Articles

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