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An Afghan boy receives medical attention from U.S. Navy Lt. Michelle Lynch, a flight surgeon with Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan Headquarters Group, during a village medical outreach in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Feb. 4, 2010. Medical personnel from Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan are working with joint military forces to provide medical assistance to civilians and create goodwill between Afghans and coalition forces.

An Afghan boy receives medical attention from U.S. Navy Lt. Michelle Lynch.

An Afghan boy receives medical attention from U.S. Navy Lt. Michelle Lynch, a flight surgeon with Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan Headquarters Group, during a village medical outreach in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Feb. 4, 2010. Medical personnel from Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan are working with joint military forces to provide medical assistance to civilians and create goodwill between Afghans and coalition forces.

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