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Tag: LAMAT

April 21, 2025

LAMAT 2025 culminates in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFNS) — The Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team 2025 mission concluded two weeks of intensive medical collaboration between U.S. military personnel and their Guyanese counterparts.

U.S. Air Force Col. Robert Knoll, 349th Medical Squadron commander and vascular surgeon, conducts a Arteriovenous Fistula procedure on a patient during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission at St. Jude Hospital in Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia, March 4, 2025. Knoll, a vascular surgeon, is addressing a critical shortage of specialized care by performing life-saving vascular surgery in St. Lucia, simultaneously honing essential skills for future U.S. military deployments. The LAMAT mission seeks to strengthen U.S. partnerships within Latin America and the Caribbean region by providing relief to overwhelmed medical facilities through collaboration with host nation medical practitioners and respective Ministry of Health officials. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andrea Jenkins)

March 12, 2025

LAMAT 25 delivers critical vascular surgery, strengthens readiness in Saint Lucia

VIEUX FORT, Saint Lucia — The arrival of the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission 2025 has brought a wave of relief to the island nation of St. Lucia. The mission, which began Feb. 24, represents a collaboration between U.S. Air Force medical professionals and their St. Lucian counterparts.

The Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2025, led by AFSOUTH Surgeon General, will embed Air Force Reserve Command medical personnel within host nation hospitals and clinics across the Lesser Antilles region and Guyana. These Global Health Engagements enhance military readiness, strengthen partner nation healthcare systems, and foster resilience through expertise sharing and collaboration with local providers.

Feb. 21, 2025

U.S. Military Launches LAMAT ‘25 to Strengthen Readiness, Global Partnerships

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — A Global Health Engagement mission led by U.S. Air Forces Southern, is set to launch its third iteration encompassing four partner nations Feb. 24 – April 11, 2025.

Partner nation medical personnel and U.S. Air Force team members of the St. Lucia Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team gather for a group photo during an opening ceremony at Owen King European Union Hospital, Castries, St. Lucia, Feb. 26, 2024.

Feb. 27, 2024

LAMAT24: Second year U.S. partnership with St. Lucia

CASTRIES, St. Lucia — The U.S. Air Force Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team deployed ready-medics, for the second year, to work alongside St. Lucia’s health teams to achieve mutual benefits and build trust in the region from Feb. 26 to March 10, 2024.

Under the direction of U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative, 42 U.S. Air Force active duty and reserve personnel were deployed to work alongside Surinamese military and civilian medical counterparts.

Feb. 20, 2024

LAMAT begins in Suriname for second year of medical assistance

PARAMARIBO, Suriname — The Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission is underway for a second year of health engagements across four nations, beginning in Suriname, 19 Feb. Further medical assistance teams under the LAMAT 2024 mission will travel to St. Lucia, St. Vincent, St. Kitts and Nevis through March 29.