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After a recent post-wide competition among six servicemembers, an Army specialist and a staff sergeant were selected as the JTF-Bravo Soldier and Non-Commissioned Officer of the Quarter for the second quarter in fiscal year 2017. Army Spc. Aaron Vinson, Military Police Working Dog handler, represents the Army as the named junior Soldier of the 2nd Quarter for JTF-Bravo. Vinson enlisted in the Army in 2002 and is a native of Cookeville, Tenn. Army Staff Sgt. Otis Bostic, Supply NCO, represents the Army as the named NCO of the 2nd Quarter for JTF-Bravo. Bostic is a native of Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Feb. 21, 2017

Troopers of the 2nd quarter selected

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Soldiers or Airmen who earn Trooper of the Quarter honor and represent the best enlisted members of Joint Task Force-Bravo. This professionalism exemplifies the traits of the ideal servicemember and what the U.S. military is about.After a recent post-wide competition among six servicemembers, an Army specialist and a staff sergeant were selected as

The Honduran Air Force and Joint Task Force-Bravo’s soccer teams came together for a friendly game here, Feb. 10, with Honduras coming out victorious, 1-0. The game drew a large crowd from the base community. The crowd, the music, the excitement of the game and liveliness of the spectators were notable.

Feb. 21, 2017

US, Honduran military compete in All-Star soccer match

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The Honduran Air Force and Joint Task Force-Bravo’s soccer teams came together for a friendly game here, Feb. 10, with Honduras coming out victorious, 1-0.The idea to have a soccer match between the Honduran Air Force and JTF-Bravo began with an invitation by Col. Kevin Mcaninch, Army Support Activity commander, and Col. Jose Santos Colindres

Patients wait outside a school in Estancia, La Paz, to receive basic medical care from a team of Honduran and U.S. personnel during a two-day Medical Readiness Training Exercise, Jan. 31. Personnel from the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element worked side by side with local nurses and physicians, as well as Honduran soldiers to provide the population with immunizations, preventive medicine, dental services, basic medical care and pharmacy services. (U.S. Army photo by Maria Pinel)

Feb. 10, 2017

Honduran, U.S. partnership provides medical care for underserved village

LA PAZ, Honduras — Personnel from Honduran Ministry of Health representatives, Honduran military personnel, members of Joint Task Force – Bravo and the U.S. Agency for International Development, partnered to provide basic medical services to the population of Estancia during a medical readiness exercise from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1.

Members of Joint Task Force – Bravo prepare food bags for the Chapel Hike Feb. 4. Approximately 164 hikers in this event that brought food and supplies an under developed community just outside Soto Cano Air Base in the Comayaqua Valley.

Feb. 9, 2017

JTF-Bravo hikes for a good cause

COMAYAGUA, Honduras — Approximately 180 personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo participated in a four-mile round-trip hike to the village of El Paraiso on Saturday, Feb. 4, to deliver food and supplies to the struggling Honduran community. These hikes are a part of the Command Master Religious Program that executes events to provide relief to areas in the underdeveloped Comayagua Valley that surrounds Soto Cano Air Base.

Flight paramedics from the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment assist Joint Security Forces personnel with patient packaging as part of the hot and cold load orientation during a Medical Evacuation training, at Soto Cano Air Base, Jan. 17, 2017.

Jan. 26, 2017

JSF prepares for Medical Evacuations

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment conducted a joint Medical Evacuation training with Joint Security Forces at Soto Cano Air Base, Jan. 17 - 18, to increase readiness and knowledge in preparation for medical emergencies.

Chief Master Sgt. Scott Sojak, Air Combat Command Air Traffic Control functional manager, reviews an example of a flight schedule at the Soto Cano Airfield Control Tower, Jan. 18. Sojak was part of a Staff Assistance Visit team who conducted an airfield compliance assessment at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Jan. 17-20.

Jan. 24, 2017

ACC Staff Assistance Visit helps uphold airfield standards

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Three Staff Assistance Visit team members from Headquarters, Air Combat Command visited the 612th Air Base Squadron to conduct an airfield compliance assessment here, Jan. 17-20.Chief Master Sergeants Scott Sojak, Paul Portugal and Brian Lavigne visited the Airfield Control Tower, Ground Control Approach Facility, Airfield Management and Air

In Siguatepeque, Honduras, home of the 1st Engineering Battalion, Sergeant Yesica Carolina Baires became the first female engineer to accomplish the grueling Sapper Leader Course in February 2016.

Dec. 21, 2016

Honduran Sapper Leadership Course graduates first female combat engineer

SIGUATEPEQUE, Honduras — In Siguatepeque, Honduras, home of the 1st Engineering Battalion, Sergeant Yesica Carolina Baires became the first female engineer to accomplish the grueling Sapper Leader Course, becoming Sapper qualified and wearing the coveted Sapper tab.

Joint Task Force Bravo personnel from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras and Costa Rican organizations partner to do damage assessment and identify humanitarian assistance projects in the wake of Hurricane Otto which hit Costa Rica Nov. 26. The storm brought heavy rains, flooding and mudslides to the area.

Dec. 14, 2016

JTF Bravo sends hurricane damage team to Costa Rica

LIMON, Costa Rica — Joint Task Force Bravo sent two personnel from Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras to Costa Rica to assist in damage assessment in the aftermath of Hurricane Otto, which hit the country on Nov. 26.

An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, provided airlift support for a team of special forces troops performing air assault training during Operation Serpiente, a joint training mission led by members of the U.S. 7th Special Forces Group and Naval Special Warfare, Dec. 1, Lake Ilopango, El Salvador.

Dec. 13, 2016

US, El Salvador forces execute air assault training

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Salvadoran Soldiers and Special Operations personnel assigned to 1st Airborne Brigade and Special Forces Command completed Operation Serpiente, a joint air assault training mission led by members of the U.S. 7th Special Forces Group, Naval Special Warfare, and Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st Battalion 228th Aviation Regiment Nov. 28 – Dec. 2, at

Colonel Douglas Lougee, Medical Element commander and pediatrician, weighs a child during Operation Pura Vida, a joint humanitarian mission and Medical Readiness Training Exercise at an indigenous region in the Caribbean province of Limón, Nov. 2. A Group of 16 JTF-Bravo medical professionals arrived in four helicopters from the 1st Battalion 228th Aviation Regiment and joined 30 Costa Rican physicians to provide basic healthcare services to approximately 300 residents of the indigenous village of Piedra Mesa, Telire region of Talamanca, Limón.

Nov. 15, 2016

JTF-Bravo, Costa Rican medical teams bring healthcare to remote indigenous village

LIMÓN, Costa Rica — A group of 16 doctors, nurses, dentists and other specialists from Joint Task Force-Bravo took part in Operation Pura Vida, a joint humanitarian mission and Medical Readiness Training Exercise at an indigenous region in the Caribbean province of Limón, Nov. 1 to 3. The group arrived in four helicopters from the 1st Battalion 228th Aviation Regiment and joined 30 Costa Rican physicians to provide basic healthcare services to approximately 300 residents of the indigenous village of Piedra Mesa, Telire region of Talamanca, Limón.