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DOD tests 'revolutionary' biological warfare detection device

BROOKS CITY-BASE, Texas -- 1st Lt. Preston Noble collects data produced by the joint biological agent identification and diagnostic system for later analysis. He is an analyst from the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Army photo by Elaine Wilson)

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DOD tests 'revolutionary' biological warfare detection device

BROOKS CITY-BASE, Texas -- Army Spc. Paul Miller loads the joint biological agent identification and diagnostic system analyzer carousel with samples. It takes the system about 40 minutes to process a sample once the extraction process of a suspect biological warfare agent specimen is complete. Specialist Miller is from the 9th Area Medical Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. (U.S. Army photo by Elaine Wilson)

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DOD tests 'revolutionary' biological warfare detection device

BROOKS CITY-BASE, Texas -- Joint biological agent identification and diagnostic system test participants collect samples of suspect biological warfare agents from a field during a joint two-week operational test here which ended May 18. (U.S. Army photo by Jerry Stillwagon)

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Bed check

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman Camille Giffin inventories a row of turn frame orthopedic beds here during routine inspection. The beds are used to stabilize patients with back injuries. Airmen from the logistics flight here store, maintain and deploy about $12 million worth of medical war reserve materiel for servicemembers from the 374th Airlift Wing, 5th Air Force and U.S. Forces Japan. Airman Giffin is a medical logistics technician with the 374th Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)

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Bed check

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman Camille Giffin inventories a row of turn frame orthopedic beds here during routine inspection. The beds are used to stabilize patients with back injuries. Airmen from the logistics flight here store, maintain and deploy about $12 million worth of medical war reserve materiel for servicemembers from the 374th Airlift Wing, 5th Air Force and U.S. Forces Japan. Airman Giffin is a medical logistics technician with the 374th Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)

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Bed check

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman Camille Giffin inventories a row of turn frame orthopedic beds here during routine inspection. The beds are used to stabilize patients with back injuries. Airmen from the logistics flight here store, maintain and deploy about $12 million worth of medical war reserve materiel for servicemembers from the 374th Airlift Wing, 5th Air Force and U.S. Forces Japan. Airman Giffin is a medical logistics technician with the 374th Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)

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Air Force meeting nurse recruiting and retaining challenges

WASHINGTON -- Maj. Gen. Barbara C. Brannon testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee subcommittee on defense May 10. The subcommittee convened to hear testimony on the fiscal 2006 medical program. General Brannon is the Air Force's assistant surgeon general for nursing services. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi)

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Airmen travel to Guatemala to train, treat patients

GUATEMALA -- Guatemalans stand in long lines to receive medical attention during a 10-day visit by Air Force Reserve Command medical teams deployed here for a medical readiness training exercise. Medics treated nearly 1,000 people a day during the deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Airmen travel to Guatemala to train, treat patients

GUATEMALA -- Lt. Col. (Dr.) Gene Gaspard (left) and Tech. Sgt. Ray Salazar give a dental examine to a Guatemalan girl. Airmen from the Air Force Reserve Command medical community deployed here for a medical readiness training exercise. During the 10-day deployment, the medical teams treated nearly 1,000 people a day. Sergeant Salazar and Dr. Gaspard are assigned to the 710th Medical Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Say AHHH!!

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Col. (Dr.) Robert Larsen adjusts Staff Sgt. Matthew Dalton's acrylic nightguard during a dental examination here April 27. Dr. Larsen is the chief general of dentistry assigned to the 48th Dental Squadron, and Sergeant Dalton is assigned to the 48th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kristi Mulder)

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Medics provide human touch

RAUTECA, Honduras -- Capt. James Weinstein holds 4-year-old Curi Anayella after an examination. The captain is part of an 18-person medical readiness exercise team providing medical aid to people here. Captain Weinstein is a dietician from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lono Kollars)

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Medics provide human touch

RAUTECA, Honduras -- Staff Sgt. Sergio Norat instructs patients how to use an eyedropper to administer a dose of antibiotic. An 18-person Air Force and Army contingent of pediatricians, dieticians and medical technicians came from the San Antonio area for an eight-day medical readiness exercise to provide humanitarian relief. Sergeant Norat is a medical technician and international health specialist from Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lono Kollars)

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Medics provide human touch

RAUTECA, Honduras -- Hundreds of patients line up in the afternoon heat here waiting for a free medical examination from U.S. military medical practitioners. The patients come from miles around to take advantage of a temporary free clinic set up as part of a medical readiness exercise in the town. The 18-person Air Force and Army contingent of pediatricians, dieticians and medical technicians came from the San Antonio area for the eight-day humanitarian exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lono Kollars)

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Wilford Hall team flies to Alaska to evacuate infant

SAN ANTONIO -- A medical team from Wilford Hall Medical Center at nearby Lackland Air Force Base moves 10-month-old Carle David and a 900-pound portable heart-lung bypass machine onto an ambulance at San Antonio International Airport on April 28. Carle is diagnosed with a severe case of pneumonia and was medically evacuated from Anchorage, Alaska. Her chance of recovering rose from 10 percent to 90 percent. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Benjamin Silva)

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Intensive care in the air

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Maj. Kathleen Browning introduces herself to a critically injured patient at the Air Force Theater Hospital here. She is a nurse who is part of a three-person critical-care air-transport team from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Major Browning later escorted the patient on a medevac flight to Germany aboard a C-141 Starlifter from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. She is deployed from the 374th Medical Squadron at Yokota AB, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)

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Dental lab techs keep Pacific forces smiling

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech. Sgt. Keith Kinmon uses a microscope to look for imperfections on a crown at his clinic here. He is a dental laboratory technician assigned to the 374th Dental Squadron here. The Airmen ensure maximum wartime readiness of Pacific Command people by providing comprehensive dental care for the active-duty servicemembers and other eligible beneficiaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)

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Dental lab techs keep Pacific forces smiling

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech. Sgt. Keith Kinmon uses a trimmer to form a cast. He is a dental laboratory technician assigned to the 374th Dental Squadron here. The squadron's Airmen ensure maximum wartime readiness of Pacific Command people by providing comprehensive dental care for the active-duty servicemembers and other eligible beneficiaries here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)

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Dental lab techs keep Pacific forces smiling

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Maj. Andre Henriques uses orascoptic glasses to examine an impression tray. He is a prosthodontist assigned to the 374th Dental Squadron here. The squadron's Airmen ensure maximum wartime readiness of Pacific Command people by providing comprehensive dental care for the active-duty servicemembers and other eligible beneficiaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)

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Dental lab techs keep Pacific forces smiling

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech. Sgt. Keith Kinmon uses an orascoptic machine to sandblast a crown. He is a dental laboratory technician assigned to the 374th Dental Squadron here. The squadron's Airmen ensure maximum wartime readiness of Pacific Command people by providing comprehensive dental care for the active-duty servicemembers and other eligible beneficiaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)

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Easy on the eye

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Staff Sgt. April Dickson operates a corneal topographer at the optometry clinic here March 30. The machine maps the shape of the cornea and is used for eye surgery pre-op. Sergeant Dickson is an optometry technician with the 354th Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang)

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