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Navy Lt. Cmdr. Wendy Halsey hands out soccer balls to students from a school in Balbala, Djibouti, on Nov. 20, 2006. Halsey, and other members of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, collected more than 300 soccer balls from churches, schools and organizations around the United States for donation to schools and orphanages throughout the Horn of Africa.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Wendy Halsey hands out soccer balls to students .

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Wendy Halsey hands out soccer balls to students from a school in Balbala, Djibouti, on Nov. 20, 2006. Halsey, and other members of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, collected more than 300 soccer balls from churches, schools and organizations around the United States for donation to schools and orphanages throughout the Horn of Africa.

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