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U.S. Air Force Capt. Amber El-Amin, Joint Task Force-Bravo Operations Medical Planner, and Senior Airman Synethia Robinson, JTF-Bravo medical operations noncommissioned-officer-in-charge, pose behind a 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment CH-47 Chinook helicopter July 25, 2016 at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The aircraft is being loaded in preparation for a Medical Readiness Exercise mission in the Colón department of Honduras. The duo spends approximately 180-200 hours over 12 weeks preparing for each MEDRETE - events that have been the backbone of JTF-Bravo’s humanitarian mission in Central America for the past 23 years and have touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, built partner nation capacity and fostered goodwill towards the U.S. in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)

Aug. 1, 2016

Air Force duo key to Army medical aid in Central America

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Medical Readiness Training Exercises, Military Partnership Engagements and Mobile Surgical Team deployments have been the backbone of Joint Task Force-Bravo’s humanitarian mission in Central America for the past 23 years and have touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, built partner nation capacity and fostered goodwill towards the U.S. in the region. These missions are almost completely run and supported by the U.S. Army … almost.

Soldiers assigned to the 544th Military Police Company, Puerto Rico Army National Guard, board a flight for a nine month deployment to Honduras July 11.

July 28, 2016

Puerto Ricans Soldiers continue humanitarian legacy

FORT BLISS, TX, UNITED STATES — The 544th Military Police Company, Puerto Rican Army National Guard, has taken on missions in Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, for several years, and after completing training with the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security here, a platoon-sized element from the company continued the tradition and departed from the Silas L. Copeland Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group for a nine-month deployment July 11.

Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo and the Honduran air force pay their respects to U.S. Army Spc. Kyle Gantt during Gantt’s memorial service at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, July 24, 2016. Gantt is survived by his wife, two children, mother, and father. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)

July 26, 2016

JTF-Bravo honors life and service of fallen Soldier

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 300 members of Joint Task Force-Bravo, Special Marine Air-Ground Task Force and the Honduran air force gathered Sunday evening on the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment’s “Warrior Ramp” to remember and honor the life and service of U.S. Army Spc. Kyle Gantt.

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

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