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.
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
