Army Maj. Laron Cotton, a dentist with the 185th Dental Company, from Orange County, Calif., numbs a patient’s mouth prior to performing a tooth extraction in Melchor De Mencos, Guatemala, June 11, 2021. Cotton is one of two dentists participating in Resolute Sentinel 21, an exercise that provides medical care to selected partner nations in order to promote a healthier population as well as provide critical training to military medical personnel.

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