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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An airman wearing a face mask takes the temperature of a patient.

Patient Care

Air Force Airman 1st Class Gabriela Preciado, a medical technician with the 11th Surgical Operations Squadron, takes the temperature of a patient on board an airplane at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 13, 2020. Protocols such as taking patients’ temperatures and verifying their identities are mandatory before patients can be moved from the aircraft.

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