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Navy Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin Havko performs a vascular arm surgery on a Palauan resident at a hospital in Koror, Palau, Jan. 3, 2024. The procedure was part of Pacific Partnership, the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

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