Maj. Ivan Acosta and Master Sgt. Kimyetta Yarborough,
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Maj. Ivan Acosta and Master Sgt. Kimyetta Yarborough, assigned to the medical detachment aboard High Speed Vessel Swift, hold a patient in place before he is fitted for a wheelchair by Lindsey Christian and Andrea Stindt, physical therapy graduate students from California State University at Northridge. The medical group from Swift worked with the students from Northridge at Hope Haven Guatemala to provide customized wheelchairs to children and assistance to those patients who have physical and mental disabilities such as scoliosis and cerebral palsy. The subject matter exchange was part of HSV-Southern Partnership Station 2012. HSV-SPS is an annual deployment to build partnerships in the Caribbean and Latin America.
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