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  • Continuing Promise 2011: Public Health Doesn't Just Happen

    The Continuing Promise 2011, USNS COMFORT Preventive Medicine Team successfully connected a school to municipal water and sewage. A small group of four, led by Capt. Tracy Brannock, United States Air Force Public Health Officer, also assessed the sanitation and hygiene practices of the students and

  • Health Response Team treats local citizens during FA HUM 2011

    Praises of gratitude and appreciation were heard in the operating room of the Health Response Team facility when a local man from Trinidad and Tobago thanked Lt. Col (Dr) Mark Scherrer, 60th Medical Group general surgeon, for removing a benign tumor from the back of his head."He was so happy," said

  • Air Force tests new Health Response Team in Trinidad and Tobago

    More than 40 U.S. Air Force medical personnel from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base along with four Contingency Response personnel from Joint Basr McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst AFB gathered here to test a new Expeditionary Medical Support Health Response Team in support of Fuerzas Alidas

  • FA HUM 2011 Kicks Off in Trinidad and Tobago

    More than 150 U.S. military personnel and military and civilian officials from Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Canada, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, and the Republic of Suriname gathered here to participate in the annual Fuerzas Alidas Humanitarias (FA HUM 2011) or Allied Forces

  • Pentagon makes plans in case of shutdown

    Defense officials believe that a government shutdown can be avoided, but they are making prudent plans in the event one does occur, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said April 5 here.Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III is formulating guidance for the military services and defense

  • US Airmen celebrate 100 years of aviation history in Dominican Republic

    The F-15E demonstration team took center stage Mar. 26-27 during "The Great Air show" in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.More than 2.2 million people attended the show celebrating 100 years of aviation history in the country. The F-15E Strike Eagles, from Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.,

  • U.S. Air Force NCOs making history in Colombia

    The 612th Air Base Squadron at Soto Cano Air Base made history on Mar. 3 when one of their non-commissioned officers graduated from the International NCO Academy at a Colombian Air Force Base in Bogota, Colombia.Tech. Sgt. Antonio Araiza, 612th ABS air traffic control watch supervisor, graduated the

  • 12th Air Force recognizes outstanding performers

    The 432d Wing and 432d Air Expeditionary Wing hosted commanders, command chiefs and their respective wing-level nominees from across 12th Air Force for the Outstanding Performers of the Year banquet here Feb 23.The 2010 OPY banquet recognized the accomplishments that earned nominees the distinction

  • CMSAF Roy visits sunny Soto Cano Air Base

    It was 25 degrees at Joint Base Andrews, Md. when Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy boarded a plane and headed to Honduras where when he joined Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines at sunny Soto Cano Air Base Jan. 30 and 31.The visit was packed with tours and meet-and-greets, but the