Photo by Jean Graves | Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital | 07.01.2025
Willie Shelton, physician assistant at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital administers battlefield acupuncture to retired 1st Sgt. Thomas Washington, July 1, at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana. Washington has been receiving the treatment for chronic back pain for the past two years....
Photo by Jean Graves | Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital | 07.01.2025
Retired 1st Sgt. Thomas Washington receives battlefield acupuncture treatment July 1 at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital. Washington, who has suffered from chronic back pain, said he experienced immediate relief after his first session and now receives the treatment every 14 days....
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Dana Cable | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 12.14.2020
U.S. Army Maj. Ronovan Ottenbacher, deputy joint force surgeon, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), teaches a Battlefield Acupuncture class to Task Force Bayonet Soldiers at Camp Lemonnier Djibouti, Dec. 14, 2020. Battlefield Acupuncture was developed in the early 2000s as a method to give rapid pain relief to troops in combat environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech.......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Dana Cable | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 12.14.2020
Students practice the application of Battlefield Acupuncture on each other at Camp Lemonnier Djibouti, Dec. 14, 2020. The single-use needles are placed in zones on a patient's ear in a simple, repeatable pattern using a plastic applicator. A medical technician can learn the procedure in a single day's training session. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dana J. Cable)...
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Dana Cable | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 12.14.2020
U.S. Army Maj. Ronovan Ottenbacher, deputy joint force surgeon, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), teaches a Battlefield Acupuncture class to Task Force Bayonet Soldiers at Camp Lemonnier Djibouti, Dec. 14, 2020. The single-use needles are placed in zones on a patient's ear in a simple, repeatable pattern using a plastic applicator. Battlefield Acupuncture was developed......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Dana Cable | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 12.14.2020
Five needles sit in a patient’s ear after being inserted by U.S. Army Maj. Ronovan Ottenbacher, deputy joint force surgeon, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), during a Battlefield Acupuncture training session at Camp Lemonnier Djibouti, Dec. 14, 2020. The single-use needles are placed in zones on a patient's ear in a simple, repeatable pattern using a plastic......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Dana Cable | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 12.14.2020
U.S. Army Maj. Ronovan Ottenbacher, deputy joint force surgeon, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), teaches a Battlefield Acupuncture class to Task Force Bayonet Soldiers at Camp Lemonnier Djibouti, Dec. 14, 2020. The single-use needles are placed in zones on a patient's ear in a simple, repeatable pattern using a plastic applicator. A medical technician can learn the......
Photo by Joseph Eddins | Airman Magazine | 10.10.2017
Tech Sgt. Jessie Sosa, a Special Air Missions Crew Chief with the 89th MXG/MXMA, performs a preflight check on the C-40 used to transport government officials and dignitaries at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Oct. 10, 2017. Long flight hours and loading heavy bags and gear onto the aircraft, in addition to long flights, have led Sosa to use Battlefield Acupuncture to treat his lower back pain. The......
