Community Health
Guess how many animal bite cases we have completed this year?
25.
Be careful of the dak rats, they like to hide out in housing. We work with Pest Management in CE to provide education and limit encounters to prevent bites/disease.
How many FOOD facilties do we have ON BASE?
28
So far this year the food team has completed 208 food facilty inspections alone.
Who in the flight attends Boise State University?
SSgt Velazquez attends BSU, majoring in public health. Enjoys spending time with his wife, 2 kids, and 2 dogs. He is also the NCOIC of Occ Health.
Who in the flight considers Ohio to be a southern state?
SrA Davis is from Shalersville, Ohio. She hopes to get orders but enjoys the friends she made in Minot. She enjoys educating and networking through Public Health. She is also the Deployment Health section lead.
Who is from Washington?
Major Button is from Yakima, WA. He is the Public Health Flight Commander. He enjoys doing food inspections and shop visits. He has a wife and 7 kids.
Who in the flight has 3 dogs and what are their names?
SSgt McClellan has 3 dogs named Phoenix, Fawkes, and Anubis. SSgt McClellan is also from Quitman, GA. She is also the NCOIC for Communicable Disease.
What are some things we look for on a facility inspection? example CDC
overall cleanliness, locked stroage room, bleach sanitizing solution, running hot and cold water
Who in the flight wants to pursue a degree in Nursing?
A1C Joslin, from Illinois plans to pursue a degree in Nursing. She works in OCC health and enjoys learning about different diseases outside of occ health tasks.
How many squadrons does the deployment team brief?
17 squadrons. the importance of the deployment briefs is to ensure members are equipped with the right information before deploying such as animals, weather, hazards, PPE, etc.
Who's favorite hobby is biking?
Capt. Thrasher loves to go biking. She is from New Mexico, enjoys spending time with her husband and dog. She hopes to be in flight comand in EUCOM.
What do we track for our entomology program?
We are focused on Culex mosquitoes and ticks. We set up Co2 light traps overnight for mosquitoes. For ticks, we tick drag. Those are our main methods we use for surveilling Lyme disease, tularemia, etc.
Where is Myrtle Beach located
South Carolina, where A1C Kyler is from. She is in the Food section and she hopes her next assignment is on the East Coast.
How many occupational health shops are on base?
96 shops, we inspect these shops making sure they are wearing proper PPE, meet training requirements, and get to enjoy learning about other people's jobs on base.
Who's favorite hobby is skiing?
SSgt Bugaj loves skiing, she is from Amarillo,Texas. She has two dogs named Credde and Cooper. She is currently working in the Deployment section as well.
Who in the flight is a washington commanders fan?
MSgt Jones is a fan of the commanders. He is from Baltimore, Maryland. He is our flight chief and loves Public Health because we have the ability to network. He has 2 kids and 1 dog.
Who in the flight has a twin and how many hours apart?
A1C Snyder is a twin (5 hours apart with different birthdays). I am from Roseville, CA, I work in the Communicable Disease program. My goal is to finish my bachelor's degree.
How long does it take to get from North Dakota to Wisconsin
approximately 11 hours where LTC Westphal is from. Raised on a little farm and loves to golf. He plans to retire in Wisconsin.
Who in the flight has completed 12 pregnancy interviews for the month of August?
A1C Damschen, from New York intends to travel more. Her favorite part about Public Health is educating patients. She is in the Occ Health section.
How many clinics do we work with regarding deployment health
at least 10-12 clinics play a role in helping us getting members cleared prior to deployment
Who in the flight hopes to get orders to Japan?
TSgt Aceves is hopeful to sometime be based in Japan. She is from Nebraska and loves to spend time with her husband and 2 dogs. She also loves solving puzzles in her free time.
What are all the programs that Comm Disease track?
Animal Bites, STI's, TB, BBP, Covid, MEHP, and Entomology.
Who in the flight plan desires to be a UDm or FTAC instructor?
SrA Lewis, as she is from New Jersey, Food section lead and loves her spouse and dogs.
What program was recently added into Occ Health?
Telehealth audiology, we are the only base in AGFSC with these type of capabilities.
How many occ shops is Mrs Oren accountable for?
11 occ shops and she helps public health by monitoring her members closely and getting them medically cleared with us ahead of time. She makes it easier for the deployment team to get members ready.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY/TRICK QUESTION
What year did Vanna White start doing wheel of fortune?
1982