In a multi-nation, multi-service mission Kandahar Province military forces joined to provide medical and humanitarian support that assisted over 300 local residents, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 21, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Vanessa R. Bowman


An Afghan National Army security force servicemember takes a break in the shade during a multi-nation, multi-service mission that Kandahar Province military forces combined to provide medical and humanitarian support that assisted over 300 local residents in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 21, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Vanessa R. Bowman


Children fly kites they received during a multi-nation, multi-service mission that Kandahar Province military forces combined to provide medical and humanitarian support in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 21, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Vanessa R. Bowman


Patients seeking medical treatment form a line during a multi-nation, multi-service mission in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 21, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Vanessa R. Bowman


Children fly kites and play with toys they received during a multi-nation, multi-service mission that Kandahar Province military forces combined to provide medical and humanitarian support that assisted over 300 local residents in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 21, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Vanessa R. Bowman


Children fly kites they received during a multi-nation, multi-service mission that Kandahar Province military forces combined to provide medical and humanitarian in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 21, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Vanessa R. Bowman



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1794 - Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary/avocat, guillotined

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