Deployed nurse from medical center
Capt. Donna LaPointe, a nurse assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group, checks intravenous medication and fluid of a patient Nov. 24 at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia. The 379th EMDG provides in-theater patient care for service members lightly wounded or injured in the global war on terror. Captain LaPointe is deployed from the 81st Medical Operations Squadron in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Darnell Cannady)