Col. James Knowles, at podium, 376th Expeditionary Medical Group commander, speaks during a medical equipment dedication ceremony at the Kyrgyz Republic Ministry of Health National Hospital, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 18, 2014. The ceremony formally dedicated $351,000 in medical equipment distributed to seven Ministry of Health facilities in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The Transit Center at Manas facilitated the purchase and transfer of seven ventilators, four anesthesia machines and four oxygen generators from the Transit Center to the Kyrgyz Republic Ministry of Health. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ross Alexander Whitley)