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U.S. Navy Seaman Lyric Peterson helps a child practice dental hygiene on a toy dinosaur during a Pacific Partnership 2015 community health engagement at a clinic in Arawa, Papua New Guinea, June 29, 2015. Medical personnel from the hospital ship USNS Mercy visited the clinic to provide residents with medical services and information.

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U.S. Navy Seaman Lyric Peterson helps a child practice dental hygiene on a toy dinosaur during a Pacific Partnership 2015 community health engagement at a clinic in Arawa, Papua New Guinea, June 29, 2015. Medical personnel from the hospital ship USNS Mercy visited the clinic to provide residents with medical services and information.

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