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Members of the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment from Joint Task Force-Bravo and Special Operations Command South conduct aircraft familiarization training on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with Salvadorian military May 24 in El Salvador. JTF-Bravo and other U.S. Military elements such as U.S. Army South Regionally Aligned Forces and Special-Purpose Marine Air, Ground Task Forces, under the auspices of U.S. Southern Command, routinely conduct combined training and exercises with Partner Nation security forces in multiple Central American nations, improving the safety and security in the CENTAM region and southern approaches to the United States. (Courtesy Photo Illustration)

July 17, 2016

Joint Task Force-Bravo supports combined Salvadorian, U.S. military training

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Members of the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment from Joint Task Force-Bravo conducted combined exercises with Salvadorian military forces and the SpecialOperations Command South members that included open water rescue, rappel and fast rope training, and helicopter loading/unloading May 23-26 in El Salvador.Salvadorian military members

Comayagua, Honduras – U.S. Army Col. Douglas Lougee (left), Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element commander, presents Honduran Army Col. Julio Cesar Urquia (right), Director of the Experimental Center of Agricultural Development and Ecological Conservation (CEDACE), with a certificate of appreciation for the professional exchange and mutual support during a Military Partnership Engagement in San Sebastian, Comayagua, Honduras, July 9, 2016. JTF-Bravo participated at the request of the CEDACE Director, providing an opportunity for JTF-Bravo to assist the Honduran military in providing humanitarian aid to locals, as well as a chance for service members to train and prepare for a humanitarian crisis in support of U.S. partner nations in Central America. (U.S. Army photo by Maria Pinel)

July 13, 2016

JTF-Bravo partners with Honduran military to bring humanitarian aid to locals

Honduran construction workers take a rest from building a new water well in Comayagua, Honduras, June 14, 2016, where members of Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Medical Element Preventive Medicine team visited to test the water. The MEDEL team provides the community with water purification testing and education on different ways of maintaining a clean water supply in cooperation with the Honduran Ministry of Health of Comayagua. (U.S. Army photo by 1Lt Jenniffer Rodriguez)

July 13, 2016

JTF-Bravo partners with Honduran health officials to ensure safe drinking water for locals

COMAYAGUA, Honduras — Soldiers under the command of Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element Preventive Medicine section traveled to the community of Comayagua to obtain water samples and provide education to locals on how to maintain clean and drinkable water for the public, June 14.The Preventive Medicine team performs such missions on a weekly basis with their main

U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Holman, a combat medic assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, poses for a photo in front of two UH-60 Black Hawks at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, July 12, 2016. While on leave in Roatán, Honduras, Holman save the life of a Honduran teen who was unresponsive on the beach. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)

July 13, 2016

JTF-Bravo medic saves Honduran youth in Roatán

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — What started as a quiet afternoon spent enjoying off-duty time and celebrating the Fourth of July weekend in Roatán, Honduras took a sudden turn for one member of Joint Task Force-Bravo on July 2.U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Holman, a combat medic assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, was at a local scuba shop packing up his equipment

U.S. Navy Adm. Kurt Tidd (center), commander of U.S. Southern Command, stands in front of the outgoing and incoming Joint Task Force-Bravo commanders, U.S. Army Cols. Robert Harman and Brian Hughes, during the JTF-Bravo change of command ceremony at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, July 7, 2016. Tidd was the presiding officer of the ceremony, during which command of JTF-Bravo was passed from Harman to Hughes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)

July 11, 2016

New leader takes command of JTF-Bravo

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — U.S. Army Col. Brian T. Hughes, an officer in aviation and distinguished military graduate from East Tennessee State University, assumed command of Joint Task Force-Bravo July 7, during a change of command ceremony at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras.Honduran government officials, U.S. embassy representatives, including U.S. ambassador James Nealon,

A member of the Honduran military discusses the plan for troop and equipment movement during a Rehearsal of Concept drill in preparation for combined Honduran and U.S. Counter-Transnational Organized Crime operations, in Santa Barbara, Honduras, June 1, 2016. This was the first time the Honduran military hosted and led a RoC drill for a CARAVANA mission, demonstrating an increase in effectiveness due to an expansion of Honduran assets and capabilities. During the RoC drill, one Honduran official highlighted recent data showing a marked decrease of Transnational Criminal Organization freedom of maneuver in northeastern Honduras, attributing it to the continued presence of Honduran security and interdiction teams enabled by Operation CARAVANA. CARAVANA is the name given to the recurring operation whereby Joint Task Force-Bravo provides the Honduran military with airlift support to give Honduran troops freedom of movement and access to outposts in the Gracias a Dios, Colón and Olancho departments to disrupt and deter illicit trafficking of drugs, weapons and money. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Capt. David Liapis)

