Operation Pacific Angel 2009
BIKELI, ATAURO – U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Phillip Goff, chief of bioenvironmental engineering at Hurlburt Field, Fla., briefs the villagers of Bikei, Atauro, about the services that the combined medical team of Airmen, Soldiers from the Royal Australian Regiment, and the government of Timor Leste, were providing while visiting the tiny fishing village on July 21, 2009 in support of Pacific Angel 09. The team checked vital signs, checked for Malaria, conducted health assessments and distributed antibiotics and Tylenol to the island residents. Pacific Angel is a 13th Air Force led humanitarian assistance operation aimed at improving military civic cooperation between the United States and Timor Leste. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young)