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Treatment here in germany. now we are about to make a nine-hour flight back to the united states, finally, they are getting back home. >> you remember the other guy we put the antibiotics on -- >> reporter: air force medical teams tend to every need on the final leg of the journey home. captain chris watkins, a nurse, has worked evac flights for seven years. he sees the rising number of wounded firsthand. >> unfortunately, its a lot of blast injuries. we have a lot of amputations and a lot of si...

Small arms fire, gunshot wounds. they have gotten their initial treatment here in germany. now we are about to make a nine-hour flight back to the united states, finally, they are getting back home. >> you remember the other guy we put the antibiotics on -- >> reporter: air force medical teams tend to every need on the final leg of the journey home. captain chris watkins, a nurse, has worked evac flights for seven years. he sees the rising number of wounded firsthand. >> unfortunately, its a lot...

Explosion, mortars, artillery, small-arms fire, gunshot wounds. they have gotten their initial treatment here in germany. now we are about to make a nine-hour flight back to the united states. finally, they are getting back home. >> remember the other guy with the about botantibiotics? >> reporter: air force on the final journey home. captain chris watkins, a nurse, has worked evac flights for seven years. he sees the rising number of wounded first hand. >> unfortunately a lot of blast injuries,...

Afghanistan. these troops have all suffered injuries from ied, roadside bomb explosions, mortars, artillery, small arms fire, gunshot wounds. they have gotten their initial treatment here in this germany. now we are about to make a nine-hour flight back to the united states. finally, they are getting back home. >> remember the other guys we put the antibiotics on? >> air force medical teams tend to every need on the final leg of the journey home. captain chris watkins, a nurse, has worked evac f...

>> this is what its really all about. you can see the plane now is full of the combat wounded from afghanistan. these troops have all suffered injuries from ied, roadside bomb explosions. mortars, artillery, small arms fire, gunshot wounds. they have gotten their initial treatment here in germany. now were about to make a flight back to the united states. finally theyre getting back home. >> captain chris watkins has worked evac flights for seven years. he sees the rising number of wounded first...

Afghanistan. these troops have all suffered injuries from ied, roadside bomb explosions. mortars, artillery. small arms fire. gunshot wounds. they have gotten their initial treatment here in germany. now we are about to make a nine-hour flight back to the united states. finally, they are getting back home. >> remember that other guy that we put the antibiotics on? >> reporter: air force medical teams tend to every need on the final leg of the journey home. captain chris watkins, a nurse, has wor...

Afghanistan. these troops have all suffered injuries from ied, roadside bomb explosions, mortars, artillery, small arms fire, gunshot wounds -- they have gotten their initial treatment here in germany, and now, we are about to make a nine-hour flight back to the united states, finally, they are getting back home. >> remember that other guy that we took the antibiotics on -- >> reporter: the air force medical teams tend to every need on the final leg of the journey home. captain chris watkins, a ...