June 16, 2016

Coordination, support package key in Honduran-led counter-drug operation

MOCORÓN, Honduras — Nestled in the wilderness of Miskito Indian country near the southeastern border and enclosed on all sides by dense rain forest lies the remote Honduran military base of Mocorón where combined Honduran and Joint Task Force-Bravo members conducted the twentieth iteration of Operation CARAVANA throughout the Gracias a Dios department June 8 and

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Lisa Kent and U.S. Army Sgt. Jason Nisperos, Joint Task Force-Bravo Preventive Medicine, provide a preventive medicine class for the people who visited the Prinzu Pawanka Hospital during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise in Alamikamba, Nicaragua, May 18, 2016. After receiving the initial health class, which provided guidance on how to avoid common illnesses, those present also received deworming medication, vitamins and soap. (U.S. Army photo by Maria Pinel)

May 26, 2016

Joint Task Force-Bravo conducts medical exercise, builds relationships in Nicaragua

ALAMIKAMBA, Nicaragua — U.S. service members from Joint Task Force-Bravo and the Nicaraguan Army and Ministry of Health joined together to provide basic health care for 1,265 Nicaraguans during a two-day Medical Readiness Training Exercise, May 18-19, in the rural community of Alamikamba, Nicaragua.Alamikamba is located in the municipality of Prinzapolka in the Northern

Residents from Hospital Escuela Universitario pose for photo with Col. (Dr.) Kulvinder Bajwa, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element command surgeon, after an advanced laparoscopic surgery presentation at Hospital Escuela Universitario, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 13, 2016. Bajwa performed an advanced laparoscopic surgery, participated in a general surgery residency training program, and presented lectures to residents on robotic and laparoscopic surgeries at Hospital Escuela Universitario. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Jenniffer Rodriguez)

May 24, 2016

MEDEL command surgeon shares experience during residency training program

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — U.S. Army Col. (Dr.) Kulvinder Bajwa, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element command surgeon, performed an advanced laparoscopic surgery, participated in a General Surgery residency training program and presented lectures to residents on robotic and laparoscopic surgeries at Hospital Escuela Universitario, here, May 13.Hospital Escuela

U.S. Army Maj. (Dr.) Margaret Novicio, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element dentist, performs a molar extraction on a pediatric patient in the Catholic University, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 6, 2016. MEDEL supported U.S. Army Dental Command and U.S. Southern Command during pediatric dental humanitarian assistance projects in Tegucigalpa May 3-12. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Jenniffer Rodriguez)

May 24, 2016

JTF-Bravo MEDEL completes pediatric dental operations in Honduran capital

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, supported U.S. Army Dental Command and U.S. Southern Command during pediatric dental humanitarian assistance projects in the Catholic University of Tegucigalpa, here, May 3-12.A total of 208 pediatric patients between the ages of 2 and 16 were seen during the two-week

U.S. Army Sgt. King David, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment CH-47 Chinook Crew Chief, observes the San Cristóbal volcano, one of at least six active volcanos in Nicaragua, while transporting the Joint Task Force-Bravo U.S. Southern Command Situational Assessment Team from Managua, Nicaragua and Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, May 19, 2016. The S-SAT, which is a scalable element comprised of a team leader, civil military operations officer, air operations planer, engineer operations planner, logistics planner, communications planner, medical planner and force protection planner, who provide critical information to governmental and non-governmental disaster response teams so they know what to expect and plan for when they arrive. The JTF-Bravo S-SAT was invited to Nicaragua to demonstrate their ability to respond to a disaster situation and integrate with the U.S. Embassy, Managua, Community Emergency Response Team and the Nicaraguan National System for Prevention and Attention to Disasters (SINAPRED) to aid in the response and alleviate human suffering. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Capt. David Liapis)

May 20, 2016

JTF-Bravo's S-SAT Demonstrates Capabilities in Nicaragua

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The U.S. Southern Command Situational Assessment Team from Joint Task Force-Bravo, based out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, demonstrated their ability to rapidly deploy and provide professional and self-sustained disaster response assistance to partner nations in Central America at the U.S. Embassy grounds in Managua, Nicaragua, May 17.The S-SAT

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