From left, Air Force Lt. Cols. Richard Degrosa, an emergency room doctor, and Gerald Fortuna, a trauma surgeon, both with the 86th Medical Group, perform a simulated exploratory laparotomy in-flight surgery aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during the Joint Readiness Training Center 14-03 field training exercise at Fort Polk, La., Jan. 17, 2014. The exercise provides military units and personnel with realistic pre-deployment training scenarios in all aspects of armed conflict. Tech. Sgt. Matthew Smith

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