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A Stearley Heights Elementary student peers through a microscope as U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Thomas Guinn, 18th Medical Support Squadron NCO in charge of shipping, rotates the slides on Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 14, 2013. Stearley Heights students conducted a science project where they grew bacteria cultures in their classroom and used the Kadena clinic's microscope to see the different types of bacteria. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Keith A. James)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Taniah Otis, 18th Medical Support Squadron section supervisor of shipping and hematology, looks through a urinalysis microscope on Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 14, 2013. Otis analyzes specimens for diagnostics testing to check for various bacteria found in the urine sample of patients. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Keith A. James)

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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Katie Vagle, 18th Medical Support Squadron core lab apprentice, runs a swab across a plate on Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 14, 2013. The plate swabbing is part of the process Vagle uses to check for strep throat in patient samples. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Keith A. James)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rowena Main, 18th Medical Support Squadron NCO in charge of microbiology, shows elementary students bacteria samples on Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 14, 2013. The students conducted a science project where they grew bacteria cultures in their classroom, with the assistance of the medical laboratory. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Keith A. James)