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U.S. service members assigned to Joint Task Force 505 prepare to board a flight at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 19, 2015. JTF 505, along with other multinational forces and relief organizations, are in Nepal providing humanitarian assistance after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck the country on April 25, followed by a magnitude-7.3 earthquake on May 12.

U.S. service members assigned to Joint Task Force 505 prepare to board a flight at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 19, 2015. JTF 505, along with other multinational forces and relief organizations, are in Nepal providing humanitarian assistance after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck the country on April 25, followed by a magnitude-7.3 earthquake on May 12.

U.S. service members assigned to Joint Task Force 505 prepare to board a flight at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 19, 2015. JTF 505, along with other multinational forces and relief organizations, are in Nepal providing humanitarian assistance after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck the country on April 25, followed by a magnitude-7.3 earthquake on May 12.

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