Story by Andrea Jenkins | Air Forces Southern | 08.13.2025
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 eyeglasses to the Paraguayan Ministry of Health during a ceremony Aug. 13 at the Unidad de Salud de la Familia Tarumandy in Luque, Paraguay, during Amistad 2025....
Story by Andrea Jenkins | Air Forces Southern | 08.09.2025
LUQUE, Paraguay — Paraguayan and U.S. medical professionals joined forces during AMISTAD 2025, Aug. 9, 2025, to perform a complex six-hour reconstructive surgery, restoring both the face and the vision of a young man gravely injured in a violent robbery. The 22-year-old patient was attacked with a machete, leaving him with a blowout fracture to his orbital bone and severe damage to......
Story by Andrea Jenkins | Air Forces Southern | 04.11.2025
DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – After seven weeks across four countries, U.S. Air Forces Southern (AFSOUTH) concluded its 2025 Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) mission on April 11, bolstering regional partnerships and advancing medical readiness for future challenges. From Saint Lucia to Guyana, U.S. medical teams treated over 6,500 patients, performed nearly 2,400......
Story by Andrea Jenkins | Air Forces Southern | 03.05.2025
The arrival of the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) mission 2025 has brought a wave of relief to the island nation of St. Lucia. The mission, which began Feb. 24, represents a collaboration between U.S. Air Force medical professionals and their St. Lucian counterparts, addressing a critical shortage of specialized care while simultaneously honing essential skills for future U.S.......
Story by Lt.Cmdr. Brandi Gibson | USNMRTC Sigonella/USNH Sigonella/USNMRTU Bahrain/USNMRTC Sigonella Detachment Souda Bay | 12.23.2024
December is Global Health Engagement Month, and we are highlighting the significant contributions our team members at United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Sigonella and its branch units have made toward Global Health Engagement (GHE) efforts....
Story by Emily McCamy | U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Guantanamo Bay | 10.28.2024
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – A medical team from the Royal Netherlands Navy, stationed aboard the Dutch ship HNMLS Holland (P840), visited U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, early October, to tour the facility and assess its capabilities for potential emergency medical support....
Story by Christopher Delano | Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune | 10.02.2024
Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Kilo personnel partnered with Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF) for a Global Health Engagement (GHE) at Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sept. 14-28, 2024....
Story by Maj. Edward McBride | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 06.23.2024
How does a mechanical engineer, a former Marine and a Brazilian immigrant find themselves together in an operating room in N’Djamena, Chad conducting a U.S. Army Medical Readiness Exercise (MEDREX)? For U.S. Army Lt. Col. Charles Foley, Maj. David Macdonald and Sgt. Laysa Nogueira, the U.S. Army Reserve is the answer. Assigned to the 402nd Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment......
