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.

Sept. 9, 2019

JTFB provides ammunition to fight deadly virus in Honduras

Comayagua, Honduras — On July 23, 2019, The Honduran Ministry of Health declared a national emergency due to a dengue outbreak, with 16 confirmed deaths, 1,839 hemorrhagic-dengue patients, and more than 12,000 cases of common dengue reported throughout the country.

Sept. 5, 2019

Joint efforts recover broken bird

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The Blackhawk was in en-route to begin a mission to support the USNS Comfort when a malfunction on board led the pilots to do a precautionary landing near a riverbank. Upon further examination, the Blackhawk crew discovered that the aircraft’s transmission was broken and the bird would not be safe to fly.