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  • 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

  • U.S. Air Force medics treat 8,300 Panamanians during MEDRETE

    U.S. Air Force medics here returned to the United States July 26 after providing humanitarian medical aid to more than 8,300 underprivliged Panamanians during a two-week Medical Readiness Training Exercise. The 16-person medical team from seven different military installations treated patients

  • Sailors bring free medical care to Ayacucho, Peru

    U.S. military doctors in Peru are working long days throughout the Ayacucho region to bring free medical care to the people of Peru, as well as a favorable and lasting impression. Thirty Sailors from the U.S. Navy are working over 10 days to treat an estimated 4,000 to 6,000 Peruvian patients as

  • Medics in Panama Face Heavy Demand

    The demand for eyeglasses has remained heavy throughout the last week-and-a-half here for Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) Panama, often outstripping the supply on hand. There is a continual backlog of patients and frequent shortages of glasses of common prescription strengths have

  • Marines make back-to-school, doctors visits better for Peruvian people

    When children in Yanamilla, Peru return to school or visit the doctor this September, they will walk into a brand new schoolhouse and medical clinic - courtesy of the U.S. Marines. Marines from the Marine Wing Support Squadron 472 Detachments Minus out of Willard Grove, Pa., Alpha out of Wyoming,

  • The Untold Medical Benefit

    Air Force doctors here July 12-26 are taking advantage of a unique benefit of being a doctor in the military, travelling to a foreign country and assisting people who can little afford the care. The doctors frequently encounter medical conditions that are not as prominent in the United States while

  • Peru’s Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defense Visits New Horizons

    There's an old Peruvian phrase that says, "Show me the facts; don't use words." This was the intent of Dr. Luis Cabeña, Peru's Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defense, who visited the base camp and project sites for New Horizons Peru 2008, the U.S. Southern Command-sponsored program to bring

  • Air Forces Southern Welcomes CONJEFAMER Delegation

    Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, the Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern) commander led the AFSOUTH delegation to San Antonio, Tex., for the 48th annual Conference of the American Air Chiefs, or CONJEFAMER, this week to meet with air chiefs and representatives from 18 Western Hemisphere nations, ranging