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PIEDRA MESA, Costa Rica – Air Force Staff Sgt. Charles Alford, Joint Task Force-Bravo communications directorate, talks to operators in the JTF-Bravo Joint Operations Center from a village in the remote mountains of Costa Rica. The communications directorate, or J-6, recently began teaching servicemembers from various career fields how to use the communications equipment used on deployments to augment the small group of people qualified to operate it. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Jan. 14, 2008

Joint environment provides new training, new opportunities for servicemembers

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Long deployments to operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations around the globe are steadily becoming more and more common for today's military. As such, Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines often find themselves working together to accomplish tasks which may not necessarily be associated with their regular duties at their home stations.

EL VOLCAN, Honduras - Army Warrant Officer Benjamin Martin, a pilot with the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, hands toys to local children during a hike to El Volcan planned by the Joint Task Force-Bravo chapel Jan. 5. The seven-mile hike was the last of a series of five in which JTF-Bravo servicemembers delivered food to local villagers. Participants in the hike to El Volcan carried toys for local children with them because the hike happened one day before Three Kings Day, a holiday which Hondurans traditionally celebrate by giving gifts to children. (Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Erika Yepsen/Joint Task Force-Bravo Public Affairs)

Jan. 7, 2008

JTF-Bravo completes series of hikes to deliver food to villages

EL VOLCAN, Honduras — Damp weather didn't dampen the spirits of more than 50 servicemembers who hiked seven miles to deliver food and toys to villagers in El Volcan, Honduras, Jan 5. The hike was the last in a series of five planned by the Joint Task Force-Bravo chaplain, Air Force Chaplain (Capt.) Chad Bellamy. "This all started out with a couple of people talking

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Staff Sgt. Austin M. May, a Public Affairs noncommissioned officer deployed here from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, works on a character from his comic strip, Air Force Blues. Sergeant May recently published a book of his comics, and Air Force Blues is slated to appear in an upcoming issue of Airman Magazine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs)

Jan. 2, 2008

Air Force cartoonist continues strip, publishes book while deployed

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — It's hard being only a figment of someone's imagination. Just ask Air Force 1st Lt. Kenneth Dahl, an F-15 fighter pilot with the imaginary 809th Fighter Squadron. Lieutenant Dahl, call sign "Barbie," is the star of the online web comic Air Force Blues, and a hero, of sorts, to his Internet following. The fictional fighter jock is the creation of

LA CEIBA, Honduras - Soldiers and Airmen from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, offload donated wheelchairs from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter here Dec. 28. The hand-crank wheelchairs were donated to isolated villages along the Miskito Coast of Honduras. The Alabama non-profit organization Missions Unlimited contacted the U.S. Agency for International Development to coordinate the donation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs)

Jan. 2, 2008

Civil Military Operations delivers hand-crank wheelchairs to Miskito Coast

LA CEIBA, Honduras — A Civil Military Operations team from Joint Task Force-Bravo delivered 100 donated wheelchairs to disabled villagers here Dec. 28.The wheelchairs were donated to isolated villages along the Miskito Coast of Honduras. The Alabama non-profit organization Missions Unlimited contacted the U.S. Agency for International Development to coordinate the

COMAYAGUA, Honduras -- Air Force Senior Airman Evan McIntosh, a 612th Air Base Squadron firefighter, hands out miniature soccer balls to children here during a toy giveaway Dec. 23. A toy drive was organized by the Joint Task Force-Bravo Chapel and the gifts were donated by the families of servicemembers stationed at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs)

Dec. 24, 2007

JTF-Bravo families donate toys to Honduran children

PIEDRA MESA, Costa Rica – Air Force Staff Sgts. Steven Geist (left) and David Pagani, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element, take a young Costa Rican girl with cerebral palsy who has been diagnosed with pneumonia to a waiting helicopter to be air evacuated from a makeshift clinic to a hospital in Limon Dec. 18. JTF-Bravo deployed 28 servicemembers from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras to Costa Rica, at the invitation of the country’s Ministry of Health, for the first Medical Readiness Training Exercise in more than three years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Dec. 21, 2007

JTF-Bravo deploys medics to Costa Rica for first time in more than three years

PIEDRA MESA, Costa Rica — For the first time in more than three years, United States servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed to Costa Rica for a Medical Readiness Training Exercise Dec. 17. More than 600 patients were seen during the two-day exercise, with five critical enough to require air evacuation to the city of Limon, a 15-minute flight that would have

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Wade Johnson, Command Chief for 12th Air Force, delivers cookies to servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Dec. 11. Chief Johnson came with the ?Cookie Caper? morale mission, which allowed 12th Air Force leaders to visit with deployed servicemembers prior to the holidays. The team delivered more than 9,000 cookies to Honduras, the Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, and Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs)

Dec. 18, 2007

12th AF delivers cookies, holiday cheer to forward operating locations

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL STATION, Cuba — The annual 12th Air Force morale mission dubbed as the "Cookie Caper" concluded here Dec. 14, as senior leadership delivered the last of more than 9,000 cookies donated to the troops for the holidays. An HC-130 from the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., began the journey Dec. 11, making its way to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras; the Netherlands

COMAYAGUA, Honduras -- Servicemembers assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo cross a stream en route to the village of Capiro to deliver approximately 600 pounds of food Dec. 14. The three-mile hike, sponsored by the JTF-Bravo chapel, was the fourth in a series of five scheduled trips. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Dec. 17, 2007

Volunteers from JTF-Bravo deliver food to Honduran mountain village

CAPIRO, Honduras — United States servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo took to the mountains around Soto Cano Air Base Dec. 14 to deliver food and supplies to Hondurans living off the beaten path. Approximately 60 volunteers joined the three-mile trek, sponsored by the JTF-Bravo Chapel, carrying more than 600 pounds of food on their backs to a village with about

COMAYAGUA, Honduras – A young Honduran girl embraces her new pair of shoes, a gift from U.S. Southern Command and Joint Task Force-Bravo. Servicemembers from both commands delivered more than 130 pairs of shoes to Hogar de Niños Tierra Santa orphanage here Dec. 8. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Dec. 12, 2007

SOUTHCOM, JTF-Bravo spread holiday cheer at local orphanage

COMAYAGUA, Honduras — COMAYAGUA, Honduras - Servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo and U.S. Southern Command helped spread a little holiday cheer at Hogar de Niños Tierra Santa orphanage here Dec. 8. More than 130 pairs of shoes were delivered to the children who call Hogar Tierra Santa home, according to Air Force 1st Lt. Brian Robinson, platoon leader of

TAMARA DROP ZONE, Honduras - Army Staff Sgt. David Hattan, Joint Task Force-Bravo Army Forces, checks the parachute of Capt. Erwin Lara, a TESON instructor with the Honduran army, prior to an airdrop here Dec. 8. The air drop was the last requirement for the students in the TESON class. TESON, which stands for Tropas Especiales para Operaciones de Selva y Nocturnas, is an elite Honduran unit akin to the U.S. Army Rangers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs)

Dec. 10, 2007

US forces help TESON students complete final hurdle

TAMARA DROP ZONE, Honduras — Sixteen students of the Honduran army's elite unit TESON parachuted from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter here Dec. 8, completing the final hurdle in their training. TESON, which stands for Tropas Especiales para Operaciones de Selva y Nocturnas, is akin to the U.S. Army Rangers, according to Army Lt. Col. Gregory Jicha, commander of Joint Task

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