March 20, 2014

Joint Task Force-Bravo welcomes 12th Air Force commander

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) commander visited Joint Task Force-Bravo 19-20 March, 2014 to get a glimpse of the missions performed at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras.During the fast paced stay, U. S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Tod Wolters toured the base, ate breakfast with Airmen, received multiple mission briefings, recognized annual award

March 20, 2014

Joint Task Force-Bravo service members complete Combat Water Survival Training

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo's Army Forces Battalion (ARFOR) and Medical Element (MEDEL) service members conducted a Combat Water Survival training at the base pool in Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, March 13.The training was conducted in order to allow the service members to maintain proficiency in a variety of skill sets such as two stroke test, using

March 18, 2014

Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Joint Security Forces hosts “Anniversary Celebration” for CasAyuda

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo's Joint Security Forces (JSF) hosted an "Anniversary Celebration" for 85 boys and girls and 19 adult chaperones from the CasAyuda organization, March 11, 2014. The celebration commemorated the organization's fifteenth anniversary and marked thirteen years of continuous collaborations with not only JSF but the entire Task

March 18, 2014

Not fit to wear: 612th Air Base Squadron fire department collects clothing for Honduran families

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The 612th Air Base Squadron (ABS) Fire Department donated clothes they had collected to Honduran families in the village of Mata de Platano, just outside of Comayagua, Honduras March 8, 2014.The clothing drive collected over 1,000 pounds of clothing for the local families in need. This amounted to more than 275 sets of clothing and shoes

March 13, 2014

Combat Water Survival training

March 13, 2014

Field sanitation training prepares Army battalion for austere conditions

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — During the early morning hours of March 5, multiple Headquarter Support Company, Army Forces Battalion (ARFOR) vehicles carrying equipment and water essential to assembling the E-lite Camp System drove to the Soto Cano Air Base motor pool to conduct a field sanitation training exercise . The exercise, which occurred during the battalion's weekly

March 10, 2014

Old, new technologies combine to make seas safer in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A fusion of old and new technology is making the seas off the coast of Honduras safer and more secure, thanks to work being done by members of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO), currently working out of a location at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras.Each morning, a Basler BT-67 aircraft lifts off from the flightline at Soto Cano, headed for the

March 8, 2014

Answering the call: Joint Task Force-Bravo's 1-228th Aviation Regiment battles blaze in Honduras, protects villages

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — When U.S. Army Sgt. Kelly Steckler first heard about the fire during the afternoon of March 4, he didn't quite believe it."We were out at the aircraft doing maintenance and were told there was a fire and we needed to get ready for firefighting operations," said Steckler. "At first I didn't think it was serious, but then I quickly realized this was

March 7, 2014

Heavy lifting: Joint Task Force-Bravo accomplishes sling-load training

March 6, 2014

Joint Task Force-Bravo Commander meets with local leaders

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — U.S. Army Col. Thomas Boccardi, Commander, Joint Task Force-Bravo, spent the afternoon visiting with leaders of two of the communities surrounding Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, March 5, 2014. Boccardi and JTF-Bravo staff members met with Mario Palencia, Mayor of Ajuterique, and Francisco Mendez, Mayor of Lejamani. The Commander and the leaders