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US Navy LT. CMDR. Gordon Wisbach, Fleet Surgical Team 5 surgeon, San Diego, Calif., and his surgical team perform an emergency appendectomy on Fire Controlman 3rd Class Amanda Gaskin onboard the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS BOXER (LHD 4). BOXER is currently participating in a Joint Task Force Exercise off the coast of Southern Calif., as part of Expeditionary Strike Group 5.(U.S. Navy photo by LT. Michelle French) (Released)

Operating room personnel prepare to take a simulated casualty into surgery during a casualty receiving drill aboard the hospital ship USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20). The COMFORT is in the gulf in support of Operation Desert Shield

Capt. Aaron Cohenour, with help from dental assistant

Medical personnel with the Balkan Medical Task Force

Medical teams with the 321st Expeditionary Medical

Members of the 555th Forward Surgical Team prepare

Medical personnel from the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC) USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) and Operation Smile, perform cleft lip surgery on a patient aboard the MERCY during the ship's humanitarian and civic assistance visit at Chittagong, Bangladesh (BGD). The MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment in Southeast Asia. Its mission is being carried out in close coordination and partnership with local medical care professionals and civilian volunteers from Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere), Operation Smile and other organizations. Some of the civilian volunteers include anesthesiologists, nurses, and doctors from the US, Austraila and Canada

U.S. Air Force Maj. Michael Rawlins, back left, 60th

U.S. Air Force Major Noris Jackson (right) assists

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U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Clay Moeller (background), Surgical Technician, assists MAJ. Lance Smith and COL. Richard Gonzalez during surgery on a local national who was shot in the thigh with an AK-47 assault rifle at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2004, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Jorge (foreground, left), assists COL. Richard Gonzalez, Medical Doctor, with his surgical attire as they prepare for surgery on a local national who was shot in the thigh with an AK-47 assault rifle at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2004, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Clay Moeller (right), Surgical Technician, MAJ. Lance Smith and COL. Richard Gonzalez realign a broken thighbone during surgery on a local national who was shot in the thigh with an AK-47 assault rifle at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2004, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

U.S. Army SPEC. Richard Crane (right), Surgical Technician, and STAFF SGT. Jorge Solis, both from 325th Field Surgical Team, prepares a local national who was shot in the thigh with an AK-47 assault rifle for surgery at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2004, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

U.S. Army MAJ. Lance Smith (left) assists COL. Richard Gonzalez during surgery on a local national who was shot in the thigh with an AK-47 assault rifle at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2004, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

U.S. Army COL. Richard Gonzalez, 325th Field Surgical Team, cuts tissue away from a broken thighbone during surgery on a local national who was shot in the thigh with an AK-47 assault rifle at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2004, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

U.S. Army MAJ. Lance Smith (left) assists COL. Richard Gonzalez during surgery on a local national who was shot in the thigh with an AK-47 assault rifle at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2004, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

U.S. Army COL. Richard Gonzalez, 325th Field Surgical Team, cuts tissue away from a broken thighbone during surgery on a local national who was shot in the thigh with an AK-47 assault rifle at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2004, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

U.S. Army COL. Richard Gonzalez, 325th Field Surgical Team, cuts tissue away from a broken thighbone during surgery on a local national who was shot in the thigh with an AK-47 assault rifle at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2004, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Clay Moeller (left), Surgical Technician, assists MAJ. Lance Smith and COL. Richard Gonzalez during surgery on a local national who was shot in the thigh with an AK-47 assault rifle at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2004, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

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Base: Kandahar Airfield

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Camera Operator: SSG Joseph P. Collins, Jr., USA

Release Status: Released to Public

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U.S. Army Chaplain Avrohom Horovitz (right) holds the Torah as he prays during Yom Kippur Services at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 24, 2004, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Mitchell Baylor (left) and AIRMAN Clay Riley, 1ST Civil Engineering Squadron, Langley AFB, Virginia measure and set up concertina wire in the contonment area during the 1ST Fighter Wing's Operation Readiness Inspection

A member of the Iraqi National Guard, using an AK-47 rifle, practices detaining U.S Marine Corps Marine CPL. Rodirguez from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, during a vehicle check point training at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)

A sergeant from the 436th Security Police Squadron (436th SPS) rests his M-16A1 rifle on his thigh as he pauses during a patrol. Members of the 436th SPS were flown in from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to participate in Exercise Creek Warrior '88

[Assignment: 48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_SCA_50th] Events [at Main Interior and surrounding area marking] 50th anniversary of the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and its National Park Service partnership, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, [National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Deputy Director Lyndi Harvey, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, U.S. Geological Survey Director Mark Myers, Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, and SCA founder Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam among the dignitaries joining more than 500 student environmental leaders from around the nation.] [48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_SCA_50th_IOD_4376.JPG]

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Wesley Harris, general surgeon,

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Firefighters Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Aircraft Handler) Second Class (ABH2) Michael Gonyea, ABHC Rodney Smith and ABH3 Alfred Gonzalez man hoses to fight a fire in the housing office warehouse, Bldg. 590, which holds loaner furniture

Rear Admiral (lower half) Robert L. Moeller, USN (covered)

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Emmitt Adkins, prone position, shows the proper way to fire the Minimi weapon to soldiers from the El Salvador army Parachute Battalion during a small unit familiarization program platoon exchange in San Salvador, El Salvador, May 1, 2006. The Minimi is the Belgian version of the M249 Squad Assault Weapon. Adkins is from 1ST Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. (U.S. Army photo by Kaye Richey) (Released)

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