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Army Lt. Col. Michael Frazier, Director of Civil Affairs, hands out soaps to the students of Rosa de Valenzuela.Joint Task force-Bravo in cooperation with the Comayagua Police provided 750 bars of soap to the local school, Rosa de Valenzuela, as part of JTF-B continuous engagement and commitment to Honduras, April 5.

April 8, 2013

JTF-B, Local Police team up for Humanitarian Aid

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo in cooperation with Comayagua National Police provided 750 bars of soap to the local school, Rosa de Valenzuela, as part of JTF-B's continuous engagement and commitment to Honduras, April 5."The Comayagua Police had an opportunity to partner with Joint Task Force Bravo, and we decided to take the opportunity to help our local

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment and Airmen from the 709th Airlift squadron, 512th Air Wing, Dover Air Force Base, load A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook into a C-5M Super Galaxy for transportation back to Delaware, March 30. Soto Cano Air Base maintains the only strategic day and night, all-weather C-5 capable airfield in the region that supports essential operations in Central America. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Donner)

April 2, 2013

C-5 Load up

March 8, 2013

Ejercicio por los Estados Unidos de interoperabilidad provee asistencia médica en Panamá

BASE AEREA SOTO CANO, Honduras — Un equipo multilateral compuesto por militares y civiles estadounidenses, hondureños y panameños unió fuerzas para llevar a cabo las operaciones expedicionarias medicas de la Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta-Bravo y proveer atención medica a mas de 1,200 pacientes en dos aldeas desde el 28 de Febrero hasta el 1 de Marzo, durante el Primer Ejercicio de

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook shuts down its engines after arriving for a Medical Readiness Training Exercise in Uala, Panama Feb. 26, 2013. Joint Task Force-Bravo conducted a combined four-day MEDRETE in two villages in the Darien region, partnering with the Panamanian Ministry of Health, Panamanian Ministry of Education and Servicio Nacional de Fronteras to deliver general medical and dental care to local residents. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Rebecca Heyse)

March 8, 2013

U.S., Panama exercise interoperability, deliver medical assistance

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A multilateral team of U.S., Honduran and Panamanian military members and civilians joined forces to exercise Joint Task Force-Bravo's ability to conduct expeditionary medical operations and provide medical care for more than 1,200 patients in two villages Feb. 28-March 1, during the first Medical Readiness Training Exercise in the Darien region of

Corporal Chelsie Antoniou and PFC Juan Enriquez, dental technicians, prepare the dental instruments during the four-day joint medical readiness training exercise in Chiquimula, Guatemala Dec. 11. MEDRETEs give the U.S. an opportunity to support the efforts of other governments in the region to provide medical and dental assistance to the host nation citizens. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Donner)

Jan. 9, 2013

JTF-B Guatemala MEDRETE a huge success

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo with assistance from the United States Embassy in Guatemala, the Guatemala Ministry of Health and the Guatemalan Army, completed a four-day Medical Readiness Training Exercise in Chiquimula, Guatemala December 11-15, 2012.JTF-B members along with the Guatemalan Army and Ministry of Health prepared and set

Representatives from Joint Task Force-Bravo pause for a photo in front of one of the houses they helped construct over five weeks after the ribbon cutting ceremony November 28, 2012. More than 100 servicemembers volunteered time to build 14 houses in the community of Cane, Honduras near Soto Cano Air Base.(U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Rebecca Heyse)

Dec. 19, 2012

JTF-B builds 14 homes for Honduran community

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 100 Joint Task Force-Bravo servicemembers partnered with non-governmental organizations and the city of Cane, Honduras to construct 61 new homes for families in the community. The Mayor of Cane, Jose Rosario Tejada reached out to JTF-B for help building the final 14 homes for the community. With a history of service with the regional

Army Capt. Ballah Howard, Commander, Headquarters and Service Company, Joint Task Force Bravo jumps to hit the ball during a volleyball match against the Honduran military's senior leaders at Cameraderie Day, October 12. Senior leaders from JTF-Bravo and senior leaders from the Honduran military competed against one another in soccer, volleyball and dodgeball at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The Honduran senior leaders won two of three contests to come away with the first win. The event will take place semi-annually. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

Oct. 15, 2012

Watch it now

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