Sept. 23, 2008

U.S. servicemembers partner with Honduran medical teams to provide specialized surgeries

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — U.S. medical teams deployed to the Honduran capital for 15 days to team with Honduran medical professionals and perform specialized hand surgeries Sept. 8-19. The servicemembers, who deployed from Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas; Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; and Ft. Riley, Kan., screened more than 80 patients, with

Sept. 18, 2008

Airmen at JTF-Bravo host children's day

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 90 children from a local orphanage were hosted by Airmen here Sept. 12 for a party to celebrate children's day. The children from the 612th Air Base Squadron sponsored orphanage, Hogar de Ninos de Nuestra Senora Guadalupe, participated in a day full of activities ranging from tossing water balloons to playing soccer. More than 50 Airmen

Sept. 12, 2008

JTF-Bravo participates in Honduras Children’s Day

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo helped celebrate Children's Day Sept. 10 with more than 400 children in two nearby towns of Guajiquiro and Siguatepeque. The annual celebration is held to recognize the importance of children in Honduras. To support the holiday JTF-Bravo sent a Blackhawk helicopter and a team of Spanish-speaking

Sept. 5, 2008

JTF-Bravo MEDEL participates in local surgeries

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element mobile surgery team performed two free medical operations at a local hospital Sept. 3. The two surgeries were part of a weekly mission MEDEL performs, with one every Tuesday in La Paz and another on Wednesday in Comayagua, said Army Ma. Dominic Storto, JTF-Bravo mobile surgical team commander. The

Sept. 2, 2008

JTF-Bravo FD works with Honduran AF, fire fighters in training

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The Joint Task Force-Bravo fire department trained with Honduran Air Force and local firefighters Aug. 25-28 during a subject matter expert exchange between countries. The purpose of the joint training was to give fire fighters and military from the United States and Honduras the opportunity to share information, learn lessons from one another and

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