. Send them to us at afbluetube AT gmail.com and we'll highlight them in social media, to include our Youtube page, as well as on other popular social networking sites.
