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U.S. Army surgeons, nurses and medics tend to a wounded Afghan national policeman on Forward Operating Base Farah in Farah City, Afghanistan, Nov. 20, 2012. The surgeons, nurses and medics are assigned to the 541st Forward Surgical Team and Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, which has a mission to train, advise and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district and provincial levels in the province.

U.S. Army surgeons, nurses and medics tend to a wounded Afghan national policeman on Forward Operating Base Farah in Farah City, Afghanistan, Nov. 20, 2012. The surgeons, nurses and medics are assigned to the 541st Forward Surgical Team and Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, which has a mission to train, advise and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district and provincial levels in the province.

U.S. Army surgeons, nurses and medics tend to a wounded Afghan national policeman on Forward Operating Base Farah in Farah City, Afghanistan, Nov. 20, 2012. The surgeons, nurses and medics are assigned to the 541st Forward Surgical Team and Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, which has a mission to train, advise and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district and provincial levels in the province.

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