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U.S. Army Sgt. Catherine Olivarez takes a boy's temperature during a medical civil action project in Goubetto, Djibouti, on March 30, 2008. Navy and Marine Corps medical teams from the USS Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group joined with their Army counterparts from the 354th Civil Affairs Brigade to kick off the six-day project.

Sgt. Catherine Olivarez takes a boy's temperature.

U.S. Army Sgt. Catherine Olivarez takes a boy's temperature during a medical civil action project in Goubetto, Djibouti, on March 30, 2008. Navy and Marine Corps medical teams from the USS Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group joined with their Army counterparts from the 354th Civil Affairs Brigade to kick off the six-day project.

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