Jan. 29, 2008

Hondurans, Americans team for combined jump

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 250 Honduran soldiers took their first step toward Airborne readiness when they leaped from the back of a U.S. Army helicopter Jan. 24 in a combined training jump with U.S. Soldiers here. Supporting the Honduran Army's efforts in training its soldiers in airborne tactics at the Honduran airborne troop headquarters at Tamara, Joint Task

Jan. 23, 2008

Task Force Iguana helps prepare Salvadoran military for Iraq deployment

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A U.S. task force from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, deployed to El Salvador Jan. 12-19 to provide Salvadoran military members familiarization with U.S. equipment, tactics, techniques and procedures prior to their upcoming Operation Iraqi Freedom rotation. Task Force Iguana, a 14-person team from Joint Task Force - Bravo, provided combat lifesaver

Jan. 22, 2008

Military Working Dog teams assist with local security missions

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — It's a simple, age-old act of classical conditioning--the dog finds what the master desires and the dog is rewarded. In the case of Tommy, a three-year-old Belgian Malinoise assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo Joint Security Forces, the softball-sized round rubber toy is about all the reward he needs During a recent evaluation, Tommy is released by

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.

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

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

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

Dec. 24, 2007

JTF-Bravo families donate toys to Honduran children

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

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