Where am I?

It's been a while since I had an update, but only a few things in my life changed. They are:

- I was promoted
- I moved from Honduras to Las Vegas
- I got married
- My daughter graduated from high school (My wife and I went to Alaska for the graduation)

I think I am back in an update mood, and I have a three-week trip to the Maple Flag exercise in Canada starting next week, so expect to some more stuff here.

Medical mission in El Horno

We took media out to our humanitarian medical mission in El Horno Wednesday. Our medical team worked out there with a Honduran team Tuesday and Wednesday and saw about 650 patients. The village was only about five minutes away by helicopter, but it would have taken three hours to drive there -- it's up in the mountains. Some people walked more than five hours to see a doctor.

I didn't get many pictures of our people treating patients because I was escorting media and not there to shoot photos. I brought my little personal camera and did shoot a few photos of the people and the village.

This is a couple of boys looking in the window of the school where the doctors were treating some minor ailments.



I saw these three children waiting in front of the school.



This is a Honduran military doctor seeing some patients, and the next is a Honduran dentist extracting a tooth.




The dentists worked out of the village church.



Here's a few shots around El Horno:





And, finally, shots from the inside of the helicopter on the flight back to base:




That's the base outside the window on the photo above.

Back in Honduras

I traveled back from Vegas to Honduras yesterday and took a few photos of the ride on the bus to the base. I also learned an important lesson -- red eye flights suck. I should have taken a nap before I left at 1:55 a.m., especially knowing I would have to wait for the bus and then take the 90-minute ride.

Here's a shot of the airport from the bus.



Not too far from the airport, there are plenty of buildings long the route that look like this:



And yes, the traffic can get pretty thick in Tegucigalpa.



Here's one of the two accidents we saw during the trip. The road from Tegucigalpa sees a lot of accidents, usually not as minor as this one.

Red Rock Canyon

I just got back from a week in Las Vegas and Aud took me to Red Rock Canyon for the day. It's a beautiful place and it is close to the city.

Here are a few photos:







The entire photo set is available at Red Rock Canyon Photos. If you are authorized by me as family or friends, you get to see bonus photos (if you are family or friends and not authorized yet, send me an e-mail and we'll fix that).

U.S. military assists Honduran crews during Comayagua flood

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- U.S. military members from Joint Task Force-Bravo rescued four people from flood waters Oct. 19 in Comayagua, Honduras.

The JTF-Bravo Emergency Response Team was alerted about 9:40 a.m. to assist local Honduran emergency teams in rescue operations, according to Lt. Col. Richard Somers, JTF-Bravo Army Forces commander.

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Sarah Palin and Tina Fey finally "together"

This was on SNL last night -- I eat up this Sarah Palin/Tina Fey stuff.



During Weekend Update, Governor Palin appeared again on camera while Amy Poehler performed the "Palin Rap." If McCain gets elected, we could have four more years of this entertainment.

U.S. servicemembers partner with Honduran medical teams

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- U.S. medical teams deployed to the Honduran capital for 15 days to team with Honduran medical professionals and perform specialized hand surgeries Sept. 8-19. The servicemembers, who deployed from Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas; Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; and Ft. Riley, Kan., screened more than 80 patients, with half of those were scheduled for surgery during the two-week period.

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