Warrior medics deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom

Senior Airman Erin Spangler, with the 59th Medical Wing's Post Anesthesia Care Unit at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, visits with her husband Ryan Spangler and their daughter Makenna, 14 months, as they say their 'goodbyes' Sept. 4 before Airman Spangler deploys for four months to Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Josie Kemp)

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Staff Sgt. Shaleika Anderson, a diet therapy technician with the 59th Medical Wing at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, is overwhelmed with hugs from her kids (left to right) Xavier, 8, Jasmin, 4, and Alexis, 5, Sept. 4 as she prepares to depart for her deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Josie Kemp)

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Warrior medics deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom

Published Sept. 4, 2008
By Senior Airman Josie Kemp
59th Medical Wing Public Affairs

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- More than 80 Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing deployed Sept. 4, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Deploying personnel bid their families farewell early in the morning in the Wilford Hall Medical Center auditorium before beginning their journey. This deployment is one of several that will occur during the next few weeks, mobilizing more than 200 personnel from the 59th Medical Wing to more than 20 different locations, including the Air Force theater hospital at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.

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Warrior medics deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom

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