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April 28, 2009

JTF-Bravo supports FA-HUM '09

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

April 16, 2009

Soto Cano members help Honduran authorities battle devastating blaze

Emergency crews from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, worked alongside local responders to battle a blaze that consumed a historic building in Comayagua April 15. Seven firefighters and two security forces patrolmen left Soto Cano just 20 minutes after base officials were notified of the request for support from local

March 25, 2009

Honduran president recognizes JTF-Bravo's contributions

Nine members of Joint Task Force-Bravo's medical element partnered with the Honduran Ministry of Health and several non-government organizations to treat hundreds of patients today at a health fair here March 24. Thousands attended the health fair -- some seeking medical treatment and others to see President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras, and Honduras'

March 20, 2009

JTF-Bravo aircrews sharpen skills in training exercise

An aircraft mishap can be a confusing, disorienting situation for surviving aircrew members. Linking up with rescuers, navigating to a suitable rescue area, helping the wounded and evading capture are all primary duties in case of an accident. For 18 aircrew members assigned here, the morning of March 20 brought an opportunity to practice these

March 14, 2009

JTF-B responds to overturned fuel tanker

Firefighters, medics and security forces from Joint Task Force-Bravo provided mutual aid assistance to the Comayagua Fire Department Friday when a fuel tanker overturned on C.A. 5 approximately eight kilometers north of the base. The tanker, carrying 11,000 gallons of butane gas, hit a horse on the road and overturned on its side. A puncture in the

March 6, 2009

JTF-B teams with Give a Kid a Backpack to deliver school supplies

Bad weather was not an obstacle for the men and women of Joint Task Force-Bravo or six volunteers from the Give a Kid a Backpack Foundation when they delivered nearly 700 backpacks filled with school supplies to children in the mountains of Intibuca and Comayagua, Honduras Feb. 24 and 25. "You should have heard the screams - they were so excited,"

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