ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AFPN) -- Senior Airman Mandy Duran mixes a medication compound for a patient. The medication is used to soothe sore throats or cold sores. Although most medications come pre-mixed and packaged, there are some occasions when pharmacists are required to compound medications. Airman Duran is a pharmacy technician with the 89th Medical Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bobby Jones)