Tomeka Franklin inserts the needle into the arm of Staff Sgt. Ray Green during an American Red Cross blood drive held in the Home Station Check hangar Jan. 23. Thirty-four Team Charleston members participated in the blood drive to donate a total of thirty-eight pints of red cell blood and whole blood. Mrs. Franklin is a certified medical assistant with the ARC and Sergeant Green is assigned to the 437th Operations Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marie Cassetty)

Tomeka Franklin locates Staff Sgt. Ray Green?s vein prior to drawing his blood during an American Red Cross blood drive held in the Home Station Check hangar Jan. 23. Thirty-four Team Charleston members participated in the blood drive to donate a total of thirty-eight pints of red cell blood and whole blood. Mrs. Franklin is a certified medical assistant with the ARC and Sergeant Green is assigned to the 437th Operations Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marie Cassetty)