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Providing Comfort and Care

An Air Force Reserve flight nurse stays by the side of a servicemember as he is transported to a higher level of care.

Providing Comfort and Care
Air Force Reserve

An Air Force Reserve flight nurse stays by the side of a servicemember as he is transported to a higher level of care in Travis Air Force Base in California.

The Air Force Reserve welcomes nursing professionals. Nurses can join the Air Force Reserve as commissioned officers, and they can choose from a variety of nursing career paths, including critical care nurses and CASF (Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility) nurses.

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