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A French military instructor pins a survival badge on U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Gwendolyn Collver from Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa in Sida, Djibouti, Nov. 13, 2007, upon her completion of a desert survival course.

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A French military instructor pins a survival badge on U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Gwendolyn Collver from Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa in Sida, Djibouti, Nov. 13, 2007, upon her completion of a desert survival course.

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