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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

A UH-60 helicopter, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment makes an approach to the USS Kauffman during deck landing qualifications off the coast of Honduras, Feb. 1, 2015. The 1-228th Avn. Reg. aircrew participated in deck landing qualifications on board the USS Kauffman to qualify pilots and crew chiefs on shipboard operations. Kauffman is on its final scheduled deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility supporting multinational, counter-narcotics operation known as Operation Martillo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

Feb. 3, 2015

1-228th Aviation Regiment joins Navy for qualification

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — U.S. Army pilots assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo completed their annual deck landing qualifications for the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters aboard the USS Kauffman."The goal of achieving and maintaining deck landing qualifications is to ensure flight crews mission ready to support any humanitarian assistance or disaster relief operations," said U.S.

A U.S. Army crew chief assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment starts pre-flight checks on a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter for deck landing qualifications at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Feb. 1, 2015. The 1-228th Avn. Reg. aircrew participated in deck landing qualifications on board the USS Kauffman to qualify pilots and crew chiefs on shipboard operations. Kauffman is on its final scheduled deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility supporting multinational, counter-narcotics operation known as Operation Martillo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

Feb. 2, 2015

1-228th Aviation Regiment heads to the Caribbean

Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo gather to pray with the people living at the Sisters of Charity Orphanage in Comayagua, Honduras, Jan. 25, 2015. The Sisters of Charity Orphanage is one of seven different orphanages from around the Comayagua Valley that the U.S. military personnel assigned to JTF-Bravo have supported over the past 17 years. In addition to spending time with interacting with children, members have also collected and donated much-needed supplies and food, as well as helped in minor construction work on the buildings in which the children live. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

Jan. 27, 2015

Joint Task Force-Bravo gives more than just food to local orphanage