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Fairchild Air Force Base

Blood Drive helps overseas troops

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Tony Darosett, a phlebotomist with the Armed Services Blood Bank Center Pacific Northwest, finishes drawing blood vials from Staff Sgt. Gil Madril, 92nd Maintenance Operations Squadron maintenance training flight instructor during a blood drive here Sept. 25. Donated blood will be shipped to Iraq and Afghanistan for use by U.S. forces, and to military hospitals in the U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Larry W. Carpenter Jr.)

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Blood Drive helps overseas troops

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Staff Sgt. Gil Madril, 92nd Maintenance Operations Squadron maintenance training flight instructor, donates blood to the Armed Services Blood Bank Center Pacific Northwest at the Fitness Center here Sep. 25. The blood is gathered from anyone associated with the Department of Defense to be used in Iraq and Afghanistan by U.S. forces. Fairchild was the first stop for the blood bank center in their coverage of Eastern Washington. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Larry W. Carpenter Jr.)

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Blood Drive helps overseas troops

Published Sept. 27, 2007