121 service members from Joint Task Force-Bravo hiked just under 7 miles to deliver 3,100 pounds of food to 150 local families, Dec. 15, 2024. A long-standing tradition at JTF-Bravo, chapel hikes provide an opportunity to give back to the local community while celebrating a spirit of kindness, gratitude, and compassion. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Chapel Hike 99 is in the books

During Chapel Hike 99, 121 service members from Soto Cano Air Base, near Comayagua, Honduras, hiked just under 7 miles to deliver 3,100 pounds of food donations to150 Honduran families, Dec. 15, 2024.

A Panama firefighter cuts a car door during a training exercise in Chepo, Panama, Dec. 12, 2024.

Fighting fires with partnerships

Firefighters from the 612th Air Base Squadron, Joint Task Force-Bravo, and the JTF-Bravo Civil Affairs team in Panama worked closely with Panamanian firefighters through essential skills training and humanitarian assistance from Dec. 10-12, 2024. The

Over three days, 18 service members from Army Forces Battalion, Joint Task Force-Bravo, alongside more than 50 Honduran counterparts, provided health care services to 835 Hondurans living in the vicinity of Tela, Honduras, Dec. 3 through 5, 2024. These missions are a hallmark of JTF-Bravo’s 40-year presence in the region and underscore the importance of cultivating deep-rooted partnerships built on goodwill, trust, and collaboration. (U.S. Air Force photo)

JTF-Bravo provides medical care to more than 800 near Tela, Honduras

Over three days, 18 service members from Army Forces Battalion, Joint Task Force-Bravo, alongside more than 50 Honduran counterparts, provided health care services to 835 Hondurans living in the vicinity of Tela, Honduras, Dec. 3 through 5, 2024.

(Left) U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Moshay and (right) Spc. Ty McCarter, Army Forces Command, Joint Task Force-Bravo, teach a Honduran Air Force service member combatives during the EmpowerHER combatives class at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Dec. 3, 2024.

International unity through empowerment

In March 2024, U.S. Army Capt. Clarissa Noyola, Army Forces Battalion Civil Affairs officer, seized an opportunity to bring the women service members and civilian personnel from both the Honduran military and the American military

The JTF-Bravo civil affairs team to Honduras facilitated the inauguration of a kindergarten in Olanchito, Yoro, donated through the Humanitarian Assistance Program of the United States Southern Command, Nov. 13, 2024. These kinds of ongoing missions are a hallmark of JTF-Bravo's four-decade long presence in the region and the promise of friendship, partnership, and solidarity. (Courtesy photo)

JTF-Bravo civil affairs team facilitates Olanchito school inauguration

The JTF-Bravo civil affairs team to Honduras facilitated the inauguration of a kindergarten in Olanchito, Yoro, Honduras, donated through the Humanitarian Assistance Program of the United States Southern Command, Nov. 13, 2024. While there, U.S.

Members from Instituto Nacional Penitenciario, USAID, and nonprofit organizations pose in front of humanitarian aid being picked up from Soto Cano Air base, Honduras, Nov. 18, 2024. Over the last year, Soto Cano Air Base has received 41 shipments through the Denton Program valuing more than 1.8 million dollars. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

NGOs retrieve 180,000 pounds humanitarian aid from Soto Cano Air Base

Members from four nonprofit organizations retrieved 180,000 pounds of medical supplies and humanitarian aid delivered through the Denton Program from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Nov. 18 and 19, 2024.