U.S. Air Force Maj. Jamie Swartz, an ear nose and throat surgeon deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va., and her assistant, Staff Sgt. Robyn Wilcox, remove ear wax and examine an eight-year-old patient’s ear for an infection during a follow-up appointment at the Korean humanitarian Hospital on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 30, 2013. The boy recently had a surgery performed on his ear to remove an infection from the middle ear. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade/Released)