Staff Sgt. Luis Gomez, a 509th Medical Operations Squadron medical technician, sits in front of medical equipment May 6, 2020, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. May 6 through May 12 is National Nurses and Medical Technicians Week. Nurses and medical technicians work behind the scenes ordering and renewing medicine, reading and communicating test results, and relaying and providing health information and education to patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Barley)