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Lt. Col. Loose examines a young girl at a medical clinic for children in the Ministry of Women's Health Compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 4, 2005. Loose is assigned as a physician with the Task Force Victory Surgeon Cell.

Lt. Col. Loose examines a young girl at a medical clinic for children.

Lt. Col. Loose examines a young girl at a medical clinic for children in the Ministry of Women's Health Compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 4, 2005. Loose is assigned as a physician with the Task Force Victory Surgeon Cell.

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