Jan. 1, 2020

Reserve Citizen Airmen treat Honduran patients during medical readiness training exercise

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. — Twenty-one Air Force Reserve medics with the 403rd Wing took part of a Medical Readiness Training Exercise Dec. 4-18. Known as the 403rd MEDRETE 2019 Honduras, Airmen from the 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron and 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron here as well as reservists from around the country, worked with a team of doctors from the Joint Task Force-Bravo Surgeon’s Cell out of Soto Cano Air Base, to provide free medical care to the citizens of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Dec. 12, 2019

Exercise Mercury prepares Panamanian and U.S. forces for disaster response

Panama City, Panama — Joint Task Force-Bravo service members and Panamanian forces joined for an emergency response and humanitarian assistance exercise in the Darien Province, Panama, December 3-10 to hone expeditionary and readiness capabilities during a combined, joint exercise called Mercury. Amid dense jungle and remote field conditions, more than 100 U.S. participants worked alongside their Panamanian hosts to respond to a simulated flooding disaster following a hurricane – a wholly believable scenario for the region.

Nov. 26, 2019

SOUTHCOM leadership highlights JTFB counter-threat role, thanks troops

Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras — Adm. Craig Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command, and members of the SOUTHCOM command team spent Sunday and Monday with members of Team Soto Cano to celebrate Thanksgiving and discuss the role of Joint Task Force-Bravo in countering threats and bolstering regional security.

Nov. 12, 2019

JTFB, Ministry of Health partner to bring medical care to Cortés

Cortes, Honduras — Twenty-two U.S. military service members assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo worked alongside Honduran military and relief organizations to conduct a medical readiness training exercise in the department of Cortes, Honduras, Nov. 5-7, treating more than 800 patients.

Nov. 7, 2019

Congressional Delegation gets hands on with JTF-Bravo's role in regional security

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A congressional delegation of nine house members including Rep. Steve Scalise, Rep. Mike Rogers, Rep. Larry Bucshon, Rep. Dan Newhouse, Rep. Amata Radewagen, Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, Rep. Denver Riggleman, Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon and Rep. Michael Waltz, stopped at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, while on tour through Central and South America

Nov. 7, 2019

Team Soto Cano delivers 80th round of hope

Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras — More than 160 members of Team Soto Cano hiked through the mountains of La Paz, Honduras, to deliver over 4,000 pounds of food to the village of Piedra Chata Saturday for the 80th iteration of what has fondly become known as chapel hikes.

Oct. 28, 2019

62 AW Airmen transport much-needed food to almost 500,000 Hondurans

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Millions of people in every corner of the world lack basic supplies for food, water and education. In an effort to mitigate some of these issues, the Department of Defense created the Denton Cargo Program, which allows the U.S. Air Force to deliver privately donated humanitarian cargo on a space-available basis.

Oct. 25, 2019

Honduran readiness exercises provide invaluable surgical, training opportunities

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Brooke Army Medical Center personnel participated in two separate medical readiness exercises in Honduras recently.

Oct. 24, 2019

U.S. Army instructor pilots land on the deck of the USS Wasp

Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo completed deck-landing qualifications aboard the USS Wasp Oct. 2-5 off the coast of Costa Rica part of a training event that allowed CH-47 Chinook pilots with the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment to maintain proficiencies while working closely with U.S. Navy partners to improve joint interoperability.

Oct. 22, 2019

Civil Affairs Team medic positively impacts life of local child

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — I am part of Civil Affairs Team 4361, a detachment of Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, that visited the Jardin de Ninos Roman Villeda school in the rural town of La Labor, Ocotepeque Department June 19 to conduct an assessment and deliver humanitarian assistance.