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In preparation of deployment to Indonesia with the Naval Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit, Ron Berard sprays uniforms with Permethrin mosquito repellant on December 30, 2004 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The unites will assist humanitarian relief efforts by providing water quality testing, bug spraying, and medical care for Tsunami survivors. .. (UPI Photo/Jennifer L. Bailey via Navy)..
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