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U. S. Air Force Lt. Col. Sergio J. Vega, Jr. addresses the 612th Air Base Squadron and JTF-Bravo servicemembers during the 612th's change of command ceremony at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras June 5, 2014. Vega assumed command from outgoing commander U. S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ray P. Matherne. The 612th Air Base Squadron provides air base support to Joint Task Force-Bravo and 12th Air Force including air traffic control, logistics, base civil engineering, fire department, airfield operations and personnel functions. In addition, the squadron maintains Soto Cano Air Base as the United States' only strategic gateway to Central America for United States Southern Command. (Photo by Martin Chahin)

June 7, 2014

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The 612th Air Base Squadron welcomed a new commander during a change of command ceremony June 5, 2014 at the base's fire department. U. S. Air Force Lt. Col. Sergio J. Vega, Jr. assumed command from U. S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ray P. Matherne with U. S. Air Force Col. Jonathan R. VanNoord, 612th Theater Operations Group commander, presiding. "I

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Albert Dixon gives a kid a glass full of juice during the luncheon for the Horizontes al Futuro boys. Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Army Forces Battalion (ARFOR) hosted a fun-filled Saturday to 45 boys, and five adult chaperones from Horizontes al Futuro orphanage, May 31. The event was an opportunity for many ARFOR members to interact with the boys for the last time before departing Soto Cano. The kids and adults enjoyed a sandwich and chips lunch, as well as playing soccer, and dodge ball with the servicemembers.

June 5, 2014

Joint Task Force-Bravo's Army Forces Battalion hosts fun Saturday for local orphanage boys

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo's Army Forces Battalion (ARFOR) hosted a fun Saturday to 45 boys, and five adult chaperones from Horizontes al Futuro orphanage, May 31. The event was an opportunity for many ARFOR members to interact with the boys for the last time before departing Soto Cano. "The battalion commander wanted the kids to come over as his last

May 29, 2014

Joint Task Force-Bravo's Joint Security Forces remember fallen servicemember

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo's Joint Security Forces came together and commemorated U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Randall Harris, a servicemember who died in the line of duty June 13, 1987 with a ruck march followed by a ceremony at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras May 21, 2014. The ruck march started in the JSF parking lot and continued to the JTF-Bravo

U. S. Army Lt. Col. Ernest Irvin, 1-228th Aviation Regiment commander, watches as two CH-47D Chinooks prepare to take off from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras for the last time, May 28, 2014. The Chinooks are slated to be replaced with the newer CH-47F model. One of the helicopterss, affectionately known as "638", is the oldest active Chinook in the U. S. Army's inventory having flown in the Vietnam War. (Photo by U. S. Air National Guard Capt. Steven Stubbs)

May 28, 2014

Out with the old...

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

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,