A 15-member medical team comprised of Air Force and Army personnel is working in Chouleuteca, Honduras, for two weeks, providing free optometry and ophthalmology services to needy people. The team has performed more than 30 surgeries and anticipates doing about 172 more. Airmen from Soto Cano Air Base in the Honduras joined specialists from Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., for this latest medical readiness training exercise.
Air Force Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich assumed command of U.S. European Command on July 1, taking over the key assignment as the U.S. and its allies contend with a resurgent Russia and a grinding war in Ukraine.
