March 5, 2009

Army dentists kick off Beyond the Horizon exercise

March 5, 2009 — Army Sgt. Carlos Laureano spoke softly to 14-year-old Nancy Saravia and gently enveloped her small hand in his as she sat quietly in a dental chair getting a filling. The dentist, U.S. Army Reserve Capt. Laurence Davis, was one of eight dentists from the 808th Medical Dental Company, Fort Sheridan, Ill., here to conduct a dental readiness training

Feb. 20, 2009

Honduran airmen train with JTF-B firefighters

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Eleven airmen from the Honduran Air Force conducted training here Feb. 16 - 19 with the Joint Task Force-Bravo Fire Department in a subject matter expert exchange focused on wildland fires, land navigation and structural fires. Such exchanges are usually conducted with firefighters from Comayagua, said Mr. Herberth Gaekel , JTF-B chief of fire

Feb. 13, 2009

Joint Task Force-Bravo gets new enlisted leader

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — In a time-honored ceremony at 9 a.m. Feb. 11, the enlisted men and women of Joint Task Force-Bravo saw their top representative and mentor leave and a new leader step in. During a formal Change of Responsibility ceremony, held in the base fire department's hangar, Army Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Mullins handed the responsibilities he held for 24

Feb. 6, 2009

Medical team hikes into Honduran mountains to care for children

MARCALA, Honduras — A small boy looked warily at the doctor through teary eyes. He didn't know what the strangers were doing here at his home. He wondered, like many children do, if he would be hurt. He wanted his mother to hold him. The doctor extended the stethoscope to the boy, who slowly reached out and touched it with his tiny hand -- learning at once that no

Feb. 2, 2009

Medical team repairs vision for 245 Hondurans

CHOLUTECA, Honduras — Seven-month-old Dilcia Milagro Espinal has always had beautiful big, brown eyes. Now, thanks to a team of U.S. Army ophthalmologists here, she also has the ability to see with them, unhindered by misalignment or double vision. Dilcia was one of 245 patients to receive free surgical eye care during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise here Jan. 8 -

Jan. 30, 2009

JTF-Bravo delivers comfort

Jan. 29, 2009

JTF-B visits neighbors in El Sitio

Jan. 26, 2009

Tops in Blue rocks Soto Cano

Jan. 22, 2009

Equipment donation enhances services at local hospital

Jan. 21, 2009

Army forces conduct combined jump training at Soto Cano

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - — "Follow me!" yelled a 6-foot-tall U.S. Army Airborne Soldier, motioning with his arm to the Soldiers behind him. Eyes bright with excitement, the jump master turned and stepped out the back of a CH-47D Chinook helicopter as smoothly as if he were stepping off his own front porch. One by one, four more Soldiers followed Sgt. 1st Class Raul Lopez out