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SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras – Airman 1st Class Bryant Tunstalle watches Wendy Esmeralda, 15, throw darts at a dart board during the Joint Task Force-Bravo Army Forces Kid’s Day Oct. 27. About 80 children came to the base from Hogar Tierra Santa Orphanage in Comayagua for games, swimming, a movie and lunch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Oct. 31, 2007

ARFOR Kid’s Day a blast for both kids, volunteers

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Approximately 80 children from the Hogar Tierra Santa Orphanage in Comayagua were treated to games, swimming, a movie and lunch during the Army Forces Kid's Day here Oct. 27. Army Spc. Diana Schultz, who helped plan and execute the event, said approximately 40 servicemembers came out to volunteer their Saturday making sure the kids had the best

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Air Force Staff Sgt. Edgar Castro, Joint Security Forces, explains crime scene processing paperwork to students from the La Paz Police Academy during a training course here. The crime scene processing class is one in a series of classes taught this year, with other lessons involving handcuff procedures, high-risk traffic stops and riot control. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs)

Oct. 29, 2007

CSI Honduras: JSF teaches crime scene processing to Honduran police

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The Joint Security Forces unit here hosted 70 local police officers and police academy students Oct. 24 and 26 for a course on crime scene processing. The course is one in a series of classes taught this year, with other lessons involving handcuff procedures, high-risk traffic stops and riot control. Students consisted of police officers and

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras – Army Staff Sgt. Alma Jennings, truck commander for a Humvee leading one group of vehicles in a convoy exercise Oct. 19, checks her route on a map as the convoy rolls toward the village of Lejamani. The purpose of the training was to keep the vehicles in operation and identify any issues with them so they could be fixed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Oct. 24, 2007

JTF-Bravo convoy tests vehicle capabilities, identifies potential problems

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Oct. 19, approximately 18 United States military vehicles travelled in a convoy between Soto Cano Air Base and the village of Lejamani for a routine maintenance exercise. The purpose of this training was to keep the vehicles in operation and identify any issues with the vehicles so they could be fixed, said Army Maj. Michael Angell. Air Force 1st

Working by the only light in a sea of darkness, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bruce Graybill and Master Sgt. Troy Himes, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element, work to set up a Mobile Surgical Team tent in an empty field here Oct. 18. The team set up the mobile operating room at night to practice setting up in limited visibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin May)

Oct. 24, 2007

JTF-Bravo Mobile Surgical Team practices setting up in limited visibility

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Shortly after 9 p.m. Oct. 18, in the middle of a seemingly deserted field shrouded in darkness, a once-vacant spot of grass became home to a fully-functioning operating room, buzzing with life. Of course, anyone who happened to pass the spot where the OR stood probably wouldn't see a single thing. Under the cover of night, using little more than

CUESTA DE LA VIRGEN, Honduras -- Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Michael Hoilien, assigned to the Medical Element at Soto Cano Air Base, examines a Honduran child during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise here Oct. 19. This MEDRETE educated 785 Hondurans on preventive medicine issues such as hand washing, food preparation and personal hygiene. Of those 785, doctors examined 352 patients and the dentist treated 139 patients. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Erika Yepsen)

Oct. 22, 2007

MEDEL provides care in Cuesta de la Virgen

CUESTA DE LA VIRGEN, Honduras — Soldiers and Airmen from the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element provided care here Oct. 19-20, with aid ranging from preventative medicine to dental procedures for seven nearby villages. This purpose of this Medical Readiness Training Mission, or MEDRETE, was to provide pharmacy supplies, preventive medicine education and general medical and

ALDEA BELLA VISTA, Honduras -- U.S. Air Force Maj. Jason Clark hands food to children in Bella Vista Oct. 20. Major Clark was one of approximately 50 U.S. military members who hiked up Comayagua Mountain to bring 450 pounds of food to the residents in remote Bella Vista. The hike was organized by the JTF-Bravo chaplain to support local Hondurans. Approximately 50 military members participated in the hike which was the second in a series of five planned to date. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Erika Yepsen)

Oct. 22, 2007

JTF-Bravo completes second hike to deliver food to mountain village

ALDEA BELLA VISTA, Honduras — Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen from Soto Cano Air Base completed the second in a series of five mountain hikes to deliver food here Oct. 20. The hike, rated as "physically challenging" by its organizers, took approximately four hours as the servicemembers navigated the steep terrain to the village at an estimated 4,950 feet above sea level. The group

Oct. 15, 2007

Miembros de la Fuerza de Tarea Conjunto Bravo traen comida a un pueblito en la montan~a de Comayagua

BASE AEREA SOTO CANO, Honduras — Grupo militar estadounidense exploraron la montan~a de Comayagua, lo que al principio se crei'a imposible de realizar. Esto se convirtio' en una excursio'n que fue denominada "Ma'ximo Poder" Adema's, de explorar el a'rea el grupo formado por aproximadamente 55 militares voluntarios, entregaron donaciones que consistieron en 450 libras en productos

PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua - A Marine Corps KC-130 offloads six pallets of beds donated by El Salvador in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, Sept. 16. The Marine KC-130 is part of U.S. relief efforts in Nicaragua in the wake of Hurricane Felix. The U.S. State Department and Department of Defense are working together to bring food, water and other needed items to small communities on the Nicaraguan coast that were affected by the hurricane. (Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Erika Yepsen)

Oct. 12, 2007

U.S. plays key role in Nicaraguan relief efforts

PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua — A team of U.S. servicemembers deployed here from Joint Task Force-Bravo in Honduras late last week and is continuing U.S. military support to international relief operations in Nicaragua in the wake of Hurricane Felix. Since U.S. military support began Sept. 5, troops have delivered more than 300,000 pounds of U.S. aid. In addition to the Joint

PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua – A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130 assigned to the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 (VMGR-452), delivers fuel for hurricane relief missions following landfall of Hurricane Felix. The KC-130 pumped 3,500 gallons of jet fuel into an Advanced Aviation Forward Area Refueling System here that was set up by soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs)

Oct. 12, 2007

Soldiers, Marines work together to establish fuel point at Puerto Cabezas

PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua – A P-19 fire truck from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, is offloaded from a C-130 Sept. 14, to provide firefighting capabilities at the airstrip here as military aircraft deliver supplies to outlying areas after landfall of Hurricane Felix. There are currently 24 U.S. service members deployed here supporting the relief effort following the hurricane. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs)

Oct. 12, 2007

C-130 delivers Soto Cano fire truck to Nicaragua