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Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyree Wolf, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element emergency medical technician, checks a patient’s blood pressure during a two-day joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise in partner with Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health and Social Services. The team delivered care to 704 local patients in the villages of San Juan and Damitas, Costa Rica. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Christopher Diaz)

Aug. 28, 2012

JTF-Bravo delivers medical care to Costa Rica

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Thirty-eight members of Joint Task Force-Bravo recently treated 704 patients during a two-day joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise in partner with the Costa Rican Ministry of Health and Social Services.In the two villages of San Juan and Damitas, Costa Rica, local patients received preventative medicine briefings, health screenings, dental

Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Herrington, Joint Task Force Bravo, provides an oral deworming agent to a child during the second day of the Nicaragua MEDRETE in Wapi, Nicaragua, Aug. 17. Herrington was working with public health officials to distribute vitamins and pre-natal supplements to villagers. (Official photo by Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

Aug. 20, 2012

JTF-Bravo completes Nicaragua MEDRETE

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA — United States military personnel from Joint Task Force Bravo, with assistance from the United States Embassy in Nicaragua and Nicaragua's Ministry of Health, completed the first of a two-day Medical Readiness Training Exercise in Wapí, Nicaragua August 16-17.Medical, dental and support personnel set up a temporary medical and dental clinic at a

U.S. Navy Ensign Kristen Birmingham assists with intubation on a patient prior to a tonsillectomy in a Honduran hosptial here. Her and three other medical students from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. visited Joint Task Force-Bravo to participate in a two-week Summer Operational Experience program. The SOE is designed to provide a military experience to junior officers to enhance their understanding of the service branches and life as a military medical officer. (Courtesy photo by Deborah Maynard)

Aug. 1, 2012

JTF-Bravo mentors medical students

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — "We probably got more training in these two weeks than we will in our whole surgery rotation next year," said Ensign Kelly Haeusler.On their first day they witnessed a 14-year old boy die, and an 18-month old girl medically evacuated to the capital city's hospital. Finishing their first year of medical school, and 2,000 miles away from home, four

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras – A U.S. Army paratrooper exits a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a combined airborne exercise at Joint Task Force-Bravo. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Christopher Diaz)

July 30, 2012

Airborne Exercise Strengthens Partnership

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — U.S. Army and Honduran army paratroopers participated in a combined airborne exercise, July 18. The exercise was designed to sharpen the paratroopers' airborne proficiency and strengthen the partnership between the two militaries. Paratroopers jumped from CH-47 Chinook helicopters flown by pilots and aircrews 1st Bn, 228th Aviation Regiment. Joint

(Left to right) Dr. Guillermo Saenz, Army Capt. Curtis Million and Air Force Staff Sgt. Adrianna Bascochea-Gibbs of JTF-Bravo and a doctor from the Panama Ministry of Health hold a newborn, clamp and cut the umbillical cord immediately after the delivery of a baby boy on the final day of the Panama MEDRETE, July 19. Doctors delivered three babies, two boys and one girl, during the four-day exercise. Two of the babies were named after JTF-Bravo dentists. (Official photo by Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

July 24, 2012

JTF-Bravo treats indigenous Guna Yala in Panama

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo, partnered with the Panama Ministry of Health and the Panama National Border Service, to provide medical and dental assistance to nearly 1600 indigenous people during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise, July 17-20.The cooperative team provided medical and dental care to the Guna tribe of the Guna Yala region.

Col. Guy A LeMire receives the Joint Task Force Bravo colors from Gen. Douglas M. Fraser, Commander, U.S. Southern Command during a change of command ceremony at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 19. LeMire replaced Col. Ross A. Brown, who is leaving to take a position at the Pentagon. (Air Force photo by Martin Chahin)

June 19, 2012

LeMire takes command of JTF-Bravo

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Col. Ross A. Brown, relinquished command of Joint Task Force-Bravo to Col. Guy A. LeMire during a change of command ceremony presided over by Gen. Doutglas M. Fraser, Commander, U.S. Southern Command, June 19. JTF-Bravo comprises more than 600 U.S. military personnel and more than 650 U.S. and Honduran civilians who conduct and support joint

Air Force 1st Lt. Jess Looft, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element nurse, checks a patient’s leg for swelling during a two-day joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise in partner with El Salvador’s Ministry of Health and military. The team provided care to 776 local patients in the municipalities of El Castano and Rancho San Marcos, El Salvador. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Christopher Diaz)

June 12, 2012

JTF-Bravo brings medical care to El Salvador

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo recently treated 776 patients in a two-day joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise in partner with the El Salvadoran Ministry of Health and military.In the municipalities of El Castaño and Rancho San Marcos, El Salvador, local patients received preventative medicine briefings, health screenings, dental care,

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Honduran firefighters put out a mock-vehicle fire as a U.S. Air Force firefighter instructs the pair on the procedures during Central America Sharing Mutual Operational Knowledge and Experiences (CENTAM SMOKE) exercise at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, May 8, 2011. CENTAM SMOKE allows U.S. and Honduran firefighters four days of team-building training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

May 22, 2012

U.S. Air Force, Honduran firefighters train together at CENTAM SMOKE

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras - Advanced Operation Base team members head to the back a CH-47 Chinook, assigned to 1st Battalion, 228th Air Aviation Regiment at Joint Task Force-Bravo here, to load up and then perform airborne operations April 30. Members of the AOB conduct this training quarterly in order to maintain airborne proficiency. (Photo/Martin Chahin)

May 7, 2012

Airborne Ops

BATALLA, Honduras -- Local community members in the municipality of Batalla line up outside of a local school, waiting to be seen during Joint Task Force-Bravo's most recent medical readiness and training exercise. In partnership with the Honduran Ministry of Health and Honduran Military, JTF-Bravo delivered medical care to 1,774 patients in Batalla and Wawina during the MEDRETE, April 18-21. (U.S. Air Force Photo/1st Lt. Christopher Diaz)

April 23, 2012

JTF-Bravo provides medical care to 1,774 in Gracias a Dios

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Fifty-five members from Joint Task Force-Bravo returned to base yesterday after partnering with the Honduran Ministry of Health and Honduran military to provide medical care to 1,774 patients in a four-day joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise. The team traveled to the municipalities of Batalla and Wawina in Gracias a Dios, conducting the

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