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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.