Eielson CE lends aid to PACANGEL

Staff Sgt. John Steklachick, 354th Civil Engineer Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, hangs his backpack from a fence before he starts work during U.S. Pacific Command's Operation Pacific Angel 12-4, Nepal, Sept. 10, 2012. Steklachick is a member of a team of U.S. Air Force and Nepalese army civil engineers renovating and constructing some buildings of Machhapuchhre Higher Secondary School of Dhikur Pokhari Village Development Committee. Pacific Angel 12-4 is a Pacific Air Forces planned event that enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities between the United States and Pacific partners. The U.S. was invited by the Nepal government to provide support by conducting medical, optometry and civil engineering programs. Operations like Pacific Angel build and sustain relationships with multinational partners in the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)