Petty Officer 3rd Class Rebecca Vanderburg (left), U.S. Navy, talks with earthquake survivors in Izmit, Turkey, on Aug. 25, 1999. Vanderburg is a Navy hospital corpsman attached to a surgical response team deployed from U.S. Naval Hospital Naples, Italy, to Izmit to aid victims of the recent earthquake as part of Operation Avid Response. Avid Response is the U.S. military contribution to relief efforts following the earthquake that hit Western Turkey in the early morning hours of Aug. 17, 1999. Vanderburg is from Eau Claire, Wis.