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A giant C-17 Globemaster landed and then taxied toward the waiting vehicles. It's precious cargo, still secure inside. Three days a week wounded servicemembers and civilian contractors who were injured while overseas, are brought to Scott Air Force Base. It's the job of aeromedical transportation crews to bring wounded, injured and sick servicemembers back from overseas. The planes stop at three 'hub' Air Force bases in the U.S. where some of the patients are moved with loving care, onto other planes for flights to their homes or permanent duty stations. Scott AFB is one of three hubs. Some stay on the C-17 to the next destination and some are taken for an overnight stay to Scott's medical clinic, called an aeromedical staging facility. The first thing you notice about this large and coordinated operation is the care given to the patients. It's obvious that crew member do seem them as precious. The second thing that really amazes you is the work put into making sure Scott AFB's facility does NOT look like a hospital. Rooms are painted and decorated with different themes and all are equipped with dvd players and X-Box videogame systems. (ask them sometime about the 'Texas' room and its rootin' and tootin' decor) Store rooms are stuffed with donated clothes, quilts, toiletries and snacks of every kind. When we were visiting, staff went on a food run to bring back White Castle burgers for one soldier and a large shake for another who had broken his jaw and had it wired shut. When the wounded arrive at Scott AFB, there are no interservice rivalries, just one big family working together to make sure America's sons and daughters who have been serving in harms way are safe, well cared for and loved.