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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Russell Kies uses a stethoscope to evaluate a young girl as her mother holds her during a medical readiness training exercise as part of New Horizons-Nicaragua 2007 in Diriamba, Nicaragua, March 10, 2007.

MEDICAL READINESS

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Russell Kies uses a stethoscope to evaluate a young girl as her mother holds her during a medical readiness training exercise as part of New Horizons-Nicaragua 2007 in Diriamba, Nicaragua, March 10, 2007.

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