Up in smoke

Airmen from the 612th Air Base Squadron’s fire department help children crawl through a simulator containing dry ice smoke as part of fire safety training Oct. 19, 2011, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. Other activities included a smoke detector class, fire station tour and water truck demonstration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern)

Future firefighters

Honduran kindergarten children go through their fire safety handouts during a tour of a firestation Oct. 19, 2011, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. Airmen from the 612th Air Base Squadron’s fire department provided fire safety training to more than 95 local children. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern)

Operation operation

Dr. Ives Rios, a Honduran general surgeon and Army Capt. James Elder, a general surgeon from JTF-Bravo Medical Element, perform a gallbladder removal Oct. 13, 2011, at a local hospital seven miles away from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. A six person Joint Mobil Surgical Team completed two surgeries at the hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern)

At the crack of dawn

A team of ten JTF-Bravo members practice for a race Oct. 5, 2011, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The group is training for the Oct. 9, 2011 Army Ten Miler at Washington D.C. The event will include military and civilian runners from all 50 states as well as participants from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Denmark and the United Kingdom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern)

Splashing around

Master Sgt. Lee Markwell, Army Support Activity, cools off with children form a local orphanage Sept. 17, 2011 during their visit to Soto Can Air Base, Honduras. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern)

Neighborly love

Col. Ross Brown, Joint Task Force-Bravo commander, gives backpacks filled with school supplies to 17 children form a local orphanage Sept. 17, 2011 during their visit to Soto Can Air Base, Honduras. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern)