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U.S. Army Spc. Israel Figueroa prepares an IV bag for use during a medical evacuation mission to transport a critically injured Afghan soldier in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Jan. 2, 2014. Figueroa is a flight medic assigned to Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment.

U.S. Army Spc. Israel Figueroa prepares an IV bag for use during a medical evacuation mission to transport a critically injured Afghan soldier in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Jan. 2, 2014. Figueroa is a flight medic assigned to Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment.

U.S. Army Spc. Israel Figueroa prepares an IV bag for use during a medical evacuation mission to transport a critically injured Afghan soldier in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Jan. 2, 2014. Figueroa is a flight medic assigned to Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment.

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