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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Will Morales (right) and Senior Airman Brandon Krantz, both loadmasters from the Maryland Air National Guard, help Peruvian aid workers unload blankets from a C-130 Hercules aircraft in Pisco, Peru, on Aug. 18, 2007. In addition to transporting the relief supplies, the Department of Defense has deployed a 30-person mobile surgical team from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, and a 14-person U.S. Air Force medical team from Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, to Peru to provide aid to victims of the 8.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Western Peru on Aug. 15th.† U.S. Southern Command has purchased $50,000 in medical supplies that will be donated to Peruvian Ministry of Health officials.

Tech. Sgt. Will Morales and Senior Airman Brandon Krantz help Peruvian aid workers unload blankets.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Will Morales (right) and Senior Airman Brandon Krantz, both loadmasters from the Maryland Air National Guard, help Peruvian aid workers unload blankets from a C-130 Hercules aircraft in Pisco, Peru, on Aug. 18, 2007. In addition to transporting the relief supplies, the Department of Defense has deployed a 30-person mobile surgical team from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, and a 14-person U.S. Air Force medical team from Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, to Peru to provide aid to victims of the 8.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Western Peru on Aug. 15th.† U.S. Southern Command has purchased $50,000 in medical supplies that will be donated to Peruvian Ministry of Health officials.

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