Top nurse
Col. Allison Plunk, right, new 81st Medical Group chief nurse, discusses a patient with Capt. Shelly Meiners, an 81st Inpatient Operations Squadron critical care nurse, and Airman 1st Class Joseph Fraser, an 81st Medical Operations Squadron respiratory therapist, during a July 26 visit to the 81st MDG Hospital’s intensive care unit. Colonel Plunk, former 81st IPTS commander, assumed her new post upon the July 22 retirement of Col. Cassandra Salvatore. (U.S. Air Force photo by Steve Pivnick)