A group of US Air Forces in Europe medical personnel joined the latest US European Command Medical Civilian Assistance Program in Africa, where they treated almost 1,500 patients in Rwanda and Botswana. The MedCAP team included an optometrist and dental personnel from Ramstein AB, Germany.
The U.S. supports “a stronger and more capable” European defense, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said during an Oct. 22 press conference in Brussels—but that defense should not duplicate the functions and capabilities of the NATO alliance.