Preparing meds

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Members of the Joint Task Force-Bravo 1-228th Aviation Regiment mix de-wormer medication for patients in Jucuaran Village, El Salvador, during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise Feb. 27. More than 30 JTF-Bravo members provided aid to 1600 people, obtaining training and experience in delivering medical care in austere conditions, promoting diplomatic relations, and providing humanitarian and civic assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kimberly Rae Moore)

Providing care

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Senior Airman Maria Barrett, Joint Task Force-Bravo medical technician, screens a patient at Canton El Espino, El Salvador, during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise Feb. 26. More than 30 JTF-Bravo members provided aid to 1600 people, obtaining training and experience in delivering medical care in austere conditions, promoting diplomatic relations, and providing humanitarian and civic assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kimberly Rae Moore)

Montana de la Flor

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Tech. Sgt. Annette Owens, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element tecnician, draws a blood sample from a child during a medical readiness training exercise in Montana de la Flor Jan. 29. Samples were drawn from randomly selected children and nursing mothers to detect nutritional deficiencies in the local population. The results will be reported to the Honduran Ministry of Health for use in improving basic health programs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. John T. Stamm)

Montana de la Flor

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - 1Lt. Jonathan Snyder (left), physician assistant with Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element, and MEDEL commander Col. (Dr.) Michael Hoilien, carry medical supplies, delivered by the 1-228th Aviation Regiment, during a medical readiness training exercise in Montana de la Flor Jan. 28. The exercise was a coordinated effort between JTF-B, the Honduran Ministry of Health, the Honduran Army, Honduran Mission LeMars and volunteers from the University of South Dakota to to provide basic medical services to the people there. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. John T. Stamm)

JTF-B MEDEL assists in surgeries in Suriname

PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Col. Michael Hoilien, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element commander, Lt. Col. Bernard Kopchinski, surgeon and Lt. Col. Francis Stoecker, certified registered nurse anesthetist work with Dr. John De Bye, ‘s Lands Hospital chief of surgery, and his surgical staff to complete remaining medical proceedures from Operation Continuing Promise. In November, after only five days, USS Iwo Jimahad to end the Suriname portion of Operation Continuing Promise and leave to render aid to those affected by Hurricane Tomas in the Eastern Caribbean. (courtesy photo)

Weather or not

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala -- Senior Airman Mason Cairns , a weather specialist with 612th Air Base Squadron at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, relays weather updates to the forward deployed command staff during a medical readiness training exercise here Nov. 30. Weather forecasts are necessary to mission planning, both for air and ground transportation planning, because commanders must make decisions based on possible adverse atmospheric conditions. Airman Cairns was part of a three-man team working communications and weather from the airport here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)