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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alexander Balock and a Chilean surgical technician reach for instruments during the first surgery at the expeditionary medical hospital in Angol, Chile, March 15, 2010. Balock is a surgical technician assigned to the 81st Medical Surgical Squadron on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. With the nearest operation ward more than 40 miles away, and many other local hospitals overwhelmed with casualties following the earthquake, local Chilean officials requested assistance.

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alexander Balock and a Chilean surgical technician reach for instruments during the first surgery at the expeditionary medical hospital in Angol, Chile, March 15, 2010. Balock is a surgical technician assigned to the 81st Medical Surgical Squadron on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. With the nearest operation ward more than 40 miles away, and many other local hospitals overwhelmed with casualties following the earthquake, local Chilean officials requested assistance.

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