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Maj. Stephen Boden, a pediatrician from the 52nd Medical Group, Spangdahlem AB, Germany, does what it takes to get a young patient to open wide at the Tampiong Clinic in Tamale, Ghana. Major Boden is one of more than 50 United States Air Forces in Europe personnel deployed to the West African city for Med Flag 2006, a 10-day exercise. US military personnel are working with their African military counterparts by staging medical operations in the countries of Benin, Senegal, Nigeria, and Ghana. The Tamale mission includes medical field clinics in the remote city of Tampiong and one at the edge of Tamale. At both sites, local residents can see an optometrist, dentist, pediatrician or family care physician. (Photo by TSgt Pamela Anderson)

Maryland ANG Deployment

Airman 1st Class Jocelyn Campbell of the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, tests the eyeglasses prescription of a Bosnian woman in a medical clinic set up in a schoolhouse in Skugric, Bosnia. Airman Campbell is participating in a joint force humanitarian effort to supply medical treatment to the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Photo by Spec. Loni Kingston)

Maryland ANG Deployment

Master Sgt. Monika Russo and Staff Sgt. Lisa Miller of the Maryland Air Guard's 175th Wing, teach a class on basic oral hygiene and distributes tooth brushes and toothpaste to the local children outside a makeshift clinic set up in the community center in Banovici, Bosnia. The pair are part of a joint force humanitarian effort to provide basic medical attention to residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photos by Spec. Loni Kingston

Maryland ANG Deployment

Maryland Air National Guard Maj. Charlotte Radu assists Col. Stan Minken of the Maryland Defense Force as he sutures a patient's wound in a makeshift clinic set up outside a community center in Banovici, Bosnia. Major Radu and Colonel Minken, both with the Maryland Guard's 175th Wing, are in Bosnia as part of a joint forces effort to bring basic medical attention to the people of Bosnia. (Photo by Spec. Loni Kingston)

Maryland ANG Deployment

Col. Stan Minken, a doctor attached to the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, removes a patient's ingrown toenail during a medical procedure at a school in `Skugric, Bosnia. The colonel is participating in a joint force humanitarian effort providing basic medical care to residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Photo by Spec. Loni Kingston)

ANG Bosnia Deployment

Maj. Betsey Lefebvre, a dentist attached to the 175th Wing of the Maryland Air National Guard, prepares to extract a tooth from a young child. Major Lefebvre is part of a medical team working in a makeshift clinic set up in a school in the town of Skugric, Bosnia, as part of a humanitarian effort to supply basic medical needs to residents of that country. (Photo by Spec. Loni Kingston)