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SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras--Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Les Bramlett, 2nd Lt. Zack Kalinauskis and Maj. Tiffany Morgan visit with Lt. Col. Raynel Funes, Honduran Military Training Academy deputy director, during an information exchange and tour of the Honduran Military Training Academy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras April 16. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

April 18, 2008

JTF-Bravo troops visit Honduran Military Training Academy

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A joint group of U.S. Airmen and Soldiers gained insight of their host nation's Honduran Military Training Academy, the educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the Honduran Army. The day's agenda began with Honduran Academy staff explaining the institutions history, mission and vision followed by JTF-Bravo personnel shared

Col. (Dr.) Mike Sigmon, Joint Task Force-Bravo's medical element commander, Lt. Col. (Dr.) Charles Henderson,visiting urologist, and Dr. Ricardo Aviles, MEDEL medical officer respond to reporters questions during an impromptu press conference at Hospital Escuela April 11. While working out of Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa March 28-April 13, the 11-person team, made up of personnel from Brooke and Madigan Army Medical Centers, operated on more than 35 patients treating problems ranging from obstructions to malignancies and problems associated with inflammatory diseases.

April 14, 2008

Surgical urology focus of latest medical readiness exercise

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — For 11 consecutive years, U.S. military urology surgeons have packed their bags and travelled to Honduras to help alleviate medical problems experienced by men and women, young and old. Working out of Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, March 28-April 13 the 11-person team made up of personnel from Brooke and Madigan Army Medical Centers and has

LAS MESAS, Honduras - Sgt. Juan M. Ozuna from the 672nd Engineer Company repairs a dilapidated schoolhouse during their Annual Training. U.S. Army engineers are among the personnel participating in Beyond the Horizon, a training exercise that provides infrastructure renovation, as well as basic medical and dental care, to rural areas of this Central American country. Soldiers working in Las Mesas will replace the school's doors and windows, repair the roof, and repaint the entire structure, in addition to improving a soccer field on which local children play. (Photo by Sgt. Claude W. Flowers, 304th Public Affairs Detachment.)

April 10, 2008

U.S., Honduran Army Engineers Create an Equation for Success

LAS MESAS, Honduras — Consider it creative math: Three units + two nations = One purpose. The three units are the 672nd, 756th, and 1430th Engineer Companies, groups of National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers from Missoula, Montana; Ceiba, Puerto Rico; and Marquette, Michigan, respectively. The ranks of these citizen-Soldiers include master electricians, welders,

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-- Army flight medic Staff Sgt. Joseph McCormick leads Honduran medical professionals away from a Blackhawk helicopter during an information exchange at Hospital Militar Luis Alonso Discua. One aspect of the exchange was familiarization with practicing safe delivery and recovery of patients to a running JTF-Bravo MEDEVAC helicopter.

April 9, 2008

Honduras, JTF-Bravo medical professionals gather, share skills

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 35 Honduran doctors, nurses and emergency medical personnel converged at Hospital Militar Luis Alonso Discua for an exchange of information with Joint Task Force-Bravo medical personnel. During the exchange, U.S. personnel explained emergency protocol that may assist the Hondurans with creating standardized emergency guidelines.

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-Under the supervision of Staff Sgt. Jose Leal, Joint Task Force-Bravo electrician, contractors replace cables on a transformer bank which feeds power to Beyond the Horizon tent city. Joint Task Force-Bravo, home to the 500 U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy personnel, is able to support more than 300 forward deployed troops for the multi-national, joint-force exercise Beyond the Horizon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

April 9, 2008

JTF-Bravo supports Army South efforts in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A U.S. Army South exercise in Honduras is testing Joint Task Force-Bravo's ability to support forward deployed troops over three months as U.S. military personnel on Soto Cano Air Base nearly double. A Honduran base and home to the Honduran air force academy, Soto Cano Air Base is also home to the 500 U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy personnel who

A Chinook helicopter carrying distinguished visitors and Honduran media prepares to land at the opening ceremony for Beyond the Horizon 2008 April 1.

April 3, 2008

Beyond the Horizon 2008 begins in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — An opening ceremony at the Juan Ramon Molina grade school in La Florida Marcala, Honduras, marked the official beginning of Beyond the Horizon 08.Several hundred area residents joined Honduran and U.S. military servicemembers, local and national officials, teachers and students to celebrate the event.The arrival of distinguished guests and members

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras--Honduran emergency medical technicians unload injured passangers from a Joint Task Force-Bravo UH-60 Blackhawk MEDEVAC Easter Sunday. The Blackhawk, dispatched from JTF-Bravo to the bus crash site near Cholutecca, Honduras and transported the injured to Hospital Escuela in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa.

March 28, 2008

Joint Task Force-Bravo supports local medical emergencies

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-- — Easter weekend quickly turned busy as Joint Task Force-Bravo supported two separate highway accidents occurring in Honduras. Easter Sunday, JTF-Bravo was notified of a bus accident in Choluteca, Honduras. Honduran rescue personnel requested JTF-Bravo provide air evacuation of patients to hospital in the Tegucigalpa. A UH-60 Blackhawk from JTF-Bravo

SOTO CANO AIR BASE< Honduras--While soccer and basketball were popular activities for the older children, the younger children were content coloring and then eating Easter eggs. The children visiting from an orphanage in Comayagua, Honduras, were greeted by awaiting JTF-Bravo Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen who accompanied different age-groups of children to different activity ?stations.? (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

March 26, 2008

Joint Task Force-Bravo hosts orphanage for Easter fun

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 80 children from an orphanage in Comayagua, Honduras, visited the men and women of Joint Task Force-Bravo 21 for day of food, fun and camaraderie. The children, ranging in ages from 5-15 years old, were greeted by awaiting JTF-Bravo personnel, who then accompanied different age-groups of children to different activity "stations." While

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras--Air Force Staff Sgt. Abe Alcivar, MEDEL medical equipment technician, weighs a young Honduran boy during the Morolica MEDRETE March. 10. Sergeant Alcivar was one of the MEDEL staff used as a translator during the triage process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

March 18, 2008

Joint Task Force-Bravo team provides medical care in Honduran village

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A Joint Task Force-Bravo team of military and civilian personnel set up shop March 10 in a small, rural village to provide medical and dental care to more than two-thirds of the community's population. The JTF-Bravo medical element (MEDEL) Solders, Airmen and civilians were part of a day-long general practice Medical Readiness Training Exercise at

Army Lt. Col. Rob Gaddis, Nicaragua Military Group commander, thanks co-workers (from left) Army Lt. Col. Luis Utrevas, Navy Cmdr. Angel Oliveras, Army Capt. Gilberto Ruiz, Army Staff Sgt. Roberto Ruiz and Navy and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lenin Sanchez after they received the Humanitarian Service Medal for their performance during Hurricane Felix in September, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

March 17, 2008

Joint Task Force-Bravo commander pins medals, recognizes efforts of Nicaraguan military group

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-- — The Joint Task Force-Bravo commander recently presented Humanitarian Service Medals to seven members of Nicaragua Military Group at a brief ceremony in Managua, Nicaragua. Referring to them as "great Americans," Colonel Marcus De Oliveira, JTF-Bravo commander, pinned medals to Army Lt. Cols. Rob Gaddis and. Luis Utrevas, Navy Cmdr. Angel Oliveras,

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