US Navy 080103-N-7415V-002 U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Frank Grassi, right, assigned to the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan checks on a patient three days after an Afghan doctor performed a Pericadio Centesis procedure

KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 3, 2008) U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Frank Grassi, right, assigned to the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan checks on a patient three days after an Afghan doctor performed a Pericadio Centesis procedure on her. It was the first time a pericardio centesis had ever been done at the National Military Hospital, and it saved the 15-year old patients life.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David M. Votroubek (Released)