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SOTO CANO AIR BASE< Honduras--While soccer and basketball were popular activities for the older children, the younger children were content coloring and then eating Easter eggs. The children visiting from an orphanage in Comayagua, Honduras, were greeted by awaiting JTF-Bravo Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen who accompanied different age-groups of children to different activity ?stations.? (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

March 26, 2008

Joint Task Force-Bravo hosts orphanage for Easter fun

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 80 children from an orphanage in Comayagua, Honduras, visited the men and women of Joint Task Force-Bravo 21 for day of food, fun and camaraderie. The children, ranging in ages from 5-15 years old, were greeted by awaiting JTF-Bravo personnel, who then accompanied different age-groups of children to different activity "stations." While

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras--Air Force Staff Sgt. Abe Alcivar, MEDEL medical equipment technician, weighs a young Honduran boy during the Morolica MEDRETE March. 10. Sergeant Alcivar was one of the MEDEL staff used as a translator during the triage process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

March 18, 2008

Joint Task Force-Bravo team provides medical care in Honduran village

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A Joint Task Force-Bravo team of military and civilian personnel set up shop March 10 in a small, rural village to provide medical and dental care to more than two-thirds of the community's population. The JTF-Bravo medical element (MEDEL) Solders, Airmen and civilians were part of a day-long general practice Medical Readiness Training Exercise at

Army Lt. Col. Rob Gaddis, Nicaragua Military Group commander, thanks co-workers (from left) Army Lt. Col. Luis Utrevas, Navy Cmdr. Angel Oliveras, Army Capt. Gilberto Ruiz, Army Staff Sgt. Roberto Ruiz and Navy and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lenin Sanchez after they received the Humanitarian Service Medal for their performance during Hurricane Felix in September, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

March 17, 2008

Joint Task Force-Bravo commander pins medals, recognizes efforts of Nicaraguan military group

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-- — The Joint Task Force-Bravo commander recently presented Humanitarian Service Medals to seven members of Nicaragua Military Group at a brief ceremony in Managua, Nicaragua. Referring to them as "great Americans," Colonel Marcus De Oliveira, JTF-Bravo commander, pinned medals to Army Lt. Cols. Rob Gaddis and. Luis Utrevas, Navy Cmdr. Angel Oliveras,

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras--Maintainers inspecting a UH-60 Blackhawk from 1-228th Aviation Battalion use corrosion prevention identification skills learned while attending a PEO Aviation Corrosion Prevention and Control Center of Excellence education outreach program. More than 30 percent of all Army aircraft phase maintenance is spent correcting corrosion deficiencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

March 7, 2008

Maintainers focus on corrosion, keeping JTF-Bravo assets flying

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-- — A two person team from Redstone Arsenal, Ala., visited here March 3-7 to provide Soldiers and contractors with information on corrosion prevention on JTF-Bravo aircraft. The team, from PEO Aviation's Corrosion Prevention and Control Center of Excellence, offered educational outreach sessions intended to identify, prevent or slow down aircraft

Air Force 1st Lt. Jasmin Furlough, a Joint Task Force-Bravo physician assistant, ensures an accident victim is stabilized in preparation for medical airlift to Hospital Esceula in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. JTF-Bravo Medical Element staff responded when asked for assistance by a local civilian hospital after 30 people were injured in a roll-over accident. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Asselin)

Feb. 29, 2008

Joint Task Force-Bravo assists in local medical emergency

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo assisted a local hospital after a civilian truck transporting approximately 30 people rolled over outside Comayagua, Honduras, on Feb. 26. Four patients were transported from Hospital Santa Teresa in Comayagua to Soto Cano Air Base by the JTF-Bravo Medical Element team. They were stabilized and three transported by U.S.

Opthomology technician Senior Airman Shirley Taylor (left) prepares instruments as Dr. (Capt.) Megan McChesney and Dr. (Lt. Col.) Dave Zumbro carefully remove a cataract from the eye of a patient during the Tela, Honduras MEDRETE Feb. 18-29. Cataract removals make up the largest portion of the procedures U.S. military doctors perform on elderly patients receiving care during eye surgical MEDRETEs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

Feb. 28, 2008

Military medical teams providing care in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-- — A U.S. military medical team is deployed to Honduras for a two-week U.S. Southern Command-sponsored Medical Readiness Training Exercises Feb. 18-29. The 12-person joint ophthalmological eye surgery team is in its second week of providing ophthalmology services and has already conducted more than 70 surgeries. Although the team is provided free

Air Force Lt. Col. Lawrence Ott, Joint Task Force-Bravo deputy commander delivers an assortment of cameras and lenses to journalism department staff members Jose Gomez, Julio Cesar Turcios and Ildefonso Marcia at Universitario Regional del Centro, Comayagua, Honduras. The equipment was made available using a Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service program.

Feb. 22, 2008

Joint Task Force – Bravo donates equipment to Honduran university

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-- — Joint Task Force-Bravo leaders recently donated photographic equipment to journalism students at Universitario Regional del Centro, Comayagua, Honduras. Air Force Lt. Col. Lawrence Ott, JTF-Bravo deputy commander, presented an assortment of lenses and digital and 35mm cameras to the students at a small ceremony prior to class. The students will use

Honduran firefighters extinguish a blaze in the Joint Task Force-Bravo "burn house"; a two-level training structure used to provide firefighters with a realistic firefighting experience. The firefighters are participating in a JTF-Bravo-sponsored firefighting subject matter expert exchange and hundreds of firefighters from fire departments across Honduras have participated over the last two years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt William Farrow)

Feb. 22, 2008

Firefighters exchange knowledge, experience

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 30 Honduran military and civilian firefighters converged at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras for a subject matter expert exchange allowing both nation's firefighters to pass along experiences, knowledge and the latest in firefighting tactics, techniques and procedures Feb. 19-22. The exchange is a learning exposition for all the firefighters

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Brett Martinez, JTF-Bravo chaplain assistant, carries school supply backpacks to give to children at a school in La Paz, Honduras, Feb. 21. JTF-Bravo troops assisted representatives from Give a Kid a Backpack distribute more than 700 backpacks to school children in Honduras Feb. 19-21. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt John Asselin)

Feb. 22, 2008

JTF-Bravo assists with school supply donation to local children

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo joined forces with a grass-roots organization from the United States to distribute needed supplies to local school children Feb. 19-21. Five representatives from the Give a Kid a Backpack organization in Florida and 15 volunteers from JTF-Bravo distributed more than 700 backpacks packed with school supplies to children at

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-- Air Force Col. Sean Murphy, U.S. SOUTHCOM command surgeon, shakes hands with the men and women carrying out the medical mission of Joint Task Force-Bravo. During a Feb.14 formation here, Colonel Murphy passed on his appreciation and gratitude for the work MEDEL personnel do in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Luis Santa)

Feb. 14, 2008

Command Surgeon visits medics, relays appreciation

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — During a morning formation in front of the Medical Element facility here Feb. 14, U. S. Southern Command's top medical officer visited with the men and women carrying out the medical mission of Joint Task Force-Bravo. Air Force Col. Sean Murphy, U.S. SOUTHCOM command surgeon, addressed the men and women of MEDEL, explaining that they are "medical