BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Connie Kaczmarczyk, 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, cuts a tie-down knot to a tent that was once a part of the Air Force Theater Hospital here, Oct. 25. Volunteers throughout the base helped with the teardown. The AFTH’s new hardened facility opened in August. Airman Kaczmarczyk is currently deployed from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Michael Wilson, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, catches a fan from Staff Sgt. Nolan Johnsen, 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, during the breakdown of the old Air Force Theater Hospital tent city here, Oct 25. The hospital is a hub for the enroute care system and ensures proper preparation of patients prior to air evacuation from the theatre of operations. Sergeant Wilson is deployed from RAF Mildenhall and Sergeant Johnsen is from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Aaron Clark, 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, pushes on the frame of a temporary structure enabling helpers to remove a support beam during the teardown of the Air Force Theater Hospital here, Oct. 25. Airman Clark is currently deployed from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)