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Staging facility takes over where hospital leaves off

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Second Lt. Maria Sanchez cares for a patient at the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group's contingency aeromedical staging facility. She and the other doctors, nurses and technicians with the facility strive to ensure their patients are as comfortable as possible before being transported to Germany. Lieutenant Sanchez is deployed from the 81st Medical Surgical Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chawntain Sloan)

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Staging facility takes over where hospital leaves off

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Volunteers help Airmen with the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group's contingency aeromedical staging facility move patients onto ambulance-type buses equipped with necessary medical supplies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chawntain Sloan)

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Staging facility takes over where hospital leaves off

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Second Lt. Shandry Goshert briefs Capt. Darrell Saylor on the patients who will be medevaced to Germany. She relays all pertinent medical information regarding the patients' conditions including treatment received, medication administered and special needs. Lieutenant Goshert is a nurse with the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group's contingency aeromedical staging facility and is deployed from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chawntain Sloan)

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Jazz night in Baghdad be-bops with Airmen's notes

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Rosmon Johnson makes his alto saxophone sing for the crowd on jazz night. He is a heating, ventilation and air conditioning craftsman deployed from Scott Air Force Base, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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Jazz night in Baghdad be-bops with Airmen's notes

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Rosmon Johnson and Maj. Donald Baker play for the crowd on jazz night. Sergeant Johnson is a heating, ventilation and air conditioning craftsman deployed from Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Major Baker is the wing safety officer here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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Jazz night in Baghdad be-bops with Airmen's notes

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Rosmon Johnson plays his alto saxophone for the crowd on jazz night. He is a heating, ventilation and air conditioning craftsman deployed from Scott Air Force Base, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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Academy medics save life of Peterson NCO in Iraq

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- A medical team with the 506th Expeditionary Medical Squadron treats a patient here. The team, deployed from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., treated a fellow Airman recently who was injured by a terrorist bomb. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Soldiers, Airmen care for Iraqi patients

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Capt. Brian Ackerman checks a patient's dressing and equipment to ensure he is ready for flight. His job is to coordinate the movement of critically wounded patients between the Air Force theater hospital here and the contingency aeromedical staging facility. Captain Ackerman is a nurse with the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Chisholm)

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Airmen gets visit from contractor mom in Iraq

ALI BASE, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Catherine Dilena gets an unexpected visit here from her mother, Sheri Dilena on July 27. Airman Dilena is a client support administrator with the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron here and is deployed from Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Ms. Dilena is a morale, welfare and recreation coordinator at a nearby forward-deployed location. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Airman crafts digital artwork for computer log-in scripts

ALI BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Chris Borslien recreates the Air Force symbol in American standard code for information interchange. He uses the alphanumeric characters to create digital artwork that each computer user sees when he or she logs onto the network. Logon scripts keep the computer safe from viruses and hackers by checking if each computer for current security patches. Sergeant Borslien is a network control center technician with the 407th Expeditionary Communications Squadron deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force by Tech. Sgt. Melissa Phillips)

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Fix 'em up, send 'em out

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Capt. Gabrielle Childs (center) places a cold compress on Army Spc. Cedric Johnson's neck while Senior Airman Eric Dole prepares a plaster splint. Specialist Johnson had a severe radial forearm fracture. He was then airlifted to the Air Force theater hospital at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The Airmen are assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Medical Squadron. The squadron's Airmen provide orthopedic and general surgery care to about 30,000 Soldiers, Airmen and civilians working at Baghdad International Airport. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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Fix 'em up, send 'em out

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Senior Airman Julian Cuy (left) shows laptop computer screen shots of a Soldier's severe arm fracture to Maj. (Dr.) Jeffery Parker (center) and Maj. (Dr.) Patrick Miller as they perform reconstructive hand surgery on the Soldier, who suffered a high velocity gunshot wound. The Soldier was then airlifted to the Air Force theater hospital at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The Airmen are assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Medical Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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Aeromedical evacuation process key to saving lives in Iraq

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- (From left) Airman 1st Class Debra Camacho, Staff Sgt. Fred Mathis, Tech. Sgt. Marsha Madsen, Senior Airman Bradley Cross and Staff Sgt. Raymond Wrentmore carry Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Lorphy Bourque aboard a C-130 Hercules to fly him to Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The Airmen are assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing here. (U.S Air Force photo Senior Airman Tim Beckham)

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Daddy's home

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Tech. Sgt. Rick Bouwhuis reassures his son, Nicolas, after returning home from an eight-month deployment in Iraq. Sergeant Bouwhuis is assigned to the 37th Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell)

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Welcome home

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Staff Sgt. Jeremy Dial hugs his daughter after returning home recently after an eight-month deployment in Iraq. Sergeant Dial is assigned to the 37th Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell)

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Deployed leaders take 'vest-ed' interest in being cool

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Capt. James Ross (left) and Lt. Col. Tom Sadlo read a thermometer before testing a cool vest here. The two officers are part of a team that conducted the initial testing on the vest. Captain Ross is a bioenvironmental engineer with the 447th Air Expeditionary Group, and Colonel Sadlo is the 447th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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Rumsfeld holds town hall meeting with troops in Iraq

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld answers a question during a town hall meeting with Airmen and Soldiers here July 27. While here, the secretary visited the Air Force Theater Hospital where medics treat American, coalition and Iraqi military and Iraqi civilian patients daily. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Chisholm)

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Protection

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Senior Airman Daniel Upshaw prepares a .50 caliber machine gun for a convoy. Detachment 2 is responsible for protecting truck drivers on convoys across Iraq. Airman Upshaw is assigned to Detachment 2, 732nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, and is deployed from the18th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason P. Robertson)

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Rounds

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airmen 1st Class Sarah Oliver, left, Phillip Coswell, back left and Joseph Oliver, process 20 mm rounds for an F-16 Fighting Falcon. They are all munitions system journeyman assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron. All three are deployed from Aviano Air Base, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tim Beckham)

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Big gun

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Matthew Reynolds prepares a .50 caliber machine gun for a convoy recently. Detachment 2 is responsible for protecting convoys across Iraq. Airman Reynolds is assigned to Detachment 2, 732nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, and is deployed from the 377th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason P. Robertson)

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