Pacific medical team provides care in Thailand
Capt. Wesley Kinerk treats Sumnieng Jomgaklang Jan. 29 at Ban Don Phawa School in a rural community outside of Korat, Thailand. Captain Kinerk, an optometrist from Misawa Air Base, Japan, is part of a medical team from Pacific Air Forces that's providing dental and medical care to Thais in the rural Korat areas during Exercise Cope Tiger. The exercise is a multilateral joint and combined field training and humanitarian and civic assistance exercise involving Thailand, Singapore and the United States. The Thai-, Singaporean- and U.S.-hosted exercise enhances combined readiness and interoperability, reinforces U.S. commitment to the Southeast Asian region, and demonstrates U.S. capability to project combined and joint forces strategically in a multilateral environment. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class AC Rainey)