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U.S. servicemembers assigned to the the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort carry bags of rocks into the rainforest to help build a dam that will provide clean water for the Embera tribe in the Colon province of Panama, June 2, 2009. Panama is the fourth stop in Operation Continuing Promise 2009.

DAM DUTY

U.S. servicemembers assigned to the the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort carry bags of rocks into the rainforest to help build a dam that will provide clean water for the Embera tribe in the Colon province of Panama, June 2, 2009. Panama is the fourth stop in Operation Continuing Promise 2009.

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