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Nov. 12, 2009

JTF-Bravo helps distribute 21,000 pounds of supplies to villages of El Salvador

An inspiring early morning sun rises over a distant volcano as U.S. servicemembers wake, ready to help neighbors in need. Electricity fills the air, and the sound of helicopter rotors starting up can be heard throughout flood-ravaged El Salvador.Joint Task Force-Bravo members, based at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, helped distribute more than

Nov. 11, 2009

Joint Task Force-Bravo deploys to support damage assessment team in El Salvador

Joint Task Force-Bravo personnel deployed at approximately noon today to El Salvador in response to recent torrential rains that have caused flooding and landslides there.Thirty-seven Joint Task Force-Bravo personnel, four helicopters (one HH-60, one CH-47 and 2 UH-60s) and a command and control package departed for El Salvador, where they will

Nov. 4, 2009

JTF-Bravo hand delivers 2,684 pounds of food to mountain village

Eighty-one volunteers from Joint Task Force-Bravo hiked more than five miles up and down a rocky mountain road Oct. 31 just outside of Comayagua, Honduras, to deliver food to a remote village. The goal was simple: deliver food and clothes to the people of the remote village of El Ciruelo, said Air Force Chaplain (Capt.) Mark Grizzard, Joint Task

Oct. 30, 2009

Aviation regiment focuses on field training exercise

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment recently turned their focus from helicopter operations to some basic Soldier field training from Oct. 25 to 29 in a tent city behind the base rappelling station. Some of the things taught during the training were: practicing recall procedures, setting up tents, radio communications, convoy

Oct. 26, 2009

JTF-Bravo personnel recovery team learns water survival skills

Fourteen members of a joint personnel recovery team here learned potentially life-saving skills during water survival training at the Soto Cano Air Base pool Oct. 22. The team, consisting of U.S. Army, Air Force, and Navy members assigned to Army Forces here, learned to use their uniform pants as a floatation device, retrieve a weapon submerged 10