Combat Lifesaver Part One
ALI BASE, Iraq -- Senior Airman Robert Aten, 407th Air Expeditionary Group Public Affairs broadcaster, prepares a saline pouch for use during the combat lifesaver course Oct. 7, 2008. Army and Air Force members attended a five-day combat lifesaver course here Oct. 6-10. The course addresses preventable combat deaths to include blast injury, amputation, severe bleeding, airway management and evacuation techniques. Aten is deployed from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Griffin)