Aug. 26, 2008

Virginia medical professionals volunteer with JTF-Bravo in La Mosquitia

PUERTA CASTILLO, Honduras — Three medical specialists from Virginia volunteered to work with Joint Task Force-Bravo during a medical readiness exercise Aug. 18-20 to assist villages in the La Mosquitia region. The Virginia Hospital Center Medical Brigade is a volunteer group that offers medical services to Honduras. The group makes seven trips a year, and made this their

Aug. 21, 2008

Multi-national team provides medical services to La Mosquita region

PUERTO CASTILLA, Honduras — The United States military partnered with Central American military forces along with volunteers from the Americas to participate in two medical readiness exercises Aug. 19. The villages of Clubki and Raya were visited to train the teams and to provide free medical services to people in La Mosquita region. The two medical readiness exercises

Aug. 18, 2008

U.S., C.A. countries participate in medical readiness exercise

PUERTO CASTILLA, Honduras — More than 120 servicemembers and civilian volunteers from the United States and Central America arrived here Aug. 18 in support of a medical readiness exercise. The deployment to Puerto Castillo is designed to allow the United States and Central American countries participating to prepare for an emergency humanitarian response, said Army Lt. Col.

Aug. 13, 2008

CE works to keep 25-year temporary installation running

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — When Joint Task Force-Bravo set up operations nearly 25 years ago, the installation was designed to be temporary. Now a quarter of a century later, it's up to the civil engineers here to keep a base designed to be temporary up and running. The American side of Soto Cano was built with the thought of the infrastructure only lasting five or eight

Aug. 11, 2008

Riggers at JTF-Bravo 'personally guarantee' work

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — There are few guarantees in life, but for the Army riggers stationed at Joint Task Force-Bravo anything short of their own personal guarantee in their line of work is simply not acceptable. The parachute rigging facility at JTF-Bravo is a small shop with only two Army trained riggers stationed here. While the shop may be small, the amount of

Aug. 6, 2008

Servicemembers volunteer during orphanage kids’ day at Soto Cano

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 50 boys from the Hogar de Ninos Nazareth Orphanage in Comayagua spent a day of fun here Aug. 2 thanks to the good hearts of members of the Joint Task Force-Bravo community. Nearly 60 Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen volunteered during the day of fun and activities for the boys aged 6-17 years old, sponsored by JTF-Bravo's Medical

Aug. 1, 2008

IAAFA comes to JTF-Bravo, first time in 19 years classes held in C.A.

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — For the first time in 19 years, Inter-American Air Forces Academy instructors provided Air Force professional military education on Central American soil. The IAAFA staff set up shop here and began instructing the Air Force Noncommissioned Officer Academy PME curriculum to 24 NCOs from 10 Latin American nations' air forces. Airmen from Chile,

Aug. 1, 2008

New unit activates at JTF-Bravo, allows Army to test design for deployed locations

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The Army Support Activity was activated by the Army Installation Management Command in a ceremony here July 31. The new unit is responsible for serving as the support function for Joint Task Force-Bravo, which can include morale, welfare and recreation; food; force protection; and fire and emergency services. While serving as a support function in

July 28, 2008

JTF-Bravo troops hike in food to local village

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 100 volunteers from Joint Task Force-Bravo volunteered to participate in the monthly chapel hike to deliver more than 1,500 pounds of food to families in the village of Mira Valle, Honduras, July 26. The volunteers delivered $900 worth of groceries from offerings and tithing's at the chapel in 160 bags to more than 40 families. The event

July 28, 2008

Soto Cano Troops provide free medical services, products to Honduran village

SANTA BARBARA, Honduras — More than 740 people from the village of San Antonio De Canada, Honduras, came to a medical readiness training exercise put on by the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element July 25. The exercise was designed to provide U.S. service members with real-world training in austere locations as well as provide a population of people free medical care from