PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A local child receives her measles, mumps and rubella immunizations from an Afghan Army nurse during a medical outreach mission May 18, Zormat district, Paktya province, Afghanistan. Coalition and Afghan forces provided immunizations to more than 140 children in the few hours they were in Zormat. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Laura Goodgame, Regional Command East Public Affairs Advisory Team)

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan soldiers stamp patients hands at the entry way of a school in the Zormat district of Afghanistan’s Paktya province, where a medical outreach program was held, May 18. Afghan National Army medical soldiers from the 203rd “Thunder” Corps, and Forward Operating Base Lightning/Thunder’s Medical Embedded Training Team opened a free clinic and treated more than 350 locals, filled more than 400 prescriptions and gave 140 immunizations to children from the district. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Laura Goodgame,  Regional Command East Public Affairs Advisory Team)PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Local children and village elders line up to be treated at the free health clinic during a medical outreach mission May 18, 2010, Zormat district, Paktya province, Afghanistan. Forward Operating Base Lightning/Thunder Medical Embedded Training Team and members of the Afghan National Army opened the clinic and treated more than 350 locals, filled more than 400 prescriptions and gave 140 immunizations to children. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Laura Goodgame, Regional Command East Public Affairs Advisory Team)PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Emergency room physician U.S. Air Force Maj. Jana Kokkonen, holds a young Afghan girls hand to help her stay calm while being treated at a free day clinic during a medical outreach mission, May 18, in the Zormat district of eastern Afghanistan’s Paktya province.  Afghan National Army medical soldiers from the 203rd Thunder Corps, and Forward Operating Base Lightning/Thunder’s  Medical Embedded Training Team opened a free clinic and treated more than 350 locals, filled more than 400 prescriptions and gave 140 immunizations to children from the district. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Laura Goodgame, Regional Command East Public Affairs Advisory Team)PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan –Afghan National Army medical personnel and Forward Operating Base Lightning/Thunder Medical Embedded Training Team opened a makeshift clinic at a high school in the Zormat district, Paktya province, Afghanistan May 18. The medical team assists the local communities as often as they can when supplies are abundant. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Laura Goodgame, Regional Command East Public Affairs Advisory Team)

 

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