Courtesy Photo | Air Force Medical Service | 07.30.2025
U.S. Air Force Capt. Joseph Smith, aeromedical physician assistant, and Tech Sgt. Roderick Ward, flight and operational medicine technician, assess medical supplies while providing medical coverage on an E-4B aircraft at an undisclosed location, July 2025. The aircraft serves as the National Airborne Operations Center for the president, defense secretary, and Joint Chiefs of Staff in case of......
Courtesy Photo | Air Force Medical Service | 07.30.2025
U.S. Air Force Capt. Joseph Smith, aeromedical physician assistant, and Tech Sgt. Roderick Ward, flight and operational medicine technician, pose in front of an E-4B aircraft, which serves as the National Airborne Operations Center for the president, defense secretary, and Joint Chiefs of Staff. As medical Airmen assigned to the 1st Air Command and Control Squadron, they provided medical......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Woods | Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune | 02.28.2025
Lt. jg. Kaylee Sheppeck renders her first salute as a Naval Officer to her father during the NMCCL Interservice Physician Assistants Program (IPAP) graduation and commissioning ceremony at Marston Pavilion on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on Feb.28, 2025....
Photo by Maria Christina Yager | Munson Army Health Center Public Affairs | 12.12.2024
U.S. Army Capt. Jacob Maechler comes to Munson Army Health Center from Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. He first served in the Army as a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Officer, before applying and getting selected for the Interservice Physician Assistant Program. IPAP offers well qualified officers, warrant officers, and enlisted Soldiers the......
Photo by Dan Grubb | Womack Army Medical Center | 09.27.2024
Graduates (left to right) 1st Lt. Jonathan Cofer, 1st. Lt. Kelli Rousey and Capt. Mark Kobialka are the three newest graduates of the Interservice Physician Assistant Program....
Photo by Thomas Shrader | U.S. Army Medical Command | 08.20.2024
The Society of Army Physician Assistants kicked off its annual conference in San Antonio, Texas, on August 20, 2024. The Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command, Lt. Gen. Mary K. Izaguirre, delivered opening remarks. In particular, she praised the Interservice Physician Assistants Program (IPAP) which is a combined Air Force, Army, Navy and Coast......
Photo by Thomas Shrader | U.S. Army Medical Command | 08.20.2024
The Society of Army Physician Assistants kicked off its annual conference in San Antonio, Texas, on August 20, 2024. The Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command, Lt. Gen. Mary K. Izaguirre, delivered opening remarks. In particular, she praised the Interservice Physician Assistants Program (IPAP) which is a combined Air Force, Army, Navy and Coast......
Photo by Jean Graves | Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital | 06.24.2024
FORT JOHNSON, La. — Not being chosen for the interservice physician assistance program is only a minor setback for one Soldier at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital. Sgt. Victoria Sanchez, noncommissioned officers in charge of the BJACH OB/GYN clinic, will not allow it to impede the pursuit of her goals. When military personnel message 24-232, “IPAP Army Selection Board Results” were......
