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May 30, 2008

Joint Task Force-Bravo Airmen fill unique positions

Since most Air Force air traffic control tower operations around the world are performed on Air Force air bases, English is the language spoken. However, there are always exceptions, and Soto Cano Air Base is one of them. Because Joint Task Force-Bravo is a guest on this Honduran air force base, the Air Force is required to provide tower

May 29, 2008

Walter Reed ENT surgeons provide care for Hondurans during MEDRETE

A medical team from Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., was here May 17-28 performing specialized ear surgeries on 55 Hondurans at Hospital Leonardo Martinez V. The visiting U.S. military surgeons and support staff, assisted by cadre from the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element and Honduran surgeons and medical staff, were part of

May 20, 2008

Joint law enforcement education exchanges enhance partnership

An active duty Airman and four Army National Guardsmen from Puerto Rico worked with more than 24 local police academy cadets ensuring top-notch law enforcement procedures are used in the future on the streets of Honduras May 15-16. The two-day subject matter exchange between the National Police Academy cadets from La Paz and Joint Task

May 19, 2008

612th ABS hosts children from local orphanage at Soto Cano

The 612th Air Base Squadron hosted an Orphanage Kids' Day here May 18, complete with games, swimming, lunch and piñatas. About 40 volunteers from the squadron came out to make sure children from the Hogar de Guadalupe Orphanage in El Conejo, Honduras, had a carefree-day of fun and activities."Every year we try to get the kids from our orphanage

May 19, 2008

JTF-Bravo moves materials for bridge building in Costa Rica

U.S. military members from Joint Task Force-Bravo recently helped volunteers, local residents and Peace Corps members build three bridges for remote villages in Costa Rica.The 16 JTF-Bravo troops airlifted 184,000 pounds of bridge materials on 38 lifts through the rugged terrain of the Costa Rican mountains May 9-14. "Our main mission was to move

May 13, 2008

Quartermasters Provide Fresh Water to Puerto Castilla

U.S. Naval and Honduran medical personnel have taken temporary residence at the Puerto Castilla Naval Base. They are supported by the Honduran Navy as well as U.S. Army medics, cooks, military police, air support and the 1008th Quartermasters Company. While the medical personnel travel to various remote Honduran villages to deliver basic medical

May 12, 2008

Joint Task Force-Bravo deploys to El Salvador, performs humanitarian mission with different agencies

United States servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed to El Salvador for a regional disaster exercise performed expeditionary medical care during a two-day long emergency medical readiness training exercise May 7-8. Designated Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias 2008, the U.S. Southern Command and Salvadoran Ministry of Defense-sponsored

May 9, 2008

JTF-Bravo team participates in Bay Islands Triathlon

A team from Joint Task Force-Bravo traveled from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, to Roatan Island to participate in the Bay Islands Triathlon May 5. Out of the 28 participants, 22 placed in events at the race, including six first-place finishes (including the relay team), nine second-place finishes and five in third place. All participants finished

May 8, 2008

JTF-Bravo aviators fly casualty evacuation mission

Army aviators from Joint Task Force-Bravo, contributing to a regional disaster exercise May 6, landed their helicopter on a 3,000 foot high mountaintop in the outskirts of San Salvador while transporting rescued civilians to awaiting emergency vehicles. Flying a UH-60 Blackhawk, the JTF-Bravo crew set their helicopter on a site used for the search

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