Peruvian boy gets new face thanks to many

Ayacucho is a region deep in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Volunteers from all over the world travel here to assist with the medical needs these impoverished people might have. But rarely do so many people come together for the aid of one boy. Shannon Curry Westgaard, a clinical psychology doctoral

Despite reduced numbers, final New Horizons MEDRETE a success

With only half their medical team and three less days to see patients, the final medical readiness training exercises for New Horizons-Peru 2008 still provided medical care to more than 2,000 Peruvians. A 19-man team from the 433rd Medical Group out of Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, treated the

AAFES goes where New Horizons goes

Its saying goes, "We Go Where You Go," and for New Horizons -Peru 2008, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service has lived up to its motto, providing the exchange benefit to troops a hemisphere away. Just as AAFES has brought the exchange benefit to troops fighting the Global War on Terror with 85

JTF-Bravo participates with Honduran agency in major disaster exercise

Personnel and equipment from Joint Task Force-Bravo participated in the Comisión Permanente de Contingencias (COPECO) annual exercise July 23-25. COPECO is the Honduran equivalent of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency. The exercise simulated a response to areas devastated by heavy rains,

Air Force medics hone skills in Panama

A two-week U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise began here Saturday with the arrival of medics from seven military installations. The Medical Readiness Training Exercise to Panama is one of approximately 70 MEDRETEs sponsored each year by U.S. Southern Command. The MEDRETE is scheduled to treat

New Horizons Treat Peruvian Children to Museum, Zoo Trip

Thirteen children from the Miguel Peñarrieta School on the Peruvian Army base, Los Cabitos, were sponsored by New Horizons - Peru 2008 task force members for a trip to the local museum and zoo, July 25. The opportunity, provided by Air Force Services, was a great way for the children to see sites

Task force members give books to Peruvian orphans

Navy medics perform medical exercise in Cobadonga, Peru with New Horizons

AFSOUTH, AFNORTH host Central American Air Chiefs Conference

Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, the 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) commander, and Maj. Gen. Henry Morrow, the 1st Air Force (Air Forces North) commander, hosted a Central American Air Chiefs Conference here Friday for six air chiefs from Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

Serving the Military Community

U.S. servicemembers deployed here in support of New Horizons Peru-2008, a humanitarian assistance program that will bring quality of life projects to the people of Peru, have something to look forward to after a hard day's work. Over the three-month duration of the U.S. and Peruvian humanitarian