Helping a hand Published Jan. 29, 2003 OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (AFPN) -- Staff Sgt. Raymond Escorido (left), Lt. Col. (Dr). John Baldauf and Capt. (Dr.) Jim Lau prepare for surgery on the hand of a patient at a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Escorido is an operating room scrub technician, Baldauf is an orthopedic surgeon, and Lau is a general surgeon. The three are assigned to the 321st Expeditionary Medical Group. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Tony R. Tolley)