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    AMISTAD 2025

    AMISTAD 2025

    AMISTAD 2025    

    AMISTAD (Spanish for friendship) brings U.S. military health professionals together with partner nation medical teams to work together and relieve stress on overtaxed host nation medical systems. This Air Forces Southern led medical assistance mission meets critical readiness standards for deployable U.S. military personnel while increasing their ability to adapt to new environments with limited resources.

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    [B-roll] USAF personnel provide family medicine and dental care during AMISTAD 25

    [B-roll] USAF personnel provide family...
    07.23.25 | SrA Devlin Bishop | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    U.S. Airmen work with hospital staff to provide family medicine and dental care to Surinamese locals at Regional Hospital Wanica during AMISTAD...
    [B-roll] USAF personnel share tactical combat casualty care knowledge with Surinamese police and military

    [B-roll] USAF personnel share tactical...
    07.23.25 | SrA Devlin Bishop | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    U.S. Airmen share tactical combat casualty care knowledge with Surinamese military and police personnel during AMISTAD 2025 in Paramaribo,...
    [B-roll] Week two of AMISTAD 2025 begins in Suriname

    [B-roll] Week two of AMISTAD 2025 begins...
    07.23.25 | TSgt Elora McCutcheon | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    U.S. Air Force medical and support personnel provided care to hundreds of patients while collaborating with Canadian Armed Forces dental providers...
    USAF, CAF medical personnel complete more than 2,000 procedures, treat more than 650 patients during AMISTAD 2025

    USAF, CAF medical personnel complete more...
    07.23.25 | TSgt Elora McCutcheon | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    U.S. Air Force medical and support personnel provided care to hundreds of patients while collaborating with Canadian Armed Forces dental providers...
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    AMISTAD 2025: Paraguayan Students Bridge Language, Knowledge

    AMISTAD 2025: Paraguayan Students Bridge...
    08.14.25 | Andrea Jenkins | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    Nico Rodriguez, a Universidad Autónoma de Paraguay dental student and AMISTAD volunteer, poses for a photo at Hospital General de Luque, in...
    AMISTAD 2025: Paraguayan Students Bridge Language, Knowledge

    AMISTAD 2025: Paraguayan Students Bridge...
    08.14.25 | Andrea Jenkins | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    U.S. Air Force Maj.Carolyn Hetrick, 507th Medical Squadron dentist, poses with Paraguayan medical student Nico Rodriguez during AMISTAD 2025, at...
    BMET team keeps Paraguayan dental clinics running during Amistad 2025

    BMET team keeps Paraguayan dental clinics...
    08.13.25 | Andrea Jenkins | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Andrew Oliverio, a biomedical equipment technician with the 943rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, and Juan Alfonso, a...
    BMET team keeps Paraguayan dental clinics running during Amistad 2025

    BMET team keeps Paraguayan dental clinics...
    08.13.25 | Andrea Jenkins | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    A decorated door marked “Consultorio Odontológico” leads to a dental clinic where Paraguayan equipment specialist Juan Alfonso works on...
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    AMISTAD 2025: Paraguayan Students Bridge Language, Knowledge

    AMISTAD 2025: Paraguayan Students Bridge...
    08.15.25 | Andrea Jenkins | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — Medical and dental student volunteers from universities across the Paraguay played a pivotal role in Amistad 2025, serving...

    U.S., Paraguay close AMISTAD 2025 with...
    08.15.25 | Andrea Jenkins | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    LUQUE, Paraguay — United States and Paraguayan military leaders, healthcare professionals, and community members gathered at General Hospital of Luque, Aug. 14, to celebrate the conclusion of AMISTAD 2025. The two-week medical readiness exercise enhanced interoperability, expanded healthcare access, and reinforced enduring partnerships between the two nations. Active duty, reserve and civilian medical professionals worked side by side in...
    BMET team keeps Paraguayan dental clinics running during Amistad 2025

    BMET team keeps Paraguayan dental clinics...
    08.13.25 | Andrea Jenkins | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay – Repairing and maintaining dental equipment has been a behind-the-scenes but critical mission during Amistad 2025, where...
    U.S., Paraguay strengthen healthcare partnership with dental suite, eyeglasses donation

    U.S., Paraguay strengthen healthcare...
    08.13.25 | Andrea Jenkins | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    LUQUE, Paraguay – U.S. Southern Command and the U.S. Embassy in Asuncion donated a fully equipped dental suite and 17,000 pairs of prescription...
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