Air Force Capt. Melanie Gates, left, Capt. Nick McKenzie, and Capt. Richard Thorsted, all who are Special Operations Command Forward Northwest Africa ground surgical team members, gather for a photo at Nigerien Air Base 101, Niamey, Niger, on June 21, 2018. The three doctors recently finished medical school and are serving their first deployment. They are deployed from Travis Air Force Base, California.

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