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SAN MIGUEL, COSTA RICA — Members of the Costa Rican Red Cross transport a 65-year-old female earthquake victim here from a Joint Task Force-Bravo helicopter to a waiting ambulance Saturday. Four JTF-Bravo helicopters and 34 servicemembers are deployed here from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, at the request of the Costa Rican government to provide life-saving support to those affected by the earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Candace Park)

Jan. 10, 2009

SOUTHCOM deploys disaster response team to Costa Rica

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A team of 34 U.S. military personnel and four helicopters from Honduras-based Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed to Costa Rica today to assist with disaster response efforts in areas affected by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake near San Jose. The team, comprised of U.S. Army and Air Force aviation crews, rescue, medical and support personnel, is supporting

Army Staff Sgt. Jose Gutierrez and Specialist Robert Hunt carry an injured man from a medivac helicopter Dec. 1. More than 60 JTF-Bravo personnel participated in humanitarian disaster relief missions in Costa Rica and Panama. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Dec. 2, 2008

JTF-Bravo deploys disaster assistance teams to Panama, Costa Rica

LAS TABLAS, PANAMA-- Master Sgt. James Eidson, a Joint Task Force-Bravo emergency medical technician, escorts a flood victim to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday. The woman was unable to get to a hospital because the roads were flooded. The JTF-Bravo helicopter transported the woman and five other patients from a remote airfield to an airport where an ambulance met the patients and transported them to a local hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Candace Park)

Nov. 27, 2008

JTF-Bravo provides life saving assistance to flood affected regions of Costa Rica, Panama

LIMON, COSTA RICA — A task force of 20 U.S. military personnel and two UH 60 Blackhawks from Joint Task Force-Bravo in Honduras arrived here Nov. 25 to provide life saving assistance to Panamanian and Costa Rican civilians affected by recent flooding. Missions will be conducted in close coordination with the national disaster response organizations of the respective

Air Force 2nd Lt. Timothy Underwood helps distribute food to residents of El Negrito as part of Joint Task Force-Bravo's monthly chapel hike program. Nearly 115 U.S. and Honduran military members volunteered to hike more than four miles through the mountain-side jungle to bring food to the residents of the village. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Asselin)

Nov. 25, 2008

JTF-Bravo, Honduran AF deliver food to remote local village

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 110 U.S. servicemembers and Airmen from the Honduran Air Force Academy participated in a chapel hike Nov. 22 delivering more than 1,500 pounds of food to the village of El Negrito. The volunteers delivered $1,300 in groceries from donations to the chapel hike program. The hike was also one of the largest ever participated in since the

Capt. (Dr.) David Armstrong, a flight surgeon with the 1-228th Aviation Regiment, listens to the lungs of a patient during a disaster relief medical mission Nov. 14 in Crooked Tree, Belize. More than 600 people were seen in two villages during the three-day mission.

Nov. 24, 2008

U.S., Belize military medical teams provide disaster relief medical care for flood victims

CROOKED TREE, Belize — A 33-person team from Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed to Belize Nov. 13-15 to provide disaster relief medical care to people affected by serious flooding in the region. In partnership with a Belize Defense Force team, JTF-Bravo medical crews, based out of Price Barracks near Belize International Airport, airlifted into the villages of Burrell Boom

EL HORNO, Honduras - Air Force Tech Sgt. Andrew Baldwin, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element, disinfects dental utensils during a two-day medical readiness exercise Nov. 5. During the MEDRETE U.S. servicemembers worked the Honduran Ministry of Health to give free medical care to more than 650 people in the remote mountain area of El Horno. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Nov. 7, 2008

U.S. servicemembers, Honduran officials partner to provide free medical care

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Leadership from Joint Task Force-Bravo and Ambassador Hugo Llorens break ground Nov. 4 for construction of a new dining facility here. The old DFAC was constructed in 1987 and was meant to be temporary. It is scheduled to open March 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Nov. 6, 2008

New DFAC to open in 2010

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Air Force Staff Sgt. Davida Kun volunteers to paint faces during a base-wide sponsored orphanage day for Halloween Nov. 1. More than 120 children from Joint Task Force-Bravo sponsored orphanages took part in activities ranging from a haunted house, face painting, soccer, and free food. Sergeant Kun is deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Nov. 5, 2008

Halloween orphanage day

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Air Force Tech. Sgt. Shane Bolles, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, works on a water filtration machine Oct. 29. Servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo are participating in a 10-day operation in a nearby community to filter well water. The well water became undrinkable after more than a week long stretch of rain caused flooding in the area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Oct. 30, 2008

JTF-Bravo provides filtered water to flood affected community

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Flooding, caused by a more than week long stretch of rainfall has made life difficult for communities surrounding here, but servicemembers stationed at Joint Task Force-Bravo are determined help with one of life's most basic needs - water. Servicemembers here are currently involved in a 10-day water filtration project in a community near La Paz,

A Joint Task Force-Bravo medical evacuation helicopter flies over the flooded area in Comayagua, Honduras, Oct. 19 to assist in rescue operations in the area. JTF-Bravo crews rescued four people trapped by flood waters. (Photo by Martin Chahin)

Oct. 20, 2008

U.S. military assists Honduran crews during Comayagua flood rescue

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — U.S. military members from Joint Task Force-Bravo rescued four people from flood waters Oct. 19 in Comayagua, Honduras. The JTF-Bravo Emergency Response Team was alerted about 9:40 a.m. to assist local Honduran emergency teams in rescue operations, according to Lt. Col. Richard Somers, JTF-Bravo Army Forces commander. "We are committed to the