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Gift of Life

U.S. Army Spc. Lauren O'Neal prepares to receive platelets from Army Spc. Samantha Criscio at Craig Joint Theater Hospital on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 31, 2015. In order to extract platelets, a critical life-saving blood component, apheresis machines are used to draw blood and return the unused portions to the donor. O'Neal is a medical laboratory technician assigned to the 153rd Blood Support Detachment. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys

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