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Service members carry a stretcher toward an orange helicopter on a landing pad.

Medical Evacuation

Coast Guardsmen medically evacuate a patient from St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 9, 2017, in Hurricane Irma’s aftermath. Irma inflicted catastrophic damage to the island when it made landfall as a Category 5 storm Sept. 6. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Priscilla Desormeaux

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