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Medical personnel currently embarked aboard USS Kearsarge examine residents of Trois Ponts Sept. 18, 2008, during a health assessment survey to determine future relief operations. Kearsarge is providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief aid to Haiti after three tropical storms and a hurricane devastated the region.

KEARSARGE MEDICS

Medical personnel currently embarked aboard USS Kearsarge examine residents of Trois Ponts Sept. 18, 2008, during a health assessment survey to determine future relief operations. Kearsarge is providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief aid to Haiti after three tropical storms and a hurricane devastated the region.

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