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SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Operating Room Technician Master Sgt. Keri Winsick (left) holds a retractor as Army Surgeon (Maj.) Ron Hyde and Dr. Blanca Dermith repair a hernia for a 5-year-old Honduran Boy Jan. 13. Dr. Hyde and Master Sgt. Winsick are part of a Joint Task Force-Bravo surgical team conducting weekly Medical Readiness Training Exercises in La Paz, Honduras. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Danét)

Jan. 15, 2009

JTF-Bravo surgical team aims to improve quality of life

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A four-person surgical team from U.S. Southern Command's Joint Task Force-Bravo conducted two medical operations in La Paz, Honduras, Jan. 13, removing a man's gall bladder and repairing a hernia for a 5-year-old boy. The team, including three Air Force medical personnel and one Army surgeon, worked with Dr. Blanca Dermith, Honduras' first female

SAN MIGUEL, COSTA RICA--Search and rescue volunteers here load a Joint Task Force-Bravo Blackhawk helicopter Sunday to be transported to areas affected by the earthquake. Four helicopters and 34 servicemembers from JTF-Bravo are deployed here at the request of the Costa Rican government to provide humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Candace Park)

Jan. 12, 2009

CNE, OFDA, JTF-B partner to save lives of earthquake victims

SAN MIGUEL, Costa Rica — Four helicopters and 34 servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, began flying search and rescue missions Saturday in the vicinity of San Miguel and continued their search for victims Sunday after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck here Thursday. The crews evacuated 90 people, including two wounded victims, in

SAN MIGUEL, COSTA RICA — Members of the Costa Rican Red Cross transport a 65-year-old female earthquake victim here from a Joint Task Force-Bravo helicopter to a waiting ambulance Saturday. Four JTF-Bravo helicopters and 34 servicemembers are deployed here from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, at the request of the Costa Rican government to provide life-saving support to those affected by the earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Candace Park)

Jan. 10, 2009

SOUTHCOM deploys disaster response team to Costa Rica

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A team of 34 U.S. military personnel and four helicopters from Honduras-based Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed to Costa Rica today to assist with disaster response efforts in areas affected by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake near San Jose. The team, comprised of U.S. Army and Air Force aviation crews, rescue, medical and support personnel, is supporting

Army Staff Sgt. Jose Gutierrez and Specialist Robert Hunt carry an injured man from a medivac helicopter Dec. 1. More than 60 JTF-Bravo personnel participated in humanitarian disaster relief missions in Costa Rica and Panama. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Dec. 2, 2008

JTF-Bravo deploys disaster assistance teams to Panama, Costa Rica

LAS TABLAS, PANAMA-- Master Sgt. James Eidson, a Joint Task Force-Bravo emergency medical technician, escorts a flood victim to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday. The woman was unable to get to a hospital because the roads were flooded. The JTF-Bravo helicopter transported the woman and five other patients from a remote airfield to an airport where an ambulance met the patients and transported them to a local hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Candace Park)

Nov. 27, 2008

JTF-Bravo provides life saving assistance to flood affected regions of Costa Rica, Panama

LIMON, COSTA RICA — A task force of 20 U.S. military personnel and two UH 60 Blackhawks from Joint Task Force-Bravo in Honduras arrived here Nov. 25 to provide life saving assistance to Panamanian and Costa Rican civilians affected by recent flooding. Missions will be conducted in close coordination with the national disaster response organizations of the respective

Air Force 2nd Lt. Timothy Underwood helps distribute food to residents of El Negrito as part of Joint Task Force-Bravo's monthly chapel hike program. Nearly 115 U.S. and Honduran military members volunteered to hike more than four miles through the mountain-side jungle to bring food to the residents of the village. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Asselin)

Nov. 25, 2008

JTF-Bravo, Honduran AF deliver food to remote local village

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 110 U.S. servicemembers and Airmen from the Honduran Air Force Academy participated in a chapel hike Nov. 22 delivering more than 1,500 pounds of food to the village of El Negrito. The volunteers delivered $1,300 in groceries from donations to the chapel hike program. The hike was also one of the largest ever participated in since the