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Guard, active-duty Airmen provide dental care to remote Alaskan village

Maj. Blake Moore prepares Tiana Griest, 3, for a tooth extraction April 15, 2010, in Kotzebue, Alaska. Major Moore is deployed to Kotzebue as part of Operation Arctic Care, a joint innovative readiness training exercise. Major Moore is a dentist deployed from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Christopher Griffin)

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Balad medical team turns tragedy into triumph

Six-year-old Sajad Hany Shaker Mahmud, a survivor of an improvised explosive device attack, laughs as he plays with a birthday gift April 1, 2010, at the Air Force Theater Hospital in Iraq. Sajad celebrated his 6th birthday while recovering at the Air Force Theater Hospital. He received multiple presents and birthday wishes from the medical staff who have taken care of him during his 72-day stay at the hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Allison M. Boehm)

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Balad medical team turns tragedy into triumph

Six-year-old Sajad Hany Shaker Mahmud, a survivor of an improvised explosive device attack, plays with a birthday gift with his father as they celebrate his 6th birthday while recovering April 1, 2010, at the Air Force Theater Hospital in Iraq. Sajad received multiple presents and birthday wishes from the medical staff who have taken care of him during his 72-day stay at the hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Allison M. Boehm)

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Combat stress team strives to connect

Maj. Kim Floyd speaks with Army Spc. Autumn L. Gregg April 1, 2010, at Forward Operating Base Lightning in Afghanistan's Paktia province. Major Floyd is a psychologist assigned to the Combat Stress Control Det. 1. She is deployed from the 92nd Medical Group at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Army photo/Sgt. Andrew A. Reagan)

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Memories of 6-month Afghanistan tour linger for Reserve nurse

Maj. Deborah Lehker returned from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan as a nurse with a critical care transportation team March 10, 2010, at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Carolyn Erfe)

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Memories of 6-month Afghanistan tour linger for Reserve nurse

Maj. Deborah Lehker comforts a wounded Canadian Army soldier Feb. 14, 2010, aboard a C-130 Hercules on an emergency airlift between Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, and Bagram Airfield Afghanistan. Major Lehker is a 452nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron nurse. (Courtesy photo)

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Air care

Tech. Sgt. Corey Hellmann (right), a reservist from the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. discusses the best way to load a critical care patient onboard an awaiting Air Force transport aircraft for medical evacuation from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Sergeant Hellmann volunteered to deploy as a part of a critical care air transport team. The CCAT and aeromedical evacuation teams comprise highly specialized nurses, physicians, medical technicians and respiratory therapists charged with patient care during medical flying missions out of the war zone. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Air care

Flying a military medical evacuation flight is where Tech. Sgt. Corey Hellmann's medical expertise is most needed. As a reservist from the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., he is part of a critical care air transport team. Patients are under his care during their evacuation flights out of the war zone. Sergeant Hellmann has volunteered twice for the war effort over the last couple of years and has helped hundreds of wounded Soldiers and Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Must have More Blood

Tech. Sgt. Tricia Carnes (right) hands a bottle to Staff Sgt. Kevin Davis, (moulage artist) as he creates a simulated compound fracture on Staff Sgt. Nomer Evangelista during a proficiency training session on Mar. 23, 2010 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Sergeants Carnes, Evangelista and Davis are the 28th Medical Support Squadron’s NCOICs Medical Readiness and Pharmacy Automation and Assistant NCOIC Resource Management. On Carnes' arm is petroleum jelly and tissue paper, which will become a burn blister and damaged skin. Readiness training at the 28th Medical Support Squadron uses industry leading moulage skills, techniques and education to keep their mass casualty exercises as realistic as possible. A variety of household and theatrical products, and specialized devices keep burns, blisters, bruises and shrapnel fresh and in their place. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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Must have More Blood

Tech. Sgt. Tricia Carnes (right, with simulated burn injuries), applies fake blood to Staff Sgt. Nomer Evangelista's simulated compound fracture during a proficiency training session on Mar. 23, 2010 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Sergeants Carnes and Evangelista are the 28th Medical Support Squadron's NCOICs Medical Readiness and Pharmacy Automation. In the background, Airman 1st Class Rich Morgan, a Patient Travel Manager, with simulated shrapnel and blast injuries observes the moulage work. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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Airman cares for Chilean child

