PIMIENTA, Honduras -- Tech. Sgt. Sherod Thompson, a medic with the Medical Element at Soto Cano Air Base, prepares to take a blood sample from a Honduran girl for a malaria test here Aug. 10. MEDEL personnel were able to give medicine and treatment to people in remote villages who might not otherwise get to a clinic. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)