Maj. Jamie Swartz, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group ear, nose and throat surgeon, examines a the cleft lip on 6-month-old Afghan girl prior to performing surgery on her in the Craig Joint Theater Hospital's operating room at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. She said this surgery was one the most memorable in her career thus far. Swartz is an otolaryngologist deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va. Maj. Jamie Swartz)

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