8/22/2012 - Brig. Gen. Joseph Guastella, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander (right), is greeted by 455th Expeditionary Medical Group leadership at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2012. Guastella toured the hospital to meet staff and learn about specialized services the hospital offers. Guastella expressed his appreciation to the members of CJTH for their hard work and dedication in treating injured U.S. servicemembers, locals and coalition forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt Jeff Nevison)
8/22/2012 - Brig. Gen. Joseph Guastella, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander (right), speaks with LtCol. Robert Desverreaux, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group Emergency Department Flight commander, about CJTH’s emergency room capacities to treat wounded servicemembers, local nationals and coalition forces at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2012. Guastella toured the hospital to meet staff and learn about specialized services the hospital offers. Guastella expressed his appreciation to the members of CJTH for their hard work and dedication. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt Jeff Nevison)
8/22/2012 - Brig. Gen. Joseph Guastella, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander (Left), is greeted by SSgt Delvin Johnson, NCOIC of Medical Equipment Management Office, at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital staff at Bagram Airfield Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2012. Guastella toured the hospital to meet staff members and learn about specialized services the hospital offers. Guastella expressed his appreciation to the members of CJTH for their hard work and dedication in treating injured U.S. servicemembers, locals and coalition forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt Jeff Nevison)
8/22/2012 - Brig. Gen. Joseph Guastella, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, learns about
laboratory procedures from Capt. Katrina Blanco, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group Laboratory Flight
commander during his visit to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 21, 2012. Guastella toured the hospital to meet staff members and learn about specialized services the hospital offers. Guastella expressed his appreciation to the members of CJTH for their hard work and dedication in treating injured U.S. servicemembers, locals and coalition forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt Jeff Nevison)
8/22/2012 - Brig. Gen. Joseph Guastella, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, learns from Capt. Katrina Buxton, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group discharge planner, about patient discharge procedures during his visit to the Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2012. Guastella toured the hospital to meet staff members and learn about specialized services the hospital offers. Guastella expressed his appreciation to the members of CJTH for their hard work and dedication in treating injured U.S. servicemembers, locals and coalition forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt Jeff Nevison)
8/22/2012 - Brig. Gen. Joseph Guastella, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, discusses local patient care procedures with 1st Lt. Nicole Ducharme, 455th Expeditionary medical Group Intermediate Care Ward nurse, during his visit to the Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2012. Ducharme told the commander that locals are usually grateful to American doctors and nurses at CJTH for allowing them to stay by the side of their loved ones in the Intermediate Care Ward. She said it facilitates a sense of humanity when locals see Americans caring for their loved ones. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt Jeff Nevison)