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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alex Duran, J3 Joint Operations Director, helps one of the local children on the trip down the mountain during Chapel Hike 78 in La Paz, Honduras, March 30, 2019.

April 4, 2019

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — Approximately 128 members of Soto Cano Air Base hiked into the mountains of La Paz, Honduras, during Chapel Hike 78, March 30.

U.S. Army Pfc. Jason Dingler, Joint Security Forces military working dog handler, watches as his canine, Greco, takes down Spc. Young Won Ham, Medical Element preventive medicine technician, during a demonstration at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, March 27, 2019.

April 3, 2019

MEDEL trains to assist MWDs

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — Members of the Medical Element watched military working dog demonstrations at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, March 27.

Service members practice helocasting by jumping into a lake from a UH-60 Blackhawk at Lake Ilopango, El Salvador, March 7, 2019.

March 14, 2019

1-228th Avn Regt. trains with El Salvador Special Forces

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — Joint Task Force Bravo’s 1-228th Aviation Regiment worked with the 7th Special Forces Group to train Salvadoran Special Forces soldiers in paradrop operations, helocast and fast rope insertion extraction system training in El Salvador, March 4-7.

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook sits in a field during aerial gunnery training in Belize, Feb. 11, 2019.

Feb. 22, 2019

Winged Warriors maintain combat capabilities in Belize

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — The air hangs quiet and humid over a jungle landscape glowing only by the light of stars and fireflies that decorate the scene; the night would be like any other in the small country of Belize, except for the distant lights of U.S. Army helicopters and their M-240H Machine Guns.

A doctor speaks to awaiting patients at a local clinic in El Palmital, Honduras, Jan. 31, 2019.

Feb. 5, 2019

MEDEL provides care to El Palmital

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Outside a small clinic in the mountains of Honduras, dozens of people wait patiently for their chance to see a doctor.

Richard Williams, U.S. Army South Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Program manager, briefs leaders about the roles, responsibilities and expectations involved with his program at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Jan. 15, 2019.

Feb. 4, 2019

Army South SHARP team visits SCAB

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The U.S. Army South Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Program team visited Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Jan. 14-17.

Agents from Panama’s National Border Service wait to load slings onto a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook headed to the Darien Province in the Republic of Panama, Jan. 11, 2019.

Jan. 17, 2019

U.S. Army helps protect Pan-American Highway in OP Darien Lift

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — The 1-228th Avn Regt Chinook crews provided air transportation assistance from Jan. 4-12 for the first phase of the operation, named Darien Lift.

Jan. 10, 2019

WHINSEC leads Interagency Crisis Action Planning course in Honduras

Tegucigalpa, Honduras — Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) instructors partnered with representatives from Joint Task Force-Bravo and Honduran contingency organizations for an Interagency Crisis Action Planning course in Tegucigalpa, Dec. 10 - 14, 2018.

Honduran soldiers perform a weapons demonstration during Artillery Day at Zambrano, Dec. 4, 2018.

Dec. 12, 2018

JTF-B representatives attend Artillery Day

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo representatives assigned to the Army Forces Battalion attended Artillery Day with their Honduran counterparts at Zambrano, Dec. 4.

A U.S. Agency for International Development representative teaches a Joint Humanitarian Operations Course at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Dec. 3, 2018.

Dec. 11, 2018

JTF-B service members attend JHOC

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — Joint Task Force-Bravo service members attended a Joint Humanitarian Operations Course led by representatives from the U.S. Agency for International Development, Dec. 3-4.