$MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Guillermo Tellez, 35th Medical Group commander, says goodbye to Maurer Bruno, Swiss Search and Rescue team volunteer, on the flightline Mar. 21. Bruno has been supporting search and recovery efforts for ten days before he was medically evacuated due to an emergency surgery that was performed at the Hachinohe medical center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)$

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Guillermo Tellez, 35th Medical Group commander, says goodbye to Maurer Bruno, Swiss Search and Rescue team volunteer, on the flightline Mar. 21. Bruno has been supporting search and recovery efforts for ten days before he was medically evacuated due to an emergency surgery that was performed at the Hachinohe medical center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

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$MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Hachinohe Fire Department workers load supplies donated by the Swiss medical facilities Mar. 21. Supplies were donated to help with resupplying the Hachinohe hospitals to aid victims affected by the tsunami that hit the area Mar. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)$

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Hachinohe Fire Department workers load supplies donated by the Swiss medical facilities Mar. 21. Supplies were donated to help with resupplying the Hachinohe hospitals to aid victims affected by the tsunami that hit the area Mar. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

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$MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- A Swiss Air-Ambulance prepares for departure Mar. 21. The Swiss Air-Ambulance is an ambulance with wings used for international patient transports available for flights worldwide within just a few hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)$

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- A Swiss Air-Ambulance prepares for departure Mar. 21. The Swiss Air-Ambulance is an ambulance with wings used for international patient transports available for flights worldwide within just a few hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

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$MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Maurer Bruno, a Swiss Disaster Dog Association volunteer, waits patiently to board the plane to Switzerland, after his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center on Mar. 21. Bruno was helping out for ten days with the recovery efforts in northern Japan prior to his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla\Released)$

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Maurer Bruno, a Swiss Disaster Dog Association volunteer, waits patiently to board the plane to Switzerland, after his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center on Mar. 21. Bruno was helping out for ten days with the recovery efforts in northern Japan prior to his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla\Released)

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$MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 35th Security forces escort a Hachinohe ambulance onto the base flightline Mar. 21 to allow the transport of Maurer Bruno, a volunteer Swiss Disaster Dog Association member, back to Switzerland. Bruno was helping out for ten days with the recovery efforts in northern Japan prior to his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla\Released)$

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 35th Security forces escort a Hachinohe ambulance onto the base flightline Mar. 21 to allow the transport of Maurer Bruno, a volunteer Swiss Disaster Dog Association member, back to Switzerland. Bruno was helping out for ten days with the recovery efforts in northern Japan prior to his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla\Released)

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$MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Nurses from Switzerland's Air-Ambulance assists with the transfer of Maurer Bruno from the vehicle to the plane after his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center. Bruno was helping out for ten days with the recovery efforts in northern Japan prior to his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla\Released)$

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Nurses from Switzerland's Air-Ambulance assists with the transfer of Maurer Bruno from the vehicle to the plane after his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center. Bruno was helping out for ten days with the recovery efforts in northern Japan prior to his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla\Released)

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$MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Guillermo Tellez, 35th Medical Group commander, says goodbye to Mr. Maurer Bruno, Swiss Search and Rescue and Nurse Karin Stegemann, prior to the medical evacuation Mar. 21. Bruno was helping out for ten days with the recovery efforts in northern Japan prior to his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla\Released)$

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Guillermo Tellez, 35th Medical Group commander, says goodbye to Mr. Maurer Bruno, Swiss Search and Rescue and Nurse Karin Stegemann, prior to the medical evacuation Mar. 21. Bruno was helping out for ten days with the recovery efforts in northern Japan prior to his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla\Released)

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Published March 22, 2011