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July 18, 2008

JTF-Bravo assists charity organization in remote Honduran area

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo officials, along with the Air Force helped a charity organization in the remote area of the Moskito Coast, Honduras, July 17 with storage and transportation of donated items from the United States. The Norma I. Love Foundation received the donated items, which were transported on a space-available flight from Charleston Air

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras ? Joint Task Force-Bravo fire fighters work to stabilize a simulated victim of a C-21 crash July 10. The fire fighters were charged with the task to put out a simulated fire and rescue the trapped occupants of the simulated plane. The fire fighters were part of a base-wide exercise that simulated a mass casualty, anti-terrorism and force protection scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

July 17, 2008

JTF-Bravo participates in base-wide exercise

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Members from nearly every agency at Joint Task Force-Bravo participated in a base-wide exercise July 10. The exercise was designed to test base personnel to perform multiple tasks. The tasks included were anti-terrorism, force protection and a mass casualty, said Capt. Justin Rex, J35 Plans and Exercise officer. To allow for a mass casualty a bus

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Air Force Major Jade Hin teaches a course on airway breathing management July 8 at a Honduran Medical conference in Tegucigalpa. More than 200 medical professional attended the course offered by the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element. Major Hin is deployed from Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

July 10, 2008

JTF-Bravo Medical Element teaches trauma course at annual Honduran medical conference

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Members from the Joint Task Force Bravo Medical Element presented a medical trauma refresher and trauma simulations to more than 200 Honduran medical professionals at an annual medical conference in the Honduran capital July 8. Medical officials from all over Honduras converged on the capital city for the day-long medical conference covering

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras?More than 60 hikers stuffed their backpacks with $600 worth of food and hiked up the mountain sides to deliver goods to residents of the tiny village of Picacho, Honduras. The village has a population of only 200 people. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

July 1, 2008

Picacho villagers receive goods delivered via JTF-Bravo Chapel Hike

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 60 Joint Task Force Bravo personnel trekked seven and a half miles up steep mountain roads and trails near Comayagua, Honduras, to deliver goods to people living in a remote mountaintop village. Participating in a monthly Chapel Hike, the JTF-Bravo hikers carried 163 bags of food in backpacks, rucksacks and duffel bags. They also loaded

Col. Richard Juergens takes the Joint Task Force-Bravo unit colors from Adm. James Stavridis, commander of U.S. Souther Command, during a change of command ceremony June 27 at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. John Asselin)

June 27, 2008

JTF-Bravo moves forward with new commander

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Army Col. Richard Juergens took command of Joint Task Force-Bravo from Army Col. Marcus De Oliveira during a ceremony here June 27. "I am proud and humbled to command this great team," Colonel Juergens said. "The command and our Honduran partners have a great history of working together to respond to disasters and medical emergencies and help

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras--Joint Task Force-Bravo fire inspector Mr. Herberth Gaekel (left) provides instruction to Honduran fire inspectors before the enter the burn house, a two-level training structure used to provide firefighters with a realistic firefighting experience. The fire inspectors are participating in a JTF-Bravo-sponsored firefighting subject matter expert exchange which focuses on facility inspection and fire investigation procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt William Farrow)

June 26, 2008

Honduran fire inspectors, investigators visit Joint Task Force-Bravo

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — For the first time, Joint Task Force-Bravo fire department personnel are providing a subject matter expert exchange for fire inspectors and investigators which may lead to a uniform system of fire prevention in Honduras. Twelve fire inspectors and investigators from various cities and towns throughout Honduras are here taking part in the June 24-27

Lt. Col. Will Cristy takes the unit colors from Col. Marcus De Oliveira, Joint Task Force-Bravo commander, during a change of command ceremony of the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, June 24 at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The former 1-228 commander, Lt. Col. Todd Conyers moves to his new assignment at Ft. Rucker, Ala. 1-228 Conducts general support aviation operations in support of JTF-Bravo. The unit also conducts general support aviation operations in support of USSOUTHCOM. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. John Asselin)

June 26, 2008

Lt. Col. Will Cristy takes command of JTF-Bravo aviation unit in Honduras

Col. Otto Boneta takes the Medical Element unit colors from Col. Marcus De Oliveira, Joint Task Force-Bravo commander, during a change of command ceremony June 24 at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The former MEDEL commander, Col. Michael Sigmon, moves to his new assignment as chief of preventative medicine at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. MEDEL provides Level I-III medical treatment for all Department of Defense health care beneficiaries in Central America, and supports all humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and personnel recovery missions in the area of responsibility. (Photo by Martin Chahin)

June 24, 2008

Col. Otto Boneta takes command of JTF-Bravo Medical Element in Honduras

La carpeta de solicitudes esta colocada en el porton principal de la Base Aerea Soto Cano. Las personas interesadas en licitar deben llenar la solicitud y enviarla a la persona que indica el contrato.

June 23, 2008

Joint Task Force-Bravo erects solicitation board at main gate

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — Finding out what contracts are available with the U.S. military at Soto Cano just got easier for local people and businesses interested in doing business with the U.S. government. The U.S. Department of Defense contracting office at Soto Cano recently erected a "solicitations board" at the Honduran Air Base's main entry gate. The board advertises

A surgical team from Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, performs ear surgery on a patient June 17 at Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The 14-person team spent two weeks at the hospital performing ear, nose and throat procedures, as well as providing hearing tests and hearing aid fittings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Asselin)

June 20, 2008

Wilford Hall team treats ENT patients in Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A 14-person medical team from Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, completed a two-week readiness training mission in Honduras June 19 after performing numerous ear, nose and throat procedures. The surgical team accomplished 240 patient evaluations and more than 40 surgeries, and the team of two audiologists performed more than 160