Tech. Sgt. Reginald Malone, laboratory services non-commissioned officer in charge assigned to the 27th Special Operations Healthcare Operations Squadron marks lines on a virus testing agar plate before plating the virus swab itself at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., April 12, 2021. Cannon’s lab techs’ abilities to plate and test their own virus samples greatly reduces the wait time for results, allowing the rest of the base to continue the mission without worry.

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