Airmen of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight at Bagram AB, Afghanistan, have begun using the Air Force’s new Patient Loading System. Air Mobility Command developed the PLS to facilitate use of aircraft without loading ramps, such as the KC-135 and civilian 767, for medevac operations. In Hawaii, Pacific Air Forces will be testing USAF’s new Humanitarian Relief Operations Operational Capability Package (HUMRO OCP), starting in January 2008. The service has designed the standalone, self-sufficient, off-the-shelf medical package to aid contingency disaster response efforts around the world.
DOD Eases Mask Rules to Follow New CDC Guidance
May 14, 2021
The Defense Department will no longer require fully vaccinated personnel to wear masks at DOD facilities. The guidance applies to all those who are two weeks beyond their final dose, both inside and outside, according to a May 13 memo from Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks. The memo…