U.S. Air Force Maj. Jamie Swartz, an ear, nose and throat surgeon assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Medical Group, inserts a flexible laryngoscope through a patient’s nose to examine his throat and vocal cords at the Korean humanitarian Hospital on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 30, 2013. The patient was complaining of a sore throat. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade)