SOST members earn Bronze Star Medals

Lt. Col. Ben Mitchell, 720th Operations Support Squadron emergency room doctor and Special Operations Surgical Team leader, salutes Lt. Col. Eli Mitchell, 720th OSS commander, during a ceremony at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Feb. 13, 2018. Five members of a SOST were awarded the Bronze Star Medal for their actions while deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. SOSTs are highly-mobile, tailorable teams of surgical and emergency specialists trained to provide life-saving surgical care and trauma resuscitation on or near the battlefield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Victor J. Caputo)

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