Senior Airman Kahliha Love checks the vital signs of a Chilean child at the expeditionary hospital March 20, 2010, in Angol, Chile. About 60 medical Airmen are working alongside local Chilean medics to provide support to meet the daily medical needs of the 110,000 people in the region. The local hospital in Angol was deemed structurally unsound after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake Feb. 27, 2010. Airman Love is an aerospace medical technician assigned to the 81st Medical Operating Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany Trojca)

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Airman cares for Chilean child

A Chilean surgeon (left) and Maj. Yekaterina Karpitskaya (right) work side-by-side to cast a Chilean child?s broken arm at the expeditionary hospital March 19, 2010, in Angol, Chile. While the local hospital in Angol is being rebuilt, this medical facility will provide much needed space to provide medical care for the local community. The hospital includes several tents for care, including an emergency room and two operating rooms. Major Karpitskaya is an orthopedic surgeon assigned to the 81st Medical Surgical Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany Trojca)

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Airman cares for Chilean child

Tech. Sgt. Donelle Clark explains how a stethoscope works to a Chilean child at the expeditionary hospital March 19, 2010, in Angol, Chile. About 60 medical Airmen are working alongside local Chilean medics to provide support to meet the daily medical needs of the local community in the mobile facility. The EMEDS team is equipped and staffed to provide surgical, primary care, pediatric, radiological, gynecological, laboratory and pharmaceutical services. Sergeant Clark is an aerospace medical technician assigned to the 81st Medical Surgical Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany Trojca)

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Civil engagement program helps prepare Iraq for future

Iraqi air force members put their skills to the test during medical evacuation training Dec. 21, 2009, at the Air Force Theater Hospital at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. The purpose of the training is to help the Ministry of Defense strengthen its health care system for Iraqi troops. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany Y. Bateman)

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Bridging the language gap

Airman 1st Class Yadira Fernandez adjusts a patient's intravenous line at an expeditionary hospital March 17, 2010, in Angol, Chile. Airman Fernandez is an aerospace medical technician also working as a translator for the Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team here. She is deployed from the 59th Medical Inpatient Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany Trojca)

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Bridging the language gap

Senior Airman Cassondra Johnson (center) translates a conversation between a Chilean nurse and Maj. Sharon Walker March 17, 2010, in Angol, Chile. Airman Johnson is a aerospace medical technician assigned to the 81st Aerospace Medical Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Major Walker is the chief nurse of expeditionary hospital here and is deployed from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany Trojca)

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Bridging the language gap

Tech. Sgt. Antonio Andrade (center) translates for a Chilean doctor (left) and Capt. Brian Lupfer (right) after a surgery in the expeditionary hospital March 16, 2010, in Angol, Chile. Sergeant Andrade is a translator for the Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team here and a dental technician assigned to 336th Dental Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Captain Lupfer is a physician's assistant assigned to the 359th Medical Group at Randolph AFB, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany Trojca)

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Bridging the language gap

Staff Sgt. Abraham Rodriguez (left) comforts a crying Chilean child at the expeditionary hospital March 14, 2010, in Angol, Chile. Sergeant Rodriguez is a translator for more than 80 members of the Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support Team here. Sergeant Rodriguez is the NCO in charge of the Defense Institute for Medical Operations at the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks City-Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany Trojca)

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Medical professional save millions with common-sense concept

Navy Capt. Jim Ellinger gets a medical examination from Lt. Col. (Dr.) Shobha Sem during the U.S. European Command European Strategy Conference March 2, 2010 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Captain Ellinger is assigned to the EUCOM Office of Defense Cooperation Turkey and Doctor Sem is assigned to the 86th Medical Special Operations Clinic. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior AIrman Tony R. Ritter

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Medical professional save millions with common-sense concept

Army Col. William Langan gets a medical examination from Lt. Col. (Dr.) Shobha Sem during the U.S. European Command European Strategy Conference March 2, 2010, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Colonel Langan is assigned to the U.S. EUCOM Office of Defense Cooperation Cyprus and Doctor Sem is assigned to the 86th Medical Special Operations Clinc. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tony R. Ritter)

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