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SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras – A group of cadets from the Honduran Air Force Academy leads the way, as 222 hikers from the U.S. and Honduras begin a 3.2-mile climb to the mountain village of El Misterio, Honduras, April 18, 2015, to deliver a combined 3,000 pounds of rice and other goods to the villagers there. This was the 60th iteration of the Joint Task Force-Bravo chapel hike program, which has delivered more than 217,000 pounds of donated goods to people in need in remote areas, to show good will and build trust in Honduras. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Christopher Love)

May 5, 2015

JTF-Bravo Chapel Hikes: A Legacy of Outreach and Trust

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — At 7:30 on Saturday morning, April 18, 2015, a caravan of 164 U.S. service members and 58 of their counterparts from the Honduran Air Force Academy departed Soto Cano Air Base for what would prove to be a challenging, 6.4-mile hike, round trip, to the mountain village of El Misterio. Their mission:  to deliver a combined 3,000 pounds of rice and

Firefighters hail an HH-60 Blackhawk as part of a simulated emergency rescue operation April 23, 2015, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The simulated rescue was part of the Central America Sharing Mutual Operations Knowledge and Experience exercise, designed to build partnership capabilities by bring firefighters from the U.S. and Central American countries together as a unified team. (Photo by Martin Chahin)

April 27, 2015

CENTAM SMOKE construye habilidades en conjunto con bomberos regionales

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Bomberos del 612 Escuadrón de Base Aérea de la Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta-Bravo junto con 39 bomberos de toda Centro América entrenaron juntos durante el ejercicio Centro América Compartiendo Conocimiento y Experiencias Operacionales Mutuas del 20 al 24 de abril del 2015 en la Base Aérea Soto Cano, Honduras.El ejercicio, conocido también como CENTAM

Firefighters representing the six Central American countries which participated in the CENTAM Sharing Mutual Operations Knowledge and Experience exercise, line up in preparation for fire training April 22, 2015 at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The week-long exercise consisted, among other things, of mobile aircraft training, car and helicopter burns, medical instruction, structural burns and HH-60 Blackhawk and CH-47 Chinook familiarization training, all meant to build partnership capacity between the and CENTAM counterparts. (Photo by Martin Chahin)

April 27, 2015

CENTAM SMOKE builds partnership capacity with regional firefighters

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Firefighters from Joint Task Force - Bravo's 612th Air Base Squadron along with 39 firefighters throughout Central America trained together during a Central America Sharing Mutual Operational Knowledge and Experiences exercise April 20 - 24, 2015, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras.The exercise, also known as CENTAM SMOKE, included participants from

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody discusses the vital role of each Airman during a visit to the fire station April 14, 2015, at Joint Task Force - Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. Throughout the day, Cody made his way through each section of the 612th Air Base Squadron, meeting Airmen and touring facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jessica Condit)

April 20, 2015

CMSAF visits Soto Cano Air Base

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody visited with Airmen during a trip to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, April 13 - 15.Cody visited numerous sections within the 612th Air Base Squadron and talked with Airmen on a personal level, holding several face-to-face conversations.Additionally, Cody held two all calls at the base fire station

U.S. Army Col. Steven Spencer provides a medical screening for a Honduran child during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise in the Department of Gracias a Dios, Honduras. March 24, 2015. Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Medical Element provided medical care to more than 970 Honduran citizens during the two day MEDRETE operation. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason Tedesco)

April 1, 2015

Joint Task Force-Bravo brings medical care to 973 people in Raya, Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force Bravo's Medical Element, Joint Security Forces, and 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment partnered with the Honduran Ministry of Health and the Honduran Military to provide medical care to 973 people over two days in Raya, a remote area on the coastline in the Gracias a Dios region of Honduras during a Medical Readiness Training

Honduran locals receive medical care during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise, March 11-15, 2015. Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element (MEDEL), with support from JTF-Bravo’s Joint Security Forces and Army Forces Battalion, partnered with the Honduran Ministry of Health and the Honduran military to provide medical care to 5,352 people and performed 11 surgeries over three days in the Department of Copan and Lempira, Honduras during a Mobile Surgical Team (MST), Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE), and a Medical Partnership Exercise (MPE). (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Stephanie Tucker)

March 20, 2015

Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element brings medical care to more than 5,300 villagers in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE — Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element (MEDEL), with support from JTF-Bravo's Joint Security Forces and Army Forces Battalion, partnered with the Honduran Ministry of Health and the Honduran military to provide medical care to 5,352 people and performed 11 surgeries over three days in the Department of Copan and Lempira, Honduras during a Mobile

Joint Task Force-Bravo volunteers carry more than 20-pounds of food in backpacks to villagers in La Brea and Laguna, Honduras, Feb. 28, 2015. As part of the 59th Chapel Hike, more than 172 members assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo laced up their hiking boots and completed a seven-mile round trip hike to deliver over 4,500-pounds of donated try goods to villagers in need.( U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

March 3, 2015

JTF-Bravo hikes over 4,500 pounds of food to remote villages in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 172 members of Joint Task Force-Bravo completed a seven-mile round trip hike to deliver more than 4,500 pounds of food and supplies to families in need in the mountain village of La Brea and La Laguna, Honduras, Feb. 28, 2015.The Task Force members participated in the 59th JTF-Bravo chapel hike, a long-standing tradition during which

A Chinook helicopter assigned to the 1st Brigade 228th Aviation Regiment waits on the runway at the Guatemalan 12th Mountain Brigade to load personnel heading for a Medical Readiness Training Exercise in La Blanca, Guatemala, Feb. 26, 2015. During the two-day exercise, the JTF-Bravo team and preventative medicine specialists from the Guatemalan Ministry of Health educated, screened and treated over 1,200 patients. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

March 2, 2015

Mission Success: JTF-Bravo teams up with Guatemalan health providers

LA BLANCA, Guatemala — Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo, Guatemalan Ministry of Health, and members of the Guatemalan military joined forces for a Medical Readiness Training Exercise in La Blanca, Guatemala, Feb. 25-26."I enjoy working with the U.S. government," said Dr. August Navarro, a Guatemalan health care provider. "Their professionalism is outstanding and I'm

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Collin Lorash and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Harris, 612th Air Base Squadron firefighters, rush to the scene of a hazardous material exercise on Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Feb. 10, 2015. The training exercise was held to guarantee members assigned to the 612th ABS Fire Department are compliant with the Department of Defense’s requirement that all Air Force firefighters are certified to the hazmat technical level. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

Feb. 11, 2015

Firefighters take on HAZMAT training

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dayne Tosi, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Specialist assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo operations cell, goes over the basic concept of self-defense to a class of ten students on Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Feb. 10, 2015. The self-defense class was held to teach personnel assigned to JTF-Bravo about the importance of using self-defense to escape a violent situation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

Feb. 11, 2015

Members of JTF-Bravo learn to defend themselves

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Specialist recently taught a class to ten personnel assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo about the importance of using self-defense to escape a violent situation."The point of this class is to get you to think differently about fighting," said U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dayne Tosi, SERE Specialist assigned to

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