June 26, 2009

Poptun mayor highlights impact of medical exercise on community

POPTUN, Guatemala — The mayor of Poptun highlighted the importance of preventive medicine and inter-agency cooperation during a visit to the medical readiness and training exercise (MEDRETE) held at the Brazos de Amor community center here June 25. Mayor Angel Kelkan Ochoa is responsible for an area of 1,700 square miles and a population of more than 50,000 people -

June 24, 2009

Medical exercise in Poptun treats residents most in need of care

POPTUN, Guatemala — A chance encounter saved Theresa Luna more than two-thirds of her monthly income. When Ms. Luna, a 38-year-old single mother of three, ran into her sister the evening of June 23, she learned there were U.S. doctors and nurses in her small town of Poptun, Guatemala, providing free medical care. She got up this morning and walked across town with her

June 17, 2009

U.S. Marines bring water to local school

June 11, 2009

Two JTF-B Soldiers become U.S. citizens

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Two Joint Task Force-Bravo Soldiers became U.S. citizens here June 10 in the first U.S. naturalization ceremony to take place in Central America. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Damien Milne and U.S. Army Sgt. Carmen Villa raised their right hands and took the oath of citizenship reaffirming the oath they both took when they became Soldiers in the U.S. Army

June 5, 2009

JTF-Bravo helps Honduran firefighters douse blaze on wildlife preserve

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A team of 10 Joint Task Force-Bravo Soldiers and Airmen responded to help fight a fire in a protected national wildlife reserve near Tela, Honduras, June 3. The fire started early Monday afternoon in National Park Jeannette Kawas but was in an area inaccessible by ground due to the swampy terrain. Consuming more than 100 acres, the fire continued

May 20, 2009

U.S., Honduran military members conduct combined jump training

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Nearly 200 U.S. Army and Honduran jumpers and 10 U.S. Air Force aircrew members teamed up to complete combined jump training over the drop zone here May 16. For the U.S. Soldiers and Airmen, it was an opportunity to train side-by-side with a partner nation and learn about their methods and procedures. For the majority of the Honduran

May 18, 2009

Flight crews fight weather to continue medical mission in Nicaragua

AYAPAL, Nicaragua — Day two of Joint Task Force-Bravo's first medical readiness mission to Nicaragua dawned bright and clear in Managua May 15. But 80 miles to the north, the skies told a much different story. For the aviators of the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, the turn in weather meant making the call between accomplishing the mission and getting everyone

May 18, 2009

JTF-Bravo conducts first medical exercise in Nicaragua

AYAPAL, Nicaragua — Three U.S. military helicopters delivered a team of 34 Soldiers and Airmen from Joint Task Force-Bravo to this remote, mountainous village to conduct the first medical readiness exercise in Nicaragua and provide necessary medical care to those who need it most. The team of doctors, nurses, technicians, translators, aviators and administrators

April 30, 2009

Health and healing: Soto Cano leaders reach out to OIF, OEF veterans

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Army Support Activity and Joint Task Force-Bravo leaders reached out to 37 recently-returned veterans of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, giving them an opportunity to reflect on and share their experiences at the Warrior Health and Healing retreat near Montelimar, Nicaragua, April 24-27. The idea for the retreat began with a conversation

April 28, 2009

JTF-Bravo supports FA-HUM '09

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Hundreds of first responders from Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and the United States were in Honduras April 20-24 to participate in Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias, or Humanitarian Allied Forces, also known as FA-HUM 2009. FA-HUM is a three-phase exercise designed to test and strengthen the reaction efforts of first responders when