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U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Melissa Buryk examines a patient at a medical site in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, May 22, 2015, during Continuing Promise 2015. Buryk is a pediatrician assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va. Continuing Promise is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored deployment to conduct civil-military operations and show U.S. support and commitment to Central and South America and the Caribbean.

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Melissa Buryk examines a patient at a medical site in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, May 22, 2015, during Continuing Promise 2015. Buryk is a pediatrician assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va. Continuing Promise is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored deployment to conduct civil-military operations and show U.S. support and commitment to Central and South America and the Caribbean.

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Melissa Buryk examines a patient at a medical site in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, May 22, 2015, during Continuing Promise 2015. Buryk is a pediatrician assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va. Continuing Promise is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored deployment to conduct civil-military operations and show U.S. support and commitment to Central and South America and the Caribbean.

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