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U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Julie Bottroff, the senior enlisted advisor for the Defense Health Agency's Education and Training Directorate reflects on her roles and view on the transition of all military treatment facilities to DHA. (U.S. Air Force illustration)

Brig. Gen. Shanna Woyak, Nevada Air National Guard, assumed authority of the National Capital Regional medical directorate from Rear Admiral Mary C. Riggs, left, during a ceremony at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, Oct. 9, 2019. Woyak, who served the past year as the Air National Guard advisor to the chief nurse of the U.S. Air Force, is the first Air National Guardsmen to lead the NCR medical directorate. (Photo by Bernard Little)

Nevada Air Guard general to lead capital directorate, Walter Reed medical network

Tech. Sgt. Jerrica Wild, 21st Operational Medical Readiness Squadron independent duty medical technician, checks the breathing of a patient at the clinic on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, September 25, 2019. Wild is an Independent duty medical technician, the only enlisted providers in the Air Force, which allows her to diagnose and prescribe medications to patients rather than working through multiple people. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Alexis Christian)

The mountain’s medical team

Tech. Sgt. Jerrica Wild and her coworkers ensure medical care isn’t an issue for the military service members and civilians located at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station.

A critical care air transport team tends to a patient during a 20-hour direct flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18, 2019. The service member was cared for by a joint service team of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation specialists, an aeromedical evacuation team, as well as a CCATT, in order to maintain the highest level of care possible during transport. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Mancuso)

No effort spared to bring home seriously wounded Soldier

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