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Combat Nurses: The OR

Capt. George Moctezuma, an operating room nurse, prepares to scrub a wounded patient before a surgical procedure Dec. 28 at the Air Force Theater Hospital at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Captain Moctezuma received his degree in nursing as an enlisted medic and worked as a civilian nurse in his off-duty time before earning his commission. Captain Moctezuma is deployed from Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. D. Clare)

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Combat Nurses: The OR --PART 2

Capt. George Moctezuma, an operating room nurse, looks over the face of a wounded Iraqi security forces member at the Air Force Theater Hospital here. The patient's face was peppered with stone pebbles from a blast. According to Captain Moctezuma, the human face is more disease resistant than most bodily tissue. The captain is deployed from Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. D. Clare)

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Combat Nurses: The OR --PART 2

Capt. George Moctezuma, an operating room nurse, removes a sterile field from a patient following a surgical procedure at the Air Force Theater Hospital here. Captain Moctezuma provides support to surgeons and technicians during operations to ensure they have the equipment they need and are able to safely perform procedures in a sterile environment. The captain is deployed from Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. D. Clare)

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Combat Nurses: The OR --PART 2

Capt. George Moctezuma, an operating room nurse, prepares to scrub a wounded patient before a surgical procedure at the Air Force Theater Hospital here. Captain Moctezuma received his degree in nursing as an enlisted medic and worked as a civilian nurse in his off-duty time before earning his commission. He is deployed from Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. D. Clare)

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Combat Skills Training

Tech. Sgt. John Herrick inspects an IV bag during the combat lifesavers course at Fort Dix, N.J., July 29. Combat skills training is a month-long Army training program that prepares Airmen for Joint Expeditionary Tasking combat roles augmenting the U.S. Army in support of operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Herrick is a still photographic craftsman assigned to the 4th Combat Camera Squadron at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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Combat Skills Training

Staff Sgt. Michelle Hess initiates an intravenous infusion on Tech. Sgt. John Herrick during the combat lifesavers course at Fort Dix, N.J., July 29. Combat skills training is a month-long Army training program that prepares Airmen for Joint Expeditionary Tasking combat roles augmenting the U.S. Army. Sergeant Hess is assigned to the National Air and Space Intellegence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and Sergeant Herrick is assigned to the 4th Combat Camera Squadron at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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Combat Skills Training

U.S. Army Spc. James Higdon (right) shows how to start an intravenous infusion on Staff Sgt. LeAnne Borsvold during the combat lifesavers course July 29 at Fort Dix, N.J. Sergeant Borsvold is a radio frequency systems technician assigned to the 381st Intelligence Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Specialist Higdon is a combat medic assigned to the 72nd Field Artillery Battalion at Fort Dix. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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Combat Skills Training

Senior Airman Chris Hayes inspects his equipment during Combat Skills Training July 26 at Fort Dix, N.J. CST is a month-long Army training program that prepares Airmen for Joint Expeditionary Tasking combat roles augmenting the U.S. Army. Airman Hayes is a traffic management journeyman assigned to the 60th Aerial Port Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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Combat Skills Training

Airman 1st Class Brandon Scott inspects his equipment during Combat Skills Training July 26 at Fort Dix, N.J. CST is a month-long Army training program that prepares Airmen for Joint Expeditionary Tasking combat roles augmenting the U. S. Army in support of operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. He is a ground radio maintenance apprentice assigned to the 422nd Communications Squadron at Royal Air Force Croughton, England. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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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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Compassion Chief

Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt cradles a young Iraqi girl as they both sleep in the hospital. The girl's entire family was executed by insurgents. The killers shot her in the head but she survived. The girl received treatment at the U.S. military hospital in Balad, but cries often. According to nurses at the facility, Chief Gebhardt is the only one who can calm down the girl, so he holds her at night while they both sleep in a chair. Chief Gebhardt was assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group at Balad Air Base, Iraq. (Courtesy Photo)

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Contingency aeromedical staging facility Airmen get wounded warriors home

Master Sgt. Christopher Owens is the aeromedical evacuation operations team NCO in charge at the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight. Sergeant Owens manages aeromedical evacuation stage operations and supervises launch and recovery of aeromedical evacuation missions at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by/ Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

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Convoy course training

SAN ANTONIO -- Airman 1st Class Chantana Sine (left) gives an IV to classmate Senior Airman Jesus Venugas during a basic combat convoy course. The course is designed to train transportation Airmen in basic combat skills required to integrate with joint forces in hostile convoy operations. Airmen receive about 300 hours of training at nearby Camp Bullis to prepare them for security escort and line haul missions with coalition convoys supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Airmen are from the 4th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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Convoy course training

SAN ANTONIO -- Master Sgt. James Beach gets "help" from fellow Airmen during a basic combat convoy course on-road training scenario. Sergeant Beach portrays a person with an amputated arm. The course is designed to train transportation Airmen in basic combat skills required to integrate with joint forces in hostile convoy operations. The mentally and physically challenging course is conducted at nearby Camp Bullis and run by the 37th Training Wing at Lackland Air Force Base. Sergeant Beach is from Little Rock AFB, Ark. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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Cope Thunder

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Maj. (Dr.) David Cotton, the Cope Thunder 6-01 flight surgeon, examines a patient's ankle. The doctor is on temporary duty here from 52nd Medical Group from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. The two-week Alaskan exercise, Pacific Air Forces' largest air combat training exercise, involves more than 1,000 active-duty and Air National Guard Airmen and 87 aircraft. (Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. A.C. Eggman)

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Cornea transplant

A refractive surgery laser shines blue on a patient's cornea as it corrects their vision on Nov. 3, 2010, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barnett)

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Cornea transplant

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Charles Reilly performs refractive surgery at the Joint Warfighter Refractive Surgery Center Nov. 3, 2010, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Dr. Reilly recently performed a unique procedure to restore a patient's vision using a type of glue to correct a thinning cornea. Dr. Reilly is an ophthalmologist with the 59th Surgical Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barnett)

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Craig Joint Theater Hospital helps build Afghan nursing foundation

Afghan National Army soldier Malika Faqiri (left) a female assists with a patient about to undergo surgery Oct. 14, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. She attended a special two-week mentorship program at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital here to work alongside U.S. doctors and nurses to hone her medical skills and get firsthand experience with trauma-based care. She was one of the first women to ever attend the program. (Courtesy photo)

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Craig Joint Theater Hospital helps build Afghan nursing foundation

Afghan National Army soldier Laila Farahi (left) assists 1st. Lt. Nicole Pries with a patient Oct. 14, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Lieutenant Pries is an intensive care ward nurse deployed from the David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (Courtesy photo)

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Craig Joint Theater Hospital helps build Afghan nursing foundation

Afghan National Army soldier Laila Farahi (left) bandages a patient's leg Oct. 14, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. She attended a special two-week mentorship program at the Criag Joint Theater Hospital here to work alongside U.S. doctors and nurses to hone her medical skills and get firsthand experience with trauma-based care. She was one of the first women to ever attend the special program. (Courtesy photo)

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