Capt. Marilyn Thomas observes a medical evacuation team as they floor load a patient onto an AN-32 cargo plane during an Oct. 20 training exercise held at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. Captain Thomas is a flight nurse and an Afghan national army air corps medical mentor with the air corps advisers group. She is deployed from Scott Air Force Base, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)