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U.S. Air Force Maj. Scott Hughes gathers medical information from a patient with the help of Hasbi, a local interpreter in Padang, Indonesia, Oct. 10, 2009. Hughes, a doctor from the 36th Medical Group on Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, is deployed with an Air Force humanitarian assistance rapid response team to provide medical assistance to those affected by the recent earthquakes.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Scott Hughes gathers medical information from a patient with the help of Hasbi, a local interpreter in Padang, Indonesia, Oct. 10, 2009. Hughes, a doctor from the 36th Medical Group on Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, is deployed with an Air Force humanitarian assistance rapid response team to provide medical assistance to those affected by the recent earthquakes.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Scott Hughes gathers medical information from a patient with the help of Hasbi, a local interpreter in Padang, Indonesia, Oct. 10, 2009. Hughes, a doctor from the 36th Medical Group on Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, is deployed with an Air Force humanitarian assistance rapid response team to provide medical assistance to those affected by the recent earthquakes.

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