JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- Senior Airman Bounthai Chanthala, 779th Medical Group surgical technologist, right, assists Lt. Commander (Dr.) Ian McGuiness during a buionectomy surgery at Malcolm Grow Medical Center during National Surgical Technologist Week, sponsored by the Association for Surgical Technologists. The week observes the contribution of surgical technologists from Sept. 19 through 25. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melanie Moore)