AFRL Bio-Signature Research
Air Force Staff Sgt. Misty Hobbs, medical technician, Air Force Research Laboratory, 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate (RH), and Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andrew Jimenez, medical technician, RH, test Wright-Patt firefighter, Aaron Chaney to determine certain stress biomarker levels after a strenuous simulated firefighter combat challenge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Training Field, Ohio, in March 2014. They are aided by Wright-Patt firefighters (left to right) Bryan Gustafson, Jacob King, fire chief, and Matt Holley. The research is being used to determine ways to manage chronic stress in first responders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dr. Regina Shia)