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Ronny Jackson: “None of these rotational trainees are captured in the base's…”

Featuring: Ronny Jackson, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Texas, District 13

'We Need More Bodies': Ronny Jackson Sounds The Alarm On Short-Handed Air Force Medical Staff

Published May 27, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:04

For example, the 82nd Medical Group at shepherd must provide care for more than half of the Air Force's annual throughput of airmen in training, as well as for student pilots in the Euro NATO Euronato jet pilot training program. Yet None of these rotational trainees are captured in the base's UMD authorizations. General, is the Air Force open to a new approach that properly resources the workload generated by rotational student populations? (01:04–01:09)

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Asserts that rotational trainees are not included in the base's UMD authorizations.

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