We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 27, 2009

Thu Aug. 27, 2009 4:00 AM PDT

Senior Airman Brenton Swift watches as Staff Sgt. Michael Hebron monitors the needle insertion site during a platelet donation at the Air Force Theater hospital July 24 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Fifty percent of donations collected are used outside the wire. Airman Swift is a 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament systems journeyman, and Sergeant Hebron is a 332nd Expeditionary Medical Support Squadron aphaeresis technician. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nicole Enos)

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