PACANGEL 13-3

A Vietnamese child looks through her new glasses for the first time after eye specialists from the U.S. military and Vietnam People's Armed Forces examined her during Operation Pacific Angel 2013-3 in Dong Hoi, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, June 10, 2013. The little girl, along with hundreds of others, received glasses as part of the Health Services Outreach program during the week-long humanitarian mission. Operation PACANGEL is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance exercise held in various countries several times a year and includes medical, dental, optometry, engineering programs and a variety of subject-matter expert exchanges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)

PACANGEL 13-3

A patient looks through a lens to determine what prescription she needs for eyeglasses during Operation Pacific Angel 2013 in Dong Hoi, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, June 10, 2013. Thousands of people have benefited from PACANGEL operations that have taken place in the Asia-Pacific over the course of six years. Operation PACANGEL is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance exercise held in various countries several times a year and includes medical, dental, optometry, engineering programs and of variety of subject-matter expert exchanges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)

PACANGEL 13-3

U.S. Air Force Col. John Fischer, an obstetrics and gynecology doctor at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland, teaches the hands-on portion of the Prenatal/Obstetrics Emergency Subject Matter Expert Exchange to midwives and physicians from the local community in Dong Hoi, Quang Binh Province, as part of Operation Pacific Angel, June 10, 2013. Operation PACANGEL is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance exercise held in various countries several times a year and includes medical, dental, optometry, engineering programs and a variety of SMEEs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)

PACANGEL 13-3

An optometry technician from the U.S. Air Force points to an E Chart to properly measure a Vietnamese child's visual acuity during Operation Pacific Angel 2013 in Dong Hoi, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, June 10, 2013. Thousands of people have benefited from assistance given through PACANGEL operations that have taken place in the Asia-Pacific region over the course of six years. Operation PACANGEL is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance exercise held in various countries several times a year and includes medical, dental, optometry, engineering programs and a variety of subject-matter expert exchanges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)

PACANGEL 13-3

A little girl from the local community of Dong Hoi, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam reads an E Chart to properly measure her visual acuity during Operation Pacific Angel 2013 in Dong Hoi, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, June 10, 2013. The Health Services Outreach program accommodates approximately 500 patients every day during the humanitarian mission. Operation PACANGEL is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance exercise held in various countries several times a year and includes medical, dental, optometry, engineering programs and a variety of subject-matter expert exchanges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)

U.S., Vietnam optometry physicians partner during PACANGEL 13-3

Published June 14, 2013
PACAF 51 FW/PA

PACAF -- U.S. Air Force Col. John Fischer, an obstetrics and gynecology doctor at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland, teaches the hands-on portion of the Prenatal/Obstetrics Emergency Subject Matter Expert Exchange to midwives and physicians from the local community in Dong Hoi, Quang Binh Province, as part of Operation Pacific Angel, June 10, 2013. Operation PACANGEL is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance exercise held in various countries several times a year and includes medical, dental, optometry, engineering programs and a variety of SMEEs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla)