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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Laurie Hale examines a patient at the Escuela Fray Casiano de Madrid medical site during Continuing Promise 2011 in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Aug. 3, 2011. The five-month humanitarian assistance mission is providing care in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Laurie Hale examines a patient at the Escuela Fray Casiano de Madrid medical site during Continuing Promise 2011 in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Aug. 3, 2011. The five-month humanitarian assistance mission is providing care in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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