Service members from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and USS Tarawa provided medical and dental care for villagers of Goubetto, Djibouti, during a Medical Civil Action Project. Lt. Leah M. Ocampo, dental officer, 11th MEU, from San Diego, CA, injects Novocain into the mouth of a local villager before extracting one of his teeth. Military doctors and medics work with local Djiboutian healthcare officials to provide basic medical and dental care. The two-day MEDCAP treated more then 560 patients. The MEDCAP is scheduled for a total of six days, servicing a total of three villages. The military team spends two days in each village before moving onto the next one.
| Date Taken: | 03.30.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 01.18.2012 11:10 |
| Photo ID: | 82515 |
| VIRIN: | 080330-N-6086C-011 |
| Resolution: | 2848x4288 |
| Size: | 5.32 MB |
| Location: | GOUBETTO, DJ |
| Web Views: | 62 |
| Downloads: | 10 |
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