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Major Susan Perry, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element nurse anesthetist, keeps a watchful eye on a 27 year old Honduran man in serious condition from three gunshot wounds as other MEDEL emergency team members work to stabalize the patient's vital signs. After initial emergency care at Colinial Hospital in Comayagua, Honduran doctors requested transport assistance from MEDEL which determined 1-228th Aviation Regiment MEDEVAC assistance was needed to transport the patient to a hospital in Tegucigalpa, Honduras . (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

Jan. 31, 2008

Task Force team responds to local medical emergency

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A team of Joint Task Force-Bravo medical professionals were fighting for the life of a 27 year old Honduran man in serious condition from three gunshot wounds received Jan. 31 in Comayagua. After receiving initial emergency care at Colinial Hospital in Comayagua, the Honduran doctors there asked for assistance from the Medical Element at Soto Cano

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-- Ophthalmologist Dr. William Raymond, a retired Army Colonel and staff-member at Madigan Army Hospital, Ft. Lewis, Wash. corrects a nine-year-old Honduran boy’s strabismus, or “crossed eyes,” during a Medical Readiness Education and Training Exercise at Choluteca, Honduras. During the three-week long MEDRETE, the 18-person team performed more than 170 eye surgeries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow.)

Jan. 29, 2008

Medical team restores sight for Honduras' needy

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A team specializing in eye surgery is currently supporting Southern Command engagement strategies and conducting a Medical Readiness Education and Training Exercise at Hospital del Sur, Choluteca, Honduras. The 18-person Western Regional Medical Command Humanitarian Civic Assistance Eye Surgical Team participating in the MEDRETE has been in place

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras – With a morning moon over his shoulder, Capt. John Schmalz, Bravo Co. commander, 1-228 Aviation Regiment, performs preflight on the UH-60 Chinook he will fly to support Honduran Airborne training Jan. 24. The helicopter served as the platform for the Honduran Army’s efforts in training its soldiers in airborne tactics at the Honduran airborne troop headquarters at Tamara, Honduras, (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

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

Tech. Sgt Herman Ybarra exchanges ideas with Salvadoran military members while they train for their upcoming deployment to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Ybarra was part of a U.S. task force from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, deployed to El Salvador to provide Salvadoran military members familiarization with U.S. equipment, tactics, techniques and procedures prior to their upcoming Operation Iraqi Freedom rotation. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. John Asselin)

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

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras – Air Force Staff Sgt. Staff Sgt. Eduard Morales encourages Tommy, a three-year old Belgian Malinois, who has just pointed out the location of drugs placed by his trainers during a training exercise at the library here Jan. 15. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M.May)

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

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

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