A Pictorial Record of the El Salvador Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE)

The following images are a pictorial record of the El Salvador medical readiness mission. Click on each image to see a full size view. Click "back" on your browser to come back to this page.

Team members celebrate the success of the mission during one of their rare breaks.
The base camp of El Salvador's 4th Infantry Brigade was the headquarters for the Medical Readiness mission.
The 4th Infantry Brigade military police were the security escorts for the U.S. medical mission.
This volcano illustrates the stark beauty of the landscape.

The resourceful El Salvadorian barbers set up shop under a shade tree.
The bus broke down on the way to La Junta.
The scenery in El Salvador is truly beautiful, as this lake on top of a volcano demonstrates.
This young man eagerly greeted the mission in Concepcion de Quetzaltepeque.
A La Junta woman prepares a native dish on an outdoor wood fired stove.
This man brought his machete to the medical aid station, perhaps expecting the need to defend himself or cut his way through the jungle.
A La Junta family awaits the chance to receive much needed medical care.