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U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Gayle Kostyack, a Public Health Service dental hygienist, performs an oral examination on a patient aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in support of Continuing Promise 2009 on April 27, 2009. The Comfort deployed as part of the four-month humanitarian and civic assistance mission to Latin America and the Caribbean.

Lt. Cmdr. Gayle Kostyack performs an oral examination on a patient.

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Gayle Kostyack, a Public Health Service dental hygienist, performs an oral examination on a patient aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in support of Continuing Promise 2009 on April 27, 2009. The Comfort deployed as part of the four-month humanitarian and civic assistance mission to Latin America and the Caribbean.

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