Air Guard, Reserve medics help clear recruiting bottleneck

U.S. Air National Guard Lt. Col. Kevin Maskell, a dentist assigned to the Arizona Air National Guard 162nd Wing conducts a dental examination during Kodiac Arctic Care 24, in Kodiak, Alaska, May 9, 2024. Personnel from the U.S. Uniformed Services joined Kodiak Arctic Care under the Innovative Readiness Training program, which partnered with the Kodiak Area Native Association to deliver no-cost medical, dental, optometry, and veterinary services to the community across goegraphically dispersed care sites on Alaska’s remote Kodiak Island. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Hampton Stramler)