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Saving lives is a pinch

Army Spec. Christopher Whiteside, 163 Area Support Medical Company aphaeresis lab technician, inserts a needle into the arm of Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Norman Young, 15th Military Intelligence Battalion accreditation officer in charge, to draw a test sample of blood to determine ability to donate platelets July 5, 2010, Joint Base Balad, Iraq. The aphaeresis lab tests donor’s blood before each procedure. Specialist Whiteside is deployed from the North Carolina National Guard and Warrant Officer Young is deployed from Fort Lewis, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)

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