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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An airman tends to a patient on a stretcher aboard an aircraft.

Patient Evacuation

Air Force medical personnel assist patients aboard a C-17A aircraft following their evacuation from St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 23, 2017, in Hurricane Maria’s aftermath. The aircraft transported the patients to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., where they were transferred to Atlanta-area medical facilities. Air Force photo by Don Peek

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