Surgeon General of the North Carolina Air National Guard Col. Jill Hendra checks lessons learned with student nurses at Operation Appalachian Care at Bryson City, N.C., June 4, 2014. The community outreach mission partners military medical professionals with community organizations to provide care in western North Carolina. “We get our skills from working with patients with serious problems, and the community gets support they would not get otherwise,” said Air Force Maj. Dean Chapman, a clinical nurse with the North Carolina Air National Guard.