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Lorenzo Amador, an 87-year-old Honduran, recovers from cataract surgeries that repaired his eyesight, as his caretaker Edita Rivera speaks with Army Dr. (Lt. Col.) . John Thordsen in Choluteca, Honduras, March 9. A combined team of U.S. military and Honduran medical personnel are conducting a humanitarian civic assistance eye surgical campaign Feb. 22 - March 13 in Choluteca's Hospital Del Sur, where they will perform eye surgeries for hundreds of Hondurans in need. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Jennifer Richard)

March 10, 2010

U.S. military helps make medical miracles happen in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Like a lot of men in Honduras, Lorenzo Amador enjoys the use of his eyesight to farm and make a living off of the land. Unlike other men, however, Amador spent the last three years legally blind but regained his sight again March 9.Amador's blindness, caused by cataracts in both eyes, was healed by surgeries performed during a combined U.S/Honduran

The Joint Task Force-Bravo medical readiness training exercise team in conjunction with members from the Belize Ministry of Health and the Belize Defense Force provided medical care to more than 630 people from the villages of St. Margaret’s and Armenia March 1-4. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

March 10, 2010

Team Soto Cano provides 630 people medical care in Belize

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A 23-person team from Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed to Belize March 1-4 to provide medical care to more than 630 people in rural areas of the country. In partnership with the Belize Ministry of Health and Defense Force team, JTF-Bravo medical crews, based out of Price Barracks near Belize International Airport, airlifted into the villages of St.

Specialist Leroy Stokes, Joint Task Force-Bravo member at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras puts a pack on one of more than 1,000 children who received backpacks in rural areas of Honduras in conjunction with Give a Kid a Backpack Feb. 24. Give a Kid a Backpack is a nonprofit organization that works towards enriching the lives of impoverished children around the world with backpacks filled with school supplies through the partnership with other nonprofit organizations. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

March 5, 2010

JTF-Bravo, Give a Kid a Backpack: working together to help children of Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Give a Kid a Backpack Foundation and Joint Task Force-Bravo teamed up Feb. 23-26, traveling the Honduran countryside and distributing more than 1,000 backpacks to children in need.This is the third year that the foundation and JTF-Bravo have worked together toward a common goal--providing assistance to Honduran people in order to promote

Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marine participate in a morning formation run around Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, March 4. Army Col. Gregory Reilly, Joint Task Force-Bravo commander, led all of Team Soto Cano in the formation run designed to build unit cohesion and esprit de corps. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Jennifer Richard)

March 4, 2010

JTF-Bravo holds basewide formation run

Players from both Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras and Utila stand poised to make a play as the pitcher throws the ball to the waiting batter Feb. 13 at the baseball field on Utila. The Soto Cano AB baseball team played against two Utila baseball teams Feb.13 and 14 to kick off Utila’s baseball season. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Feb. 23, 2010

Team Soto Cano opens Utila's baseball season

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Baseball is known as America's pastime, but tucked away off the coast of Honduras is an island that considers baseball their own and invited the Soto Cano AB baseball team to test its skills against their baseball teams."Baseball is what everyone on Utila grew up playing," said Garret Ramon, one of the Utila shortstops. "We love sportsmanship and

United States Sen. George LeMieux of Florida (center) stands with members of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras during a brief visit of the base Feb. 16. The senator visited with service members from Florida to find out about work and life here at Soto Cano AB. He also received a mission overview from Col. Gregory Reilly, Joint Task Force-Bravo commander. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Feb. 19, 2010

Senator visits Soto Cano