Platelets to Afghanistan
332nd Air Expeditionary Wing 
Video by Staff Sgt. Genevieve Armstrong
Date Taken: 10.21.2009
Posted: 10.23.2009 04:20
Video Location: Joint Base Balad, IQ
B-roll of Air Force and Army units working together to send excess blood platelets to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, where there is a greater need and shorter supply. Produced by Staff Sgt. Gena Armstrong. Scenes include lab technicians working with donated platelets, footage of service members donating blood, platelets being loaded onto a helicopter for shipping and sound bites of service members talking about why and how the platelets are being shipped elsewhere. Also see "Platelets to Afghanistan" in the Packages section.
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Interviewees: Lt. Col. Thomas Jordan (US), Chief, Balad Apheresis Clinic Staff Sgt. Michael Hebron (US), Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, Platelet Apheresis Master Sgt. Phillip Monk (US), Flight Chief, Laboratory Senior Airman John Perez (US), Medical Laboratory Technician
Category: B-Roll
Video ID: 71250
Filename: 0910/DOD_100055554.wmv
Size: 27.96 MB
Length: 00:05:17
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Afghanistan, Kandahar Airfield, blood platelets, Staff Sgt. Gena Armstrong
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