United States Air Force Lt. Col. Cheryl Buehn, 71st Fighter Training Squadron director of operations, takes a selfie with a local news crew after a successful media flight in T-38A Talon aircraft at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Jan. 15, 2020. This flight demonstrates the training rigors U.S. Air Force pilots can endure during flying operations. The 1st Fighter Wing began embedding physical therapists from the 633rd Medical Operations Squadron in 2019 to address neck and back pain that fighter aircrews endure to help save time and provide preventative healthcare.
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – I sat on my bathroom toilet in shock, heart pounding almost out of my chest as tears welled up in my eyes. “There’s no way I’m pregnant,” I thought to myself, except there was a way and as unexpected as it was, it was true.
Pregnant women throughout the military may have had a similar reaction to mine or something completely different after finding out there is life growing inside them, but one thing remains the same for us all…we are pregnant, and we are in the military, which means fitness is still a huge part of our lives.
I don’t know about others, but one of the first things I thought of was how much my body was going to change. I did research on how much weight I might gain, how...
