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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Davis, right, assists Capt. Thomas Davis, a ship's surgeon aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt, as he prepares an anesthetic for injection before performing surgery on a patient while under way in the Gulf of Oman, Jan. 29, 2009, . The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are on deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

ANESTHETIC INJECTION

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Davis, right, assists Capt. Thomas Davis, a ship's surgeon aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt, as he prepares an anesthetic for injection before performing surgery on a patient while under way in the Gulf of Oman, Jan. 29, 2009, . The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are on deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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