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The poppies grow…on Bagram Airfield: famed Canadian poem displayed at BAF

Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Damien Miller and U.S Air Force Staff Sgt. Chelsea Rittenhouse, of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, stand in front of their artwork at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The design, drafted by Miller, depicts a red poppy above the storied poem, "In Flanders Fields." The poem and poppy have become symbols of remembrance in Commonwealth nations. The poem was originally written by Canadian Expeditionary Force Lt. Col. John McCrae following the Second Battle of Ypres in World War I, 1915. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Keenan Kunst)
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The 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron teams up with the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron to transport injured patients to Kandahar Airfield from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. If Service members must be moved from the battlefield to a medical facility outside of Afghanistan, the airmen assigned to the 455th EAES will be the link between them getting from the combat zone to higher-level medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Staff Sgt. Marissa Pickraum, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, checks a patients vital signs on a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacutation Squadron routinely move critically ill servicemembers after they’ve been stabilized or received damage-control surgery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron seperate pieces of a medical stretcher to be loaded on a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. The 455th EAES Airmen are on call and remain ready to transport patients at a moments notice on various Air Force aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, put the medical stretcher straps together to be loaded onto the C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. If servicemembers must be moved from the battlefield to a medical facility outside of Afghanistan, the airmen assigned to the 455th EAES will be the link between them getting from the combat zone to higher-level medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, carry medical equipment on a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacutation Squadron routinely move critically ill service members after they’ve been stabilized or received damage-control surgery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Staff Sgt. Banita Hines, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, conducts last minute preparations before takeoff aboard a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. The 455th EAES Airmen are on call and remain ready to transport patients at a moments notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Lt. Col. Karey Dufour, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, ensures that clamps for medical stretchers are in place upon a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. Members of the 455th EAES routinely move critically ill service members after they’ve been stabilized or received damage-control surgery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Chief Master Sgt. Randel White, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, holds a ladder steady on a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. The 455th EAES are on call and remain ready to transport patients at a moments notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Lifesavers in the sky

Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, carry medical equipment on a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. If Service members must be moved from the battlefield to a medical facility outside of Afghanistan, the airmen assigned to the 455th EAES will be the link between them getting from the combat zone to higher-level medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Lifesavers in the sky

Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, carry medical equipment on a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacutation Squadron routinely move critically ill servicemembers after they’ve been stabilized or received damage-control surgery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Capt. Robert Fiorillo, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, listens in on the crew brief at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. The 455th EAES Airmen are on call and remain ready to transport patients at a moments notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Lt. Col. Karey Dufour, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, ensures that the clamps for medical stretchers are in place on a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. If Service members must be moved from the battlefield to a medical facility outside of Afghanistan, the airmen assigned to the 455th EAES will be the link between them getting from the combat zone to higher-level medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Lifesavers in the sky

The 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron teams up with the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron to transport injured patients to Kandahar Airfield from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. If service members must be moved from the battlefield to a medical facility outside of Afghanistan, the airmen assigned to the 455th EAES will be the link between them getting from the combat zone to higher-level medical care elsewhere.. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Capt. Michael Pieschel, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, looks over his notes during the crew brief at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacutation Squadron routinely move critically ill servicemembers after they’ve been stabilized or received damage-control surgery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Care in the air: 455th EAES get injured to higher-level treatment

Maj. Jim Appel, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse and medical crew director, deployed from the 18th AES at Kadena Air Base, Japan, fills out paperwork during a medevac alert en route to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 6, 2015. The 455th EAES is tasked with moving injured and sick patients to locations with higher levels of medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys/RELEASED)
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Care in the air: 455th EAES get injured to higher-level treatment

1st Lt. James Gillie, 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron flight navigator, deployed at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, monitors his equipment aboard a C-130 Hercules during an Aeromedical Evacuation flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan to Al Udeid. The flight was in support of the 455th Expeditionary Evacuation Squadron, out of Bagram, who are tasked with moving injured and sick patients to locations with higher levels of medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys/RELEASED)
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Care in the air: 455th EAES get injured to higher-level treatment

Medical equipment sits on a litter aboard a C-130 Hercules during a medevac flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan en route to Al Udied Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 6, 2015. The 455th EAES is tasked with moving injured and sick patients to locations with higher levels of medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys/RELEASED)
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Care in the air: 455th EAES get injured to higher-level treatment

Capt. Steven Woods, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, deployed from the 43rd AES at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., records patient notes during a medevac alert in-route to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 6, 2015. The 455th EAES is tasked with moving injured and sick patients to locations with higher levels of medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys/RELEASED)
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Care in the air: 455th EAES get injured to higher-level treatment

Capt. Steven Woods, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, deployed from the 43rd AES at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., checks the vitals of a patient during a medevac alert en route to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 6, 2015. The 455th EAES is tasked with moving injured and sick patients to locations with higher levels of medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys/RELEASED)
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