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U.S. Navy Lt. Chad Tidd plays with plays with young patients in the children's ward at Hospital Likas in Sepangar, Malaysia, March 1, 2011. Tidd is from the 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge and is participating in a community service project.

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U.S. Navy Lt. Chad Tidd plays with plays with young patients in the children's ward at Hospital Likas in Sepangar, Malaysia, March 1, 2011. Tidd is from the 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge and is participating in a community service project.

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