Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Bouchard (left), 35, of Redlands, Calif., and Army 1st Lt. June Ciaramitaro, 26, of Fort Worth, Texas, prepare a UH-60 Black Hawk medevac helicopter for take-off on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, July 8. "We go from dead asleep to our most dangerous mode of flight in less than eight minutes, so you've got to get your 'A' game on really quickly," said Ciaramitaro. The best soldiers for the worst moments, Medevac flies day or night 625491

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