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  • Basic health education key in Dominican Republic

    The tropical environment here is great for tourists but brings a number of health issues to the local population that foreigners may take for granted or be entirely oblivious of. A high prevalence of issues caused by sunlight, insects and the high sugar content of foods combined with a general lack

  • First-term Airmen broaden skills in Dominican Republic

    Airmen on a Medical Readiness Training Exercise here are stepping out of their traditional home-station roles and enhancing their existing skill-sets by training in medical competencies they do not have the opportunity to experience back home. The Airmen face tough, sweaty, long hours of confusion,

  • South and Central American medical missions surge in April-May

    Air Force medical personnel will engage in 13 deployments for training to Central and South America in the months of April and May, a surge accounting for nearly 40% of the DFT missions scheduled for the year. DFTs put Air Force medics, active-duty, guard, and reserve, into remote areas of the

  • Texas and Chile forge military partnership

    During a ceremony Wednesday at the Texas State Capitol, distinguished visitors from Chile, the U.S. State Department, Southern Command, U.S. Army South, 12th Air Force, Texas Military Forces and the National Guard observed the signing of a State Partnership Program Memorandum of Agreement between

  • FOL sports day leaves Ecuadorian students with more than medals

    Over 40 children from the Angelica Flores special needs school in Manta, Ecuador, ran, jumped and kicked their way to victory here April 25 during a sports day hosted by Forward Operating Location (FOL) Manta volunteers.While the FOL's mission is supporting counternarcotics operations in the eastern

  • AFSOUTH enlisted leaders visit Ecuador, encourage Airmen

    A large number of stripes crossed through Forward Operating Location (FOL) Manta April 21-22 when two chief master sergeants from Air Forces Southern (AFSOUTH), Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., visited Airmen to see their mission and hear from them firsthand.Chief Master Sgt. Lloyd Hollen,

  • Air Force brass quintet plays for Haitian music students

    Tech. Sgt. Jeffery Castle had the privilege to play for Haitian children at the U.S. Embassy in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti April 15. The members of the U.S. Air Force Band of the West, based at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, are aboard hospital ship USNS Comfort as part Continuing Promise

  • Med team trains with Chilean air force medics

    A team of 11 Air Force medics from the 59th Medical Wing at Wilford Hall Medical Center here participated in a medical readiness training exercise, or MEDRETE, with 31 Chilean air force medics in March. "This was clearly different from a routine 'humanitarian mission' as surgical subspecialty care

  • Servicemembers lend helping hand to Ecuadorian school

    Forward Operating Location (FOL) Manta Airmen delivered $5,400 in materials to the San Juan Elementary and High School in Manta, Ecuador, April 2 as part of U.S. Southern Command's Humanitarian Assistance Program.Over 500 children, many of whose families work in the city's landfill, will benefit