Airman 1st Class Kristen Lowder, a medical laboratory technician assigned to the 28th Medical Support Squadron, finishes packaging a shipment of lab samples at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Nov. 7, 2016. When a patient’s samples require more advanced tests, they are packaged and shipped to either local area clinics or Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Denise M. Jenson)