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SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-- Army flight medic Staff Sgt. Joseph McCormick leads Honduran medical professionals away from a Blackhawk helicopter during an information exchange at Hospital Militar Luis Alonso Discua. One aspect of the exchange was familiarization with practicing safe delivery and recovery of patients to a running JTF-Bravo MEDEVAC helicopter.

April 9, 2008

Honduras, JTF-Bravo medical professionals gather, share skills

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 35 Honduran doctors, nurses and emergency medical personnel converged at Hospital Militar Luis Alonso Discua for an exchange of information with Joint Task Force-Bravo medical personnel. During the exchange, U.S. personnel explained emergency protocol that may assist the Hondurans with creating standardized emergency guidelines.

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-Under the supervision of Staff Sgt. Jose Leal, Joint Task Force-Bravo electrician, contractors replace cables on a transformer bank which feeds power to Beyond the Horizon tent city. Joint Task Force-Bravo, home to the 500 U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy personnel, is able to support more than 300 forward deployed troops for the multi-national, joint-force exercise Beyond the Horizon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

April 9, 2008

JTF-Bravo supports Army South efforts in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A U.S. Army South exercise in Honduras is testing Joint Task Force-Bravo's ability to support forward deployed troops over three months as U.S. military personnel on Soto Cano Air Base nearly double. A Honduran base and home to the Honduran air force academy, Soto Cano Air Base is also home to the 500 U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy personnel who

A Chinook helicopter carrying distinguished visitors and Honduran media prepares to land at the opening ceremony for Beyond the Horizon 2008 April 1.

April 3, 2008

Beyond the Horizon 2008 begins in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — An opening ceremony at the Juan Ramon Molina grade school in La Florida Marcala, Honduras, marked the official beginning of Beyond the Horizon 08.Several hundred area residents joined Honduran and U.S. military servicemembers, local and national officials, teachers and students to celebrate the event.The arrival of distinguished guests and members

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras--Honduran emergency medical technicians unload injured passangers from a Joint Task Force-Bravo UH-60 Blackhawk MEDEVAC Easter Sunday. The Blackhawk, dispatched from JTF-Bravo to the bus crash site near Cholutecca, Honduras and transported the injured to Hospital Escuela in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa.

March 28, 2008

Joint Task Force-Bravo supports local medical emergencies

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-- — Easter weekend quickly turned busy as Joint Task Force-Bravo supported two separate highway accidents occurring in Honduras. Easter Sunday, JTF-Bravo was notified of a bus accident in Choluteca, Honduras. Honduran rescue personnel requested JTF-Bravo provide air evacuation of patients to hospital in the Tegucigalpa. A UH-60 Blackhawk from JTF-Bravo

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

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