The Operation PACIFIC ANGEL 11-3 Closing Ceremony officially occured the operation here, Jun. 18, 2011.
The ceremony included an ending speech from Col. Theodore Corallo, 36th Contingency Response Group commander stationed at Andersen Air Base, Guam.
In seven days, more than 3,956 patients were seen, 7,043 prescriptions made, 882 glasses given, 325 teeth pulled, and 14 surgeries.
“It has been a very successful effort over the past week as we executed PACIFIC ANGEL (PACANGEL) 11-3,” said Col. Corallo.
“The results represent the best of everyone’s efforts and speak to the great contributions of everyone assigned to support this event.”
Operation PACANGEL is a series of joint/combined humanitarian civic outreach efforts training conducted in the Pacific area of responsibility in support of Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, capacity building efforts.
This humanitarian and civic outreach training program is aimed at improving military-civic cooperation between the United States and Indonesia.
The operation consists of several civil military assistance programs to include medical civic assistance programs (MEDCAP/DENCAP) with focuses on general health care, dental, optometry, women’s health, and pediatrics. Also included is the engineering civic assistance program (ENCAP), with focus on structural, plumbing, and electric repair of medical clinics and schools.
According to Col. Corallo, PACANGEL was a complete success.
“We started strong and far exceeded our goals when we finished,” he said. “I would personally like to thank everyone who participated in this event. Your hard work provided us with great results and your teamwork that developed will make our friendship a lasting relationship.”
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