Petty Officer 2nd Class Nashon Stark, a hospital corpsman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, checks the vital signs of Azerha, a 4-year-old Afghan girl who suffered a shrapnel wound after an improvised exposive device detonated near her home Feb. 10. Azerha's brother, Quassiam, brought her for medical treatment to the Marine encampment at the Five Points intersection, a key junction of roads between Marjah and Nawa. Azerha was flown to a medical trauma facility and is expected to make a full recovery. Navy Corpsmen Save Injured Afghan Girl in Marjah DVIDS251131

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