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CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq ? The en route care nurses of 1st Force Service Support Group (Forward)?s Surgical Shock Trauma Platoon pose in front of a CH-46 ?Sea Knight? helicopter here. From left to right the nurses are Ensign Cheryl Niega, Lt. Cmdr. Susan M. Pennebecker, Ensign Virginia Hinrichs and Ensign Kelly J. Bowman. The nurses frequently risk their lives to provide quality medical care and ensure the stability of wounded Marines and other patients during transport from the SSTP to higher-echelon care. First FSSG (Fwd) passed the reigns of the program to 2d FSSG (Fwd) recently when they assumed operational responsibilities in a routine rotation of forces throughout Iraq. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan B. Busse)