U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Gray Ramirez, 18th Dental Squadron dental laboratory technician, dons personal protective equipment during a patient decontamination training exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 23, 2026. The two-and-a-half-day course certified 20 medical personnel to safely treat casualties exposed to chemical, biological or radiological contaminants before they reach the medical treatment facility. 

Kadena Air Base

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