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Dec. 31, 2024

Children’s Hospital Colorado to remain in-network provider

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — Children's Hospital Colorado will remain an in-network, participating TRICARE provider under the new T-5 contract with TriWest Healthcare Alliance.

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Nov. 4, 2024

21st MDG Master Sergeant selected for commissioning through SLECP

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — On Oct. 17, 2024, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Osten, 21st Medical Group Operational Support Team flight chief, was selected for commissioning as a Public Affairs Officer through the Senior Leader Enlisted Commissioning Program.

A member from the 302nd Airlift Wing signals to Airmen on the flightline at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 4, 2024. The 21st Medical Group and 21st Security Forces Squadron partnered with the 302nd AW to practice deployed medic skills. (U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. Natalie Rubenak)

Sept. 11, 2024

Medic-X Training

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — Members from the 21st Medical Group and the 21st Security Forces Squadron recently partnered with the 302nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron to conduct Medic-X training, where they practiced patient on-loading and off-loading from aircraft. 

Individuals making dental prosthetics at dental clinic.

Oct. 20, 2023

Transforming Smiles: 21st Dental Clinic Provides Free Dental Care

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — Members of Peterson’s 21st Dental Squadron helped hundreds of people smile brighter during last month’s Mission of Mercy clinic that ran from September 22-23, in Greeley, Colorado. The Colorado Mission of Mercy is a large-scale, two-day event that is held annually in a different Colorado community each year. The non-profit organization has treated 18,000 patients and given out $16,000,000 in free dental care since its inception in 2007.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Codileigh Stone, 21st Operational Medical Readiness Squadron warrior care clinic supervisor, is Space Base Delta 1’s Outstanding Performer at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Nov. 1, 2022. In the medical clinic, Stone ensures patients are deployment ready and keeps the clinic running smoothly. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kaitlin Castillo)

Nov. 2, 2022

November’s Outstanding Performer

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Codileigh Stone, 21st Operational Medical Readiness Squadron warrior care clinic supervisor, is Space Base Delta 1’s Outstanding Performer for the month of November.

Captain Alexander Schloe, MD

July 13, 2022

Medical Spotlight: Schriever Family Health Clinic’s Captain Alexander Schloe, MD

July 08, 2022 — From the town of Bealeton in Virginia’s Fauquier County, U.S. Air Force Capt. Alexander Schloe, Family Medicine physician and medical director, 21st Medical Squadron, Schriever Family Health Clinic, wanted to be a doctor from a very young age.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandie Bleess, 21st Medical Group, family health technician

June 1, 2022

Bleess takes initiative in the 21st MDG

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandie Bleess, 21st Medical Group, family health technician, is Space Base Delta 1's outstanding performer of the month for June 2022.

Capt. David Adams, commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS), receives an influenza vaccine from Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class David Manes at CFAS Sept. 29, 2021. Active duty personnel are required to be vaccinated annually prior to the winter flu season (Photo by: Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Ikusebiala).

Oct. 15, 2021

Flu Shots are Available Now And Are More Important than Ever

It's time to get your influenza shot.

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Corey Cavanaugh, lead chemistry technician at the 21st Medical Group clinical laboratory, prepares samples for testing. The lab at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, generates more than 4,700 lab results on average each month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kristen Allen)

June 19, 2020

Behind the Scenes, First Line of Defense: 21st Medical Group Clinical Laboratory

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Laboratory tests are typically part of annual health exams for military and civilian personnel. Patients provide the necessary samples, then they are whisked away and results come back a few hours, days, or weeks later depending on the test. What happens to those samples between when they are given and results are received?

William Goins, 21st Medical Group health promotions flight commander and certified exercise physiologist, attaches a ventilation mask to 2nd Lt. Michael Horvat, 2nd Space Operations Squadron mission analyst, before a VO2 test inside Building 135 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Oct. 25, 2018. VO2 is the name for the equation which determines an individual’s maximum oxygen consumption. It is essential to knowing one’s physical endurance, as the higher the VO2, the longer a person can endure strenuous exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman William Tracy)

Oct. 31, 2018

Exercise physiologist extends services for Schriever

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- William Goins, 21st Medical Group health promotions flight commander and certified exercise physiologist, is extending his fitness insight and specialty services for Schriever AFB Airmen.

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