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  • 52nd MDG focuses on prescription safety

    The 52nd Medical Group is joining other leading health care organizations in the celebration of Patient Safety Week March 8 to 14, 2009. The goal of this annual event is to highlight patient safety and the importance of teamwork between the patient, family and community. This year's theme is "A

  • Bitburg students capture JSHS awards

    The Department of Defense Education Activity Schools -Europe held its 35th annual Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in Riedstadt Germany Feb. 23 to 25, 2009. Students from across DoDDS-Europe began their research and experimentation in September 2008. They submitted periodic updates for

  • 52nd MDG laboratory receives accreditation

    The 52nd Medical Group laboratory has been awarded an accreditation by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists bases on the results of a recent on-site inspection. The laboratory director was recognized by the CAP for the organization's "excellence of the

  • Public Health Flight wins Outstanding Public Health Team Award

    The Public Health Flight of the 52nd Aerospace Medical Squadron recently received the Lt. Col. George M. Prascsak Jr. Outstanding Public Health Team of the Year award for excelling in overall team performance contributing to the Air Force mission. The Air Force level award was started in 2006 and

  • Ballistic eye protection imperative to preventing injuries

    Sight is the most important sense and weapon that a warrior has both defensively and offensively. A significant percentage of casualties incurred during combat operations involve eye injuries. Eye injuries from military operations from 1995 through December 2001 were approximately 20 per year and

  • Sabers hard work pays off during UCI

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Inspector General Team worked hard to test the daily operations and programs of the 52nd Fighter Wing during the first phase of the base's Unit Compliance Inspection here from Feb. 22 through 27. After intensely studying Sabers during the first phase of the base's

  • Seminar teaches skills to help bridge generational gap

    The Airman & Family Readiness Center is hosting an Understanding Generational Difference in the Workplace seminar from 3 to 4 p.m. March 16 in the base theater. The seminar conducted by Chuck Underwood, The Generational Imperative founder and president, is designed to help people learn to work more