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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman David Cummings talks to an Afghan boy outside of the hospital during a dismounted patrol in Shah Joy, Afghanistan, on Nov. 21, 2011. Cummings is a medic assigned to the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team, which was conducting a key leader engagement at the hospital.

Senior Airman David Cummings talks to an Afghan boy outside of the hospital.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman David Cummings talks to an Afghan boy outside of the hospital during a dismounted patrol in Shah Joy, Afghanistan, on Nov. 21, 2011. Cummings is a medic assigned to the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team, which was conducting a key leader engagement at the hospital.

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