Athletic trainers are being added to Basic Military Training in an experiment to better prevent and treat injuries among trainees. “By having athletic trainers who understand the mission and who have built rapport with the trainees, high-risk trainees can be identified and injuries treated early,” 59th Medical Wing doctor Capt. Nathaniel Nye said in a JBSA-Lackland, Texas, release. BMT injuries cost the Air Force approximately $35 million each year and “even a 10 percent reduction in injuries … would be a significant success,” he added. The 59th MDW worked with a research hospital to secure grant money for a 30-month trial embedding two athletic trainers with the 323rd Training Squadron at Lackland. Several trainers are also integrating with Lackland’s 342nd TRS and 343rd TRS, which conduct high intensity physical training for battlefield airmen. If the trial proves successful, the team hopes to add athletic trainers to each of BMT’s training squadrons.
F-15s, F-16s, C-130s Deploy for Exercise in Poland
April 19, 2021
USAF F-15s, F-16s, and C-130s are training in Poland in an agile combat employment exercise that comes as Russia has executed a massive buildup on the border with neighboring Ukraine, though U.S. officials say the exercise was long-planned. F-15Es from the 492nd Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England; F-16s from…