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U. S. Army Lt. Col Frank Melgarejo, Joint Task Force-Bravo operations officer and Sandi Burges, Bridge Ministries founder, hand out soap kits to people at the Comayaguela Landfill. Joint Task Force-Bravo, non-government organizations Clean the World, Bridge Ministries and Kick for Nick Foundation, the Honduran 21st Military Police Battalion and the Honduran National Police formed a partnership to distribute soap kits, backpacks with school supplies, tooth brushes and tooth paste, soccer balls and uniforms to students at eight Tegucigalpa, Honduras schools in a two-day event, May 20-21, 2014. The group handed out over 4,200 soap kits, 600 backpacks, 150 tooth brushes and tooth paste, and 50 soccer balls. (Photo by U. S. Air National Guard Capt. Steven Stubbs).

May 27, 2014

US, Honduras military; NGOs provide support to Honduras schools

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo, non-government organizations Clean the World, Bridge Ministries and Kick For Nick Foundation, the 21st Honduran Military Police Battalion, and the Honduran National Police formed a partnership to distribute soap kits, backpacks, tooth brushes and tooth paste, soccer balls and soccer uniforms to students at eight Tegucigalpa

A vehicle traveling west on Honduras Highway CA-5 about 13 miles outside of Comayagua, Honduras was struck from behind by a tractor trailer truck, May 13, 2014. The 18-wheeler subsequently pushed the vehicle into the trailer of another tractor trailer crushing the vehicle. Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Medical Element (MEDEL) and 1-228th Aviation Regiment responded to a Honduran government request for a ground and air medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) of an automobile accident victim to the Hospital Militar in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (Courtesy Photo)

May 22, 2014

JTF-Bravo's MEDEL; 1-228th respond to MEDEVAC request

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element (MEDEL) and 1-228th Aviation Regiment responded to a Honduran government request for a ground and air medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) of an automobile accident victim to the Hospital Militar in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 13, 2014.A vehicle traveling west on Honduras Highway CA-5 13 miles outside of Comayagua

Joint Task Force-Bravo members during the hands-on training portion of the combat life saver course taught by members of the Medical Element. Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Medical Element instructed 23 individuals on combat life saver techniques and tactical casualty combat care from May 12-16, 2014. This 40 hour course trains non-medical servicemembers on the ability to provide advanced first aid and life saving procedures beyond the level of self-aid. (Courtesy photo)

May 22, 2014

JTF-Bravo MEDEL teaches life saving course to servicemembers

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element instructed 23 individuals on combat life saver techniques and tactical casualty combat care from May 12-16, 2014. This 40 hour course trains non-medical servicemembers on the ability to provide advanced first aid and life saving procedures beyond the level of self-aid. This training was developed to prevent

Photo by Ana Fonseca

May 21, 2014

Joint Task Force-Bravo's Joint Security Forces remember U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Randall Harris

A Honduran woman gives a Joint Task Force-Bravo member a thank you kiss for the food and supplies that she received from him. More than 120 members of Joint Task Force-Bravo, with the support of Joint Task Force-Bravo's Joint Security Forces and the Honduran military, completed a volunteer seven mile round trip hike to deliver 2,500 pounds of food and supplies to families in need in the mountain village of El Tamarindo outside Comayagua, Honduras, May 17, 2014. The effort was part of the 54th Joint Task Force-Bravo Chapel Hike, a venerable tradition during which Task Force members donate money to purchase food and supplies and then carry those supplies on a hike through the mountains to deliver them to local, underserviced communities. (Photo by U. S. Air National Guard Capt. Steven Stubbs)

May 19, 2014

U. S. troops carry 2,500 pounds of food; supplies to remote village in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 120 members of Joint Task Force-Bravo, with the support of Joint Task Force-Bravo's Joint Security Forces and the Honduran military, completed a volunteer seven mile round trip hike to deliver 2,500 pounds of food and supplies to families in need in the mountain village of El Tamarindo outside Comayagua, Honduras, May 17, 2014.The effort

A U. S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk from the 1-228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force-Bravo, hovers before landing at the U.S. Embassy lawn May 9 carrying the SOUTHCOM Situational Assessment Team, a four member team from Joint Task Force-Bravo Honduras on the Embassy lawn May 9. The SSAT was deployed for the first time for FA-HUM 2014, a humanitarian and disaster relief two weeklong exercise in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Photo by Juan Quintero, U.S. Embassy Public Affairs)

