5th Healthcare Operations Squadron helps Team Minot maintain optimal health

Airman 1st Class Matthew Hines, 5th Healthcare Operations Squadron pharmacy technician, fills a pill bottle with medicine at the 5th Medical Group building on Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 18, 2025. The pharmacy personnel also account for patients with special duties, such as personnel reliability program and armed use of force Airmen, to ensure that their medication does not have significant adverse effects when their patients are on duty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kendra A. Ransum)

5th Healthcare Operations Squadron helps Team Minot maintain optimal health

U.S. Air Force Maj. Christi Smith, 5th Healthcare Operations Squadron chief of pharmacy, verifies prescriptions at the 5th Medical Group building on Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 18, 2025. Pharmacy personnel maintain mission readiness by delivering pharmaceutical care and medication support, ensuring the health and well-being of all personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kendra A. Ransum)

5th Healthcare Operations Squadron helps Team Minot maintain optimal health

Various prescription medicines sit in the automated dispensing cabinet at the 5th Medical Group building on Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 18, 2025. The pharmacy services around 12,000 to 13,000 patients per year, filling 50,000 to 60,000 prescriptions per year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kendra A. Ransum)

5th Healthcare Operations Squadron helps Team Minot maintain optimal health

Airman 1st Class Zeek Allen, an augmentee from the 791st Missile Security Forces Squadron, stores away filled medications at the 5th Medical Group building on Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 18, 2025. The pharmacy provides essential medications to service members, their families, and military retirees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kendra A. Ransum)

5th Healthcare Operations Squadron helps Team Minot maintain optimal health

Airman 1st Class Matthew Hines, 5th Healthcare Operations Squadron pharmacy technician, checks the expiration dates on medication at the 5th Medical Group building on Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 18, 2025. Pharmacy technicians ensure medications are prescribed in the correct dosage, do not counteract or have adverse reactions with each other. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kendra A. Ransum)

5th Healthcare Operations Squadron helps Team Minot maintain optimal health

Published Sept. 2, 2025
By Senior Airman Kendra A. Ransum
5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Airman 1st Class Matthew Hines, 5th Healthcare Operations Squadron pharmacy technician, fills a pill bottle with medicine at the 5th Medical Group building on Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 18, 2025. The pharmacy personnel also account for patients with special duties, such as personnel reliability program and armed use of force Airmen, to ensure that their medication does not have significant adverse effects when their patients are on duty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kendra A. Ransum)