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A Reserve Citizen Airman from the 624th Civil Engineering Squadron gives critical instructions while directing teammates during a live firefighting exercise in Kahului, Maui, Sept. 8, 2024.

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Maj. Warren Neary from tAir Force Space Command uses a pochade box to recreate the scene of Capt. Adriana Valadez, 433rd Aeromedical Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland,Texas, aboard a C-130, the same type of aircraft that carried wounded Airman, Tech. Sgt. Zach Rhyner from Kandahar to Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan. Pictured, (left) SSgt Amanda Pena, who was also part of the crew, an unidentified loadmaster from the 68th Airlift Squadron on a litter, who portrays Rhyner, and Valadez on the right. All Airmen are based at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st. Lt. Cresencio Medina)

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