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A soldier from the U.S. Army's 710th Combat Support Hospital looks into the ear of a patient during a medical civil action project being conducted at a school in the Khowst province of Afghanistan on July 22, 2006.

A soldier looks into the ear of a patient during a medical civil action project.

A soldier from the U.S. Army's 710th Combat Support Hospital looks into the ear of a patient during a medical civil action project being conducted at a school in the Khowst province of Afghanistan on July 22, 2006.

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