America's North Shore Journal

Capt. Tess Mar­cial hands a toy ani­mal and can­dies to an Afghan child vis­it­ing the Pak­tya Regional Mil­i­tary Hos­pi­tal Dec. 14, 2009, at Pak­tya Province, Afghanistan. The pro­gram member's goal is to pro­vide Afghan National Secu­rity Forces fam­i­lies with med­ica­tion, pre­scrip­tions, immu­niza­tions and health edu­ca­tion. Cap­tain Mar­cial is a Logis­tics and Patient Admin­is­tra­tor. (U. S. Air Force photo/Senior Air­man Eve­lyn Chavez)