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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

Team Soto Cano hosted more than 30 distinguished members of the surrounding communities during Leaders’ Day for a tour of Soto Cano Air Base March 23. Leaders’ Day was established in 2011 to educate local and national civic leaders on the mission and capabilities of JTF Bravo and Honduran AMA. As the senior representative for U.S. Southern Command, JTF Bravo’s overall mission is to enhance regional security, stability and cooperation. (Photo by Martin Chahin)

March 27, 2012

Leaders' day strengthens partnership

Soto Cano AB, Honduras — Team Soto Cano hosted more than 30 distinguished members of the surrounding communities during Leaders' Day for a tour of Soto Cano Air Base March 23.The group visited the Medical Element, the fire department, toured static displays on the flightline and met with the Honduran Air Force Academy as well. At the kickoff of the event, Joint Task Force

SAN JUAN, Honduras - Air Force Staff Sgt. Melissa Sparks, a Medical Element member who works in preventive medicine at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, gives a child de-wormer after their preventive medicine briefing on the last day of the medical readiness and training exercise March 10. Each person received a preventive medicine briefing then proceeded to the screening area. Members from Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, saw more than 1,000 villagers during the four-day medical readiness and training exercise in the Montana de la Flor region March 7-10. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Candice Allen)

March 11, 2012

JTF-Bravo medics see 1,000 patients

SAN JUAN, Honduras — Members from Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, saw more than 1,000 villagers during the four-day medical readiness and training exercise in the Montana de la Flor region March 7-10. "It was a very successful MEDRETE," said Air Force Lt. Col. William Fecke, deputy commander of the Medical Element. "We saw more people than we had

SAN JUAN, Honduras - U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Gruber, a Medical Element logistics NCOIC, gives a child de-wormer after the preventive medicine briefing at a medical readiness and training exercise here March 9. Members of the MEDRETE team saw more than 370 San Juan villagers on day three of the four-day MEDRETE here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Candice Allen)

March 9, 2012

JTF-B medics provide care to 370 in San Juan

SAN JUAN, Honduras — The team from Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, saw more than 370 people on their first day here during the medical readiness and training exercise March 9. This brings the total to more than 950 patients seen by the MEDRETE team over the past three days. The medical professionals treated illnesses including respiratory

LA CEIBA, Honduras - Army Spc. Braulio Betanccourt listens to a woman in Spanish and writes down her answers in English during a medical training and readiness exercises here March 8. The Joint Task Force-Bravo medical team, along with Mission Honduras LeMars, the Honduran military, South Dakota State University nutritional team and Honduran Ministry of Health, saw more than 280 patients on day two of the four-day MEDRETE. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Candice Allen)

March 8, 2012

JSF, ARFOR interpret during MEDRETE

LA CEIBA, Honduras — Members from the Joint Security Forces and Army Forces Battalion, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, served as interpreters during the medical readiness and training exercise here March 8. "It was a good experience, you're engaged in the mission," said Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Petty Officer Claudia Salas, an ARFOR member who served as an

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras - Firefighters from the Joint Task Force-Bravo and Comayagua fire departments work side by side to contain a brushfire which started on Soto Cano AB March 4 here. While both fire departments worked to contain the fire on the ground, from above the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment dropped water using a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook and a UH-60 Blackhawk. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

March 8, 2012

Combined efforts extinguishes brushfire at JTF-Bravo

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