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  • Air Force Medics in Panama for Humanitarian Mission

    A two-week U.S. Southern Command sponsored exercise designed to hone the skills of medical personnel while providing free health care in remote locations began here Saturday with the arrival of medics from seven military installations. The Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) to Panama is

  • Medical team returns from Honduras mission

    A team of pediatricians, nutritionists and linguists from Wilford Hall and Brooke Army medical centers in San Antonio; Portsmouth Naval Medical Center, Va.; and South Dakota State University, S.D, recently returned from a 12-day expedition in Honduras. The San Antonio Military Pediatric Center team

  • 21st MDG Airmen return from humanitarian, training deployment

    A 10-person team from the 21st Medical Group returned from a two-week medical readiness exercise in San Miguel, El Salvador, July 3. The El Salvador deployment was part of the ongoing U.S. Southern Command MEDRETEs initiative in Central, South America and the Caribbean. This year, Air Force South

  • Wilford Hall team treats ENT patients in Honduras

    A 14-person medical team from Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, completed a two-week readiness training mission in Honduras June 19, after performing numerous ear, nose and throat procedures. The surgical team accomplished 240 patient evaluations and more than 40 surgeries and a

  • 21st MDG supports Central American medical exercise

    A 10-person team from the 21st Medical Group departs June 21 for a two-week medical readiness training exercise in San Miguel, El Salvador. The U.S. Southern Command exercise, known as a MEDRETE, supports thousands of indigent villagers who may not have seen medical care in years while also

  • U.S. Army aviators support humanitarian mission in Ayacucho, Peru

    U.S. Army CH-47D "Chinook" aircrew members and soldiers with Task Force New Horizons are providing heavy-lift helicopter support to more than 990 U.S. servicemembers deployed to Ayacucho, Peru in support of New Horizons Peru-2008, a humanitarian effort focused on bringing a better quality of life to

  • Capability and joint operations at FOL Manta

         With the addition of three Navy E-2C Hawkeyes, the 478th Expeditionary Operations Squadron is transforming into a more joint operation with Navy, Air Force, National Guard, Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection aircraft filling the ramp.      The 478th EOS at FOL Manta, Ecuador falls

  • RED HORSE engineers move full speed ahead during humanitarian mission

    A 64-member team of Air Force civil engineers are making speedy progress here in the completion of several construction projects supporting New Horizons - Peru 2008, a U.S. and Peruvian humanitarian efforts to bring relief to underprivileged Peruvians. The RED HORSE team, or Rapid Engineer