Peering out

OLANCHO, Honduras – A boy peers out of the crowd of residents from La Bacadia waiting to be seen by medical providers during the last day of the Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise Feb. 1 here. The Joint MEDRETE team saw approximately 1,983 Hondurans from the villages of San Rio Tinto, Cerro Del Vigia and La Bacadia during the four-day MEDRETE from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Waiting to see the doctor

OLANCHO, Honduras – La Bacadia residents wait to see medical providers during the last day of the Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise Feb. 1 here. The Joint MEDRETE team saw approximately 1,983 Hondurans from the villages of San Rio Tinto, Cerro Del Vigia and La Bacadia during the four-day MEDRETE from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Looking around

OLANCHO, Honduras – A small Honduran child looks around the room while Senior Airman Sarah Shipman, Medical Element medical technician, and Sgt. Cesar Burgos, Joint Security Forces member, screen his family before sending them to a physician during a Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise Jan. 31 here. Nurses and medical technicians evaluated approximately 1,671 during the four-day MEDRETE in the Olancho District. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Pullint teeth

OLANCHO, Honduras - The Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise provided dental care to more than 100 patients during the first two days of the MEDRETE and more than 85 patients Jan. 31 here. MEDRETES enhance the medical readiness training of U.S. forces as well as provide sustained health benefits to the population. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Pulling teeth

OLANCHO, Honduras – A half smile creeps across the face of a child from the community of La Bacadia, who just had a tooth removed during the during the Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise with members from the Honduran Ministry of Health, the Honduran military and Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras Jan. 31 here. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Using emerging technology to save lives

OLANCHO, Honduras – Maj. Johnna Perdue, a Medical Element nurse, and Christina Milo, a Medical Application of Speech Translation team member, use the mobile translator to improve communication between medical providers and patient during the Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise Jan. 30 here. Not only does the MAST team expand the terms and phrases in the application, they also look for ways to improve the voice-recognition side of the program which will enable users to access the full range of its capability. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)