Captains Roderick Reid, center, and Carol Nicholson, flight nurses from the 775th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight, fold an American flag on a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft Sunday June 20, 2010 at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., as Staff Sgt. Brittany Zavala, an 775th EAES aeromedical evacuation technician watches, during the weekly Integrated Continental United States Medical Operations Plan mission or ICMOP mission as it’s known by it’s acronym. Capt Nicholson, a dual qualified flight nurse for the Canadian and U.S. air forces participating in an exchange program, says the flag belongs to her and she always flies it during the ICMOP. “It means a lot to me to fly the flag and brings a tear to my eye to see it flying over the cargo area when there are wounded Americans on-board.” The mission picks up war wounded and other patients at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, and returns them to their homes throughout the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rick Sforza/RELEASED)
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