May 19, 2014

Army South's SSAT deploys

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Two U. S. Southern Command Situational Assessment Teams, referred to as SSAT, participated in FA-HUM 2014 in El Salvador the second week in May.The first team of four flew in via an UH-60 Black Hawk to the U.S. Embassy from Joint Task Force-Bravo, Honduras a little more than an hour's flight away. The other SSAT, consisting of eight personnel,

Key leaders from Joint Task Force-Bravo met with Honduran civic and military leaders at the Mobile Surgical Team's site of a Medical Readiness and Training Exercise (MEDRETE) being conducted in the town of Santa Rosa de Copan, Department of Copan, Honduras, May 7, 2014. The Task Force and Honduran leaders engaged in discussions on how to build on the strong relationship between the U.S. and Honduras, how Joint Task Force-Bravo can continue to partner with Honduras in order to provide assistance to those in need and toured the Mobile Surgical Team's mobile operating room where U.S. and Honduran medical professionals were working side-by-side conducting gall bladder and hernia repair surgeries for eight local citizens.

May 15, 2014

Joint Task Force-Bravo, Honduran leaders visit MST site

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Key leaders from Joint Task Force-Bravo met with Honduran civic and military leaders at the Mobile Surgical Team's site of a Medical Readiness and Training Exercise (MEDRETE) being conducted in the town of Santa Rosa de Copan, Department of Copan, Honduras, May 7, 2014.Task Force members met with Juan Carlos Lagos Fuentes, governor of Copán; Anibal

U. S. Army Lt. Col. Mark Talbert greets a five-year-old Honduran boy during a pre-operative visit May 6. His case is one of eight surgeries performed by the Joint Task Force-Bravo's Mobile Surgical Team and the surgical staff of the Santa Rosa hospital in the city of Santa Rosa de Copan, Department of Copan, Honduras during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise May 5-9. These surgeries, which are often very expensive for Honduran nationals, were provided free of charge. The work of the MST helped support Honduran medical capabilities while continuing to strengthen the relationship between JTF-Bravo and its partner nation. (Photo by U. S Air National Guard Capt. Steven Stubbs)

May 11, 2014

Joint Task Force-Bravo provides surgical care to Honduran patients

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo's Mobile Surgical Team (MST) partnered with the surgical staff of the Santa Rosa hospital in the city of Santa Rosa de Copan, Department of Copan, Honduras to complete eight surgeries in three days during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE), May 5-9. A Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter (DRASH) tent was

A Honduran woman and her child receives vitamins and medicine from a Honduran military service member during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) May 8. The MEDRETE was conducted by Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element, with support from the JTF-Bravo Joint Security Forces and Army Forces Battalion, in partnership with the Honduran Ministry of Health and the Honduran military to provide medical care to more than 720 people in the remote village of La Arena in the Copan region of Honduras. The team worked together to provide preventative medicine to the villagers, including classes on hygiene, preventative dental care and nutrition. They also provided immunizations to children, dental care, wellness checkups, medications and minor medical procedures. (Photo by U. S. Air National Guard Capt. Steven Stubbs)

May 11, 2014

Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element provides care to over 720 Honduran villagers

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force -Bravo's Medical Element (MEDEL), with support from JTF-Bravo Joint Security Forces and Army Forces Battalion, partnered with the Honduran Ministry of Health and the Honduran military to provide medical care to more than 720 people over two days in the remote village of La Arena in the Copan region of Honduras during a Medical

Joint Task Force-Bravo and Honduran Armed Forces servicemembers celebrated the bi-annual Camaraderie Day with sports, fellowship, and friendly competition, May 2, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The servicemembers competed in men and women's 4x200 relay, volleyball, bicycle relay, and soccer. Despite both teams' best efforts, the Hondurans took home the Camaraderie Day trophy for the fourth straight time. (Photo by Ana Fonseca)

May 7, 2014

U.S. and Honduran servicemembers celebrate Camaraderie Day

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A morning filled with sports, fellowship, and friendly competition celebrated the bi-annual Camaraderie Day between Honduras and the United States, here, May 2, 2014. Camaraderie Day is a group of events built to celebrate the partnership between Honduras and the United States, throughout friendly competition amongst servicemembers of both

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