U.S. Air Force Senior Airman, Matthew Echeverria, collection planner assigned to the 609th Air Operations Center, donates blood platelets while Staff Sgt. Jose Perez, non-commissioned officer of testing assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Apheresis Element, monitors the donation process at Al Udeid, Air Base, Qatar, Aug. 23, 2017. This sample will be used as a part of a cold storage platelets shipment to many locations across the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility. CSP is a critical lifesaving technique used to store and ship platelets across the AOR. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Bradly A. Schneider/Released)