Staff Sgt. Ryan Eands, a surveillance technician with the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, holds a squishy stress ball during a platelet donation, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, March 4. Eands has made nine donations during his deployment. The procedure takes approximately one and a half to two hours and the donor receives back most of their blood. Sergeant Eands is deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and is a native of Denver, Colo.
Master Sgt. Linda Miller
Taken on 4 March 2010
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