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Once on location, the team can set up to operate within 15 minutes of arrival. “In the past, you had to (forward) deploy an entire 25-bed air transportable hospital, said Lt. Col. (Dr.) Tyler Harris, a 379th Expeditionary Medical Group orthopedic surgeon.

That meant flying in more than 60 pallets of equipment, which took three C-17 Globemaster III transports. That was a slow process, the doctor said.

“But the MFST can be delivered on a single pallet in 24 to 48 hours,” he said.

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