CAPITAL SHIELD tests skills against man-made, natural disasters

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Airmen assist each other with putting on their decontamination suits properly during exercise CAPITAL SHIELD 2007 on Oct. 23. (US Air Force/SSgt Suzanne Day)

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Airmen assist each other with putting on their decontamination suits properly during exercise CAPITAL SHIELD 2007 on Oct. 23. (US Air Force/SSgt Suzanne Day)

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Capt. Tanya Peck gives direction to Staff Sgt. Sonja Parks, while participating in exercise CAPITAL SHIELD 2007 on Oct. 23. Both are assigned to the 79th Medical Group. (US Air Force/SSgt Suzanne Day)

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Tech. Sgt. Paul Yetsook, 316th Security Forces Squadron, performs security while participating in exercise CAPITAL SHIELD 2007 on Oct. 23. (US Air Force/SSgt Suzanne Day)

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Airmen from the 79th Medical Group decontaminate patients during the mass casualty exercise during CAPITAL SHIELD 2007 on Oct. 23. (US Air Force/SSgt Suzanne Day)

Airmen from the 79th Medical Group assist eachother with their decontamination suits following the mass casualty exercise during exercise CAPITAL SHIELD 2007. (US Air Force/SSgt Suzanne Day)

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Airmen from the 79th Medical Group assist eachother with their decontamination suits following the mass casualty exercise during exercise CAPITAL SHIELD 2007. (US Air Force/SSgt Suzanne Day)

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Doctors and medical technicians from the 79th Medical Group, assist patients from the mass casualty exercise during CAPITAL SHIELD 2007. (US Air Force/SSgt Suzanne Day)