Staff Sgt. Chantel Thibeaux, Joint Base-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, dental assistant instructor, stands up for the first time after double mastectomy surgery. Thibeaux, 27, was one of the youngest breast cancer patients at the San Antonio Medical Center to have double mastectomy surgery.

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