Alaskan villages benefit from joint military medical outreach
Maj. Christine Stabile uses a handheld slit lamp to see the interior and exterior of Scott Detorres' eyes March 6 in Ouzinkie, Alaska. Joint military teams provided medical, dental, optometry, veterinary and mechanical services to six medically underserved island communities as part of Operation Arctic Care 2008, an annual training event sponsored by the Innovative Readiness Training program under the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. Major Stabile is assigned to the 62nd Medical Operations Squadron from McChord Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. John R. Nimmo Sr.)