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GUANAJA ISLAND, Honduras - A soldier observes the USS Nicholas as the UH-60 Blackhawk pilots, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, make their final pass here Jan. 25. Eight JTF-Bravo pilots completed five consecutive bounces, which are landings, liftoffs, circling then repeating the process. It takes approximately 30 minutes for each pilot to complete the deck-landing qualification. In total, 11 crew members qualified and now the battalion has four-qualified crews. This training increases the unit's ability to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief as well as enhances its' medical evacuation capability. (U.S. Army photo/Capt. David Zupancic)

Jan. 30, 2012

Army pilots pass deck landing quals

GUANAJA ISLAND, Honduras - A UH-60 Blackhawk crew, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, conducts deck-landing qualification training aboard the USS Nicholas here Jan. 25. Eight JTF-Bravo pilots completed five consecutive bounces, which are landings, liftoffs, circling then repeating the process. It takes approximately 30 minutes for each pilot to complete the deck-landing qualification. In total, 11 crew members qualified and now the battalion has four-qualified crews which is a semi-annual requirement. This training increases the unit's ability to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief as well as enhances its' medical evacuation capability. (U.S. Army photo/Capt. David Zupancic)

Jan. 30, 2012

Army pilots conduct deck landings

Jan. 30, 2012

Estadounidenses y hondureños atienden a 400 pacientes

OLANCHO, Honduras — Después de viajar más de ocho horas para llegar a la Comunidad de San José Rio Tinto, los soldados pertenecientes al Elemento Medico de La Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta Bravo brindaron cuidados médicos a 400 pacientes.Formaron parte de esta brigada miembros del Ministerio de Salud, Militares hondureños, y La Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta Bravo, trataron

Master at Arms Seasman Dustin Tyler, a dog handler with Joint Security Forces here, trains his military working dog, Jake, during building search training earlier this month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Candice Allen)

Jan. 29, 2012

Man's best friends train to expose

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Someone robs the Exchange and hides inside a building and with the crook barricaded in Joint Security Forces members are now forced to enter; however, not before the military working dog gets the first crack at the suspect. Although this scenario has not happened, Joint Security Forces servicemembers and their military working dogs train here Jan.

OLANCHO, Honduras – Sergeant Maj. Elvin Maldonado, Honduran military, and 2nd Lt. Sanny Djoeva, Medical Element nurse, screen and conduct health assessments of patients before they see the doctors during a Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise here. Members from the Honduran Ministry of Health, the Honduran military and Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras provided medical services to more than 400 members of the local area Jan. 29, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Jan. 29, 2012

U.S., Honduran medics treat 400 Hondurans

OLANCHO, Honduras — After traveling more than eight hours the day before members of the Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise provided medical care to more than 400 San Jose Rio Tinto community members Jan. 29 here. Members of the Joint MEDRETE included Honduran Ministry of Health, the Honduran military and Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras – Hodge Joseph, a CH-47 and UH-60 technical inspector for 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment briefs Maj. Gen. Simeon G. Trombitas, Commanding General, United States Army South, during his visit to Joint Task Force-Bravo Jan. 24 here. (Photo/Martin Chahin)

Jan. 26, 2012

Army South commanding general visits Joint Task Force-Bravo

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras – Lt. Gen. Robin Rand, Commander, 12th Air Force, enjoys breakfast with Airmen from the 612th Air Base Squadron and the Medical Element during his first visit to Joint Task Force-Bravo Jan. 24 here. Joint Task Force-Bravo is comprised of more than 600 U.S. military personnel and more than 650 U.S. and Honduran civilians who work in six different areas including the Joint Staff, 612th ABS, Army Forces, Joint Security Forces, MEDEL, and the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Jan. 26, 2012

Air Forces Southern commander makes first visit to Joint Task Force-Bravo

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras ? Team Soto Cano is getting skinny with the Battle of the Bulge beginning Jan. 23. This 8-week weight-loss competition is going encompass not only weight loss but reduction of body fat to include those servicemembers trying to add muscle. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Jan. 17, 2012

Battle of the Bulge

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras ? Major Adrian Henderson, Joint Task Bravo ? Force staff judge advocate, gives the key note speech during the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. luncheon Jan. 12 at the dining facility in front of more than 50 servicemembers. The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday was established in 1983 and was set to be on the third Monday of January to celebrate the civil-rights leader?s birthday Jan. 15. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Jan. 17, 2012

Celebrating a civil rights hero

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras ? Medical Element personnel assigned at Joint Task Force-Bravo here, take part in a formation run Jan. 9 during the unit?s morning physical training session. Unit runs are designed to give commander an assessment of his troops physical fitness, build unit esprit de corps and physical conditioning. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Jan. 17, 2012

Running with a purpose

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