Medical evacuation

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – Maj. (Dr.) Aaron Fields, Critical Care Air Transport Team leader, and Maj. Alane Garlisi, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Sqaudron detachment commander, prepare to off-load a National Science Foundation contractor aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, following a medical evacuation mission from McMurdo Station Antarctica, June 30. Active Duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen attached to this mission, which originated at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and staged out of Christchurch, assembled the full range of medical and support capabilities to safely evacuate the patient. The team faced variables such as local tremors, volcanic ash and severe weather condition in Antarctica. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. David Herndon)

Medical evacuation

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – Maj. (Dr.) Aaron Fields, Critical Care Air Transport Team leader, and Maj. Alane Garlisi, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Sqaudron detachment commander, prepare to off-load a National Science Foundation contractor aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, following a medical evacuation mission from McMurdo Station Antarctica, June 30. Active Duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen attached to this mission, which originated at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and staged out of Christchurch, assembled the full range of medical and support capabilities to safely evacuate the patient. The team faced variables such as local tremors, volcanic ash and severe weather condition in Antarctica. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. David Herndon)

Medical evacuation

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – Senior Airman Brittini McClure, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, prepares medical equipment aboard a C-17 Globemaster III here June 29, in preparation for the medical evacuation of an ailing National Science Foundation government contractor from Antarctica. Airman McClure is a medical technician permanently assigned to Kadena Air Base, Japan, currently attached to Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica. She aided in the successful medical evacuation of the contractor from McMurdo Station, Antarctica to Christchurch, June 30. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. David Herndon)

Medical evacuation

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Maj. Michael Parker, 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III pilot and aircraft commander, conducts a flight brief prior to an aeromedical evacuation of an ailing National Science foundation government contractor from Antarctica here June 30. Major Parker is permanently assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord and aided in the successful delivery of the NSF contractor from McMurdo Station, Antarctica to Christchurch. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. David Herndon)

Medical evacuation

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – Senior Airman Brittini McClure, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, suits up in cold weather gear here June 29, in preparation for the medical evacuation of an ailing National Science Foundation government contractor from Antarctica. Airman McClure is a medical technician permanently assigned to Kadena Air Base, Japan, currently attached to Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica. She aided in the successful delivery of the contractor from McMurdo Station, Antarctica to Christchurch, June 30. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. David Herndon)

Tripler doctors renew Indonesian lives

PEKANBARU, Indonesia – A surgeon from the Tripler Army Medical Center, from Honolulu, Hawaii, operates on a 47 year old local Indonesian during operation PACIFIC ANGEL 11-3 here, June 15, 2011. PACANGEL is a series of joint/combined humanitarian civic outreach efforts training conducted in the Pacific. This humanitarian and civic outreach training program is aimed at improving military-civic cooperation between the United States and Indonesia. The operation consists of several civil military assistance programs to include medical civic assistance programs (MEDCAP/DENCAP) with focuses on general health care, dental, optometry, women’s health, and pediatrics. Also included is the engineering civic assistance program (ENCAP), with focus on structural, plumbing, and electric repair of medical clinics and schools. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Gustavo Gonzalez)

Japanese high school students tour JBPH-H

High school students receive copies of the Band of the Pacific CD from Chief Master Sgt. Larry MacTaggart, manager of the PACAF band, during a base tour on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii June 24. The students are from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School and are continuing their education in Hawaii while their homes and school are being rebuilt in Sendai, Japan. The students came to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to tour the base and meet the C-17 crew who flew to Sendai following the earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lauren Main)

Japanese high school students tour JBPH-H

High school students from Sendai Japan pose for a photo in front of a C-17 Globemaster III during a base tour June 24. The students are from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School and are continuing their education in Hawaii while their homes and school are being rebuilt in Sendai, Japan. The students came to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to tour the base and meet the C-17 crew who flew to Sendai following the earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lauren Main)

Japanese high school students tour JBPH-H

Staff Sgt. Paul Cruz, Military Working Dog handler with the 647th Security Forces Squadron, performs a demonstration with Aron, MWD, for high school students from Sendai Japan June 24. The students are from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School and are continuing their education in Hawaii while their homes and school are being rebuilt in Sendai, Japan. The students came to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to tour the base and meet the C-17 Globemaster III crew who flew to Sendai following the earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lauren Main)

Yokota Airmen deliver school supplies to Indonesian school

BINGUANG DISTRICT, Indonesia -- Indonesian schoolchildren from the Negri Warakas No. 3 Elementary School take a group picture with U.S. and Indonesian Airmen during a goodwill visit in Binguang district, Indonesia, June 23, 2011. Visiting local Indonesian schools has become tradition for Cope West teams from Yokota Air Base, Japan, with Airmen gathering donations from the base community prior to departing from their home station. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Raymond Geoffroy)

Yokota Airmen deliver school supplies to Indonesian school

BINGUANG DISTRICT, Indonesia -- Chief Master Sgt. Terry Webb, First Sergeant with the Cope West 11 detachment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, gives school supplies to an Indonesian schoolgirl during a goodwill visit to the Negri Warakas No. 3 Elementary School in Binguang district, Indonesia, June 23, 2011. Visiting local Indonesian schools has become tradition for Yokota's Cope West teams, with Airmen gathering donations from the base community prior to departing from their home station. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Raymond Geoffroy)

Yokota Airmen deliver school supplies to Indonesian school

BINGUANG DISTRICT, Indonesia -- Lt. Col. Pete Kelley, Commander of the Cope West 11 detachment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, speaks to students from the Negri Warakas No. 3 Elementary School in Binguang district, Indonesia, June 23, 2011. Yokota Airmen delivered more than $1,200 worth of school supplies and sports equipment to the school during a goodwill visit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Raymond Geoffroy)