U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Peter Chin, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, speaks with (from right to left) Senior Col. Xiaoli Tian, head delegate, Senior Col. Yan-Lan Ma, and Senior Col. Zhang Ling-Juan, Peoples Republic of China delegates from the Nursing Department, Changhai Hospital, Second Military University, Shanghai, China, during the Asia Pacific Military Nursing Exchange, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Aug 10, 2012. The APMNE provides a unique opportunity for U.S. military nursing leaders to engage with senior military nursing colleagues in the Asia-Pacific region on issues of mutual interest, such as infection control, military nursing practices, nursing roles in stability operations, disaster preparedness/response, aeromedical evacuation, international clinical research, evidence-based practice, nursing education and career development. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)