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Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element provided some bliss for local children during an orphanage visit in Comayagua, Honduras March 22, 2014. More than 25 members made the trip to the Hogar de Ninos, Nazareth girls orphanage where they spent a Saturday afternoon visiting with more than 50 children. They braided the girl's hair, painted their fingernails, played soccer, read books and drew pictures with the kids. (Photo by U. S. Air National Guard Capt. Steven Stubbs)

March 22, 2014

Joint Task Force-Bravo's MEDEL bonds with local orphanage

COMAYAGUA, Honduras — Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element (MEDEL) provided some bliss for local children during an orphanage visit in Comayagua, Honduras March 22, 2014. More than 25 members made the trip to the Hogar de Niños, Nazareth girls orphanage where they spent a Saturday afternoon visiting with more than 50 children. They braided the girl's

Joint Task Force-Bravo members participate in the 6.6 mile perimeter fun run/walk at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, March 21, 2014. The race was organized by the Army Support Activity's (ASA) Department of Family Morale, Welfare and Recreation. (Photo by U. S. Air National Guard Capt. Steven Stubbs)

March 21, 2014

Joint Task Force-Bravo promotes cohesion through 6.6 mile fun run/walk

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 200 Joint Task Force-Bravo members participated in a 6.6 mile perimeter fun run/walk at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras March 21, 2014. The Army Support Activity's (ASA) Department of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation organized the race and coordinated with JTF-Bravo's Joint Security Forces, the 612th Air Base Wing and the Medical

U. S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Tod Wolters, 12th Air Force commander, speaks to the all call group about his operational styles of trust, training and teamwork in the fire station at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras March 20, 2014. (Photo by U. S. Air National Guard Capt. Steven Stubbs)

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

U.S.Army 1LT Sequoya Dudley oversees a service member as he begins the 15-meter swim with a M16 part of the Combat Water Survival training, conducted in the base pool in Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras; Mar. 13, 2014. (Photo by Ana Fonseca)

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

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 children enjoyed lunch, swimming, jumping in a bouncy castle, playing soccer and creating arts and crafts. (Photo by Martin Chahin)

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

Children from the village of Mata de Patano, just outside of Comayagua, Honduras, receive clothes and backpacks that were donated by the 612th Air Base Squadron fire department, Joint Task Force-Bravo, clothes drive March 8, 2014. The drive collected more than 275 sets of clothing and shoes that helped over 30 families. (Courtesy photo)

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

Joint Task Force-Bravo's Army Forces Batallion members participated today in a Combat Water Survival training here at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, March 13.

March 13, 2014

Combat Water Survival training

Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Army Forces Battalion participate in a field sanitation training exercise assembling the E-lite Camp System, March 5, 2014. The E-Lite Camp System provides military members the ability to take showers and perform personal hygiene while living in field conditions. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Cory Cantlay)

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

Pilot Ray Cameron and co-pilot Brody Epersen fly a Bassler BT-67 aircraft over the Caribbean Ocean off the coast of Honduras during a airborne coast survey, Feb. 28, 2014. The airborne coast survey operation uses laser technology to provide a three dimensional map of the ocean floor. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Zach Anderson)

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

A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo's 1-228th Aviation Regiment carries a Bambi bucket en route to an aerial firefighting mission in Honduras. The 1-228th utilized the Bambi buckets to battle a fire that was threatening villages near Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras on the evening of March 4, 2014. Two Blackhawks flew under night vision goggles and dropped more than 10,000 gallons of water over a four-hour span to extinguish the blaze. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Zach Anderson)

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