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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgts. Kristen Thompson, left, and Zachary Parker go over situation reports during a field exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 17, 2014. Thompson, a health service management craftsman, is assigned to the 375th Medical Group, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and Parker, a radio frequency transmission specialist, is assigned to the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Pope Army Air Field N.C.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgts. Kristen Thompson, left, and Zachary Parker go over situation reports during a field exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 17, 2014. Thompson, a health service management craftsman, is assigned to the 375th Medical Group, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and Parker, a radio frequency transmission specialist, is assigned to the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Pope Army Air Field N.C.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgts. Kristen Thompson, left, and Zachary Parker go over situation reports during a field exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 17, 2014. Thompson, a health service management craftsman, is assigned to the 375th Medical Group, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and Parker, a radio frequency transmission specialist, is assigned to the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Pope Army Air Field N.C.

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