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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Florence Pacrem places a patient identification bracelet on a child aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort anchored off the coast of Paita, Peru, May 2, 2011. Pacrem is a hospital corpsman. The event is part of Continuing Promise, an annual five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

COMFORT BRACELET

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Florence Pacrem places a patient identification bracelet on a child aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort anchored off the coast of Paita, Peru, May 2, 2011. Pacrem is a hospital corpsman. The event is part of Continuing Promise, an annual five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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