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Joint Task Force – Bravo conducts medical engagement in Olancho, Honduras
January 23, 2023 — Joint Task Force – Bravo received a unique request during U.S. Southern Command’s Health Engagements Assistance Response Team HEART 2022 mission to work alongside partner nation medical professionals to provide surgical and medical services to communities in Guatemala and Honduras... MORE

Joint Task Force Bravo conducted a medical engagement in Olancho, Honduras to provide humanitarian assistance and medical services at the request of the government of Honduras.

Joint Task Force Bravo Commander recognizes Soldiers
December 2, 2022 — Colonel Phillip Brown, commander of Joint Task Force-Bravo recently recognized two of our soldiers for their efforts in the support of the United States Naval Ship Comfort here in Honduras... MORE

Colonel Phillip Brown, commander of Joint Task Force-Bravo recently recognized two of our soldiers for their efforts in the support of the United States Naval Ship Comfort here in Honduras.

Soto Cano Air Base hosts second MEIR course of the year
October 18, 2022 — This month, the U.S. Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute partnered with medical personnel, first responders, the Honduran Red Cross and the Honduran Permanent Contingency Commission to return to Soto Cano to teach the MEIR course again, this time it was concluded with a base-wide exercise... MORE

U.S. Army medical experts respond to a simulated explosion during an exercise at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras on 14 Oct, 2022.

Eligible Airmen, Guardians have access to more monkeypox vaccines
August 22, 2022 — The Department of Defense is increasing its supply of the approved monkeypox vaccine, JYNNEOS, which allows for more Airmen and Guardians at higher risk for transmission to access preventive measures to keep themselves safe... MORE

U.S. Military Health Team will visit Guatemala in August
August 18, 2022 — The 2022 Health Engagements Assistance Response Team (HEART 22) will visit hospitals in Guatemala City and Quetzaltenango in mid-August 2022. HEART 22 is a team of U.S. Army and Air Force medical and support personnel assigned to the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). Approximately 25 members will travel to Guatemala... MORE

U.S. Defense Department Partners with Belizean Surgeons for Medical Missions in Belize
August 16, 2022 — A U.S. military surgical team with United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Joint Task Force (JTF)-Bravo based out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, will conduct a humanitarian surgical mission in Dangriga and Belmopan from August 15-27. This joint effort by U.S. Armed Forces medical professionals and the Belizean government is part of SOUTHCOM’s Global Health Engagements initiative... MORE