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  • Yokota medics train in cross-cultural exchange

    Yokota Air Base recently concluded a semester of the Japanese Physician Fellowship Program (JPFP), a one-year, rotating education program designed to train Japanese physicians and familiarize them with  U.S. medical practices.This unique program, which began in 2015, is conducted entirely in English

  • Joint Partner TCCC Medical Training

    U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force medics participated in a Tactical Combat Casualty Care training drill at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 11, 2022. These battlefield simulation drills provide medics and combat personnel with realistic scenarios where they provide life-saving care while

  • 374th MDG hosts 3-day nursing student immersion

    The 374th Medical Group held its first ever Japanese Nursing Student Immersion July 19-21 at Yokota Air Base.Instructors and second year nursing students from Japan’s National Defense Medical College were invited to train with their U.S. counterparts in an ongoing effort to showcase Yokota’s medical

  • USFJ medical personnel showcase ACE through joint exercise

    USFJ personnel participated in a medical training exercise, May 12, 2022, at Yokota Air Base, Japan to assess Yokota's ability to perform Agile Combat Employment across a range of military operations in a complex and dynamic international security environment.

  • Yokota MDG Counters COVID Cases with Augmentee Program

    In response to a spike in COVID-19 cases, 374th Medical Group public health professionals enacted a more aggressive campaign against the virus by tapping into the augmentee program, Nov. 23, Yokota Air Base, Japan.Airmen from a variety of career fields, including mental health, optometry and medical

  • Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors Tackle TCCC

    You have three minutes until your wingman bleeds out. You’re exhausted, sirens are blaring in your ear and you don’t have a hospital at your disposal, only what’s in your backpack and the skills you learned from Tactical Combat Casualty Care training.Over the course of three days, medics assigned to

  • 374th MDG Hosts Joint Bilateral CBRN Training

    YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Medical personnel from the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Ft. Dietrick, Maryland came to Yokota Air Base, Japan to host the Offsite Medical Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties (MCBC) Short Course Aug. 6-8, 2018.