Airman 1st Class Kristen Lowder, a medical laboratory technician assigned to the 28th Medical Support Squadron, prepares blood samples for shipment at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Nov. 7, 2016. Once the samples have gone through the centrifuge and separated, they are then poured into separate containers to be shipped to other clinics in the local area or Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio wide for further testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Denise M. Jenson)