DOD Marrow Program
U.S. Air Force Capt. Neal Wendt, 609th Air Communications Squadron director of operations, gives a thumbs-up while standing next to the machine that is separating his stem cells during the procedure for the C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense marrow donor program at Fairfax Pathology Associates in Fairfax, Va., Nov. 7, 2012. About 30,000 children and adults are diagnosed each year with fatal blood diseases. The C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense program created a marrow donor program in which active-duty service members, National Guardsmen, Reservists, DOD employees, dependents and retirees may register to save military and civilian lives. (Courtesy photo)