Bite in the fight

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- U.S. Air Force Maj. Tad Tholstrom, 380th Air Expeditionary Medical Group chief of dental services, and Senior Airman Jacob Forster, 380th EMDG dental technician, perform a routine exam for Senior Airman Dino Beharic, 380th EMDG unit deployment manager. Tholstrom and Forster, both deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., single-handedly provide dental care for several thousand deployed personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Christina M. Styer)

Medical group 'maintains' 380th AEW's primary asset

SOUTHWEST ASIA - U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Erica Holliday, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group aerospace medicine technician, checks a patient's pulse in the clinic Oct. 8, 2012. Holliday, an Aberdeen, Miss., native, is deployed from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amanda Savannah)

BEEs manage occupational health

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Colleen Silvestri, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group Bioenvironmental Engineering technician, performs environmental monitoring here Sept. 3, 2012. Silvestri, a Buffalo, N.Y., native, is deployed to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amanda Savannah)

BEEs manage occupational health

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Larry Simon, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group Bioenvironmental Engineering technician, hands out popsicles to Airmen on the flightline here Aug. 23, 2012. The BEE section here recently began a popsicle visit initiative to educate Airmen on heat-related injuries. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jared Elliott)

Poke her face

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Lt. Col. (Dr.) Darlene Smallman applies acupuncture needles to Maj. Amber Hirsch's ear April 4, 2012. Hirsch suffers from hip pain and has found acupuncture the only treatment that helps her. Smallman, a flight surgeon deployed to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing from the Pentagon, studied at the Air Force Acupuncture Center on Joint Base Andrews, Md. Hirsch is the wing judge advocate. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. J.G. Buzanowski)

Poke her face

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Lt. Col. (Dr.) Darlene Smallman applies acupuncture needles to Maj. Amber Hirsch's ear April 4, 2012. Hirsch suffers from hip pain and has found acupuncture the only treatment that helps her. Smallman, a flight surgeon deployed to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing from the Pentagon, studied at the Air Force Acupuncture Center on Joint Base Andrews, Md. Hirsch is the wing judge advocate. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. J.G. Buzanowski)