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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Gerald Fortuna performs a simulated exploratory laparotomy surgery while aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during a field exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 17, 2014. Fortuna, a trauma surgeon, is assigned to the 86th Medical Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

SIMULATED SURGERY

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Gerald Fortuna performs a simulated exploratory laparotomy surgery while aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during a field exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 17, 2014. Fortuna, a trauma surgeon, is assigned to the 86th Medical Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

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