This tee-shirt represents not only several deployments but my last deployment in a war zone. I spent two tours in Afghanistan totaling almost one full year of my life. I lived at Bagram Air Base just outside of the capital city of Kabul. My home was a plywood hut with no running water. I spent a lot of time on the flightline overseeing medical evacuation operations. We ran a 24/7 operation. I worked seven days a week with no days off. When we were short of medical crews, I filled in and flew to forward operating bases to bring the patients back to Bagram Air Base for treatment. During the first tour, I made numerous site visits to Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. I met with Critical Care Teams and medical crews to work through medical evacuation issues specific to that part of the country. You learn a lot about yourself in dangerous situations. You learn to be flexible. You learn to rely on your experience and your training. You learn that you are part of a team, part of a mission bigger than yourself. Also, you learn to take life one day at a time.