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Feb. 15, 2012

Multinational Operation Targets Transnational Organized Crime

MIAMI, Fla. — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJoint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF South), a component of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), announced today its participation in Operation MARTILLO (HAMMER), a U.S., European, and Western Hemisphere partner nation effort targeting illicit trafficking routes in coastal waters along the Central American isthmus. The United

Feb. 15, 2012

Ambassador, Admiral visit Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras —  On February 15, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Joseph K. Kernan, Military Deputy Commander of U.S. Southern Command, and Ambassador Carmen Martinez, Civilian Deputy to the Commander and U.S. Foreign Policy Advisor to U.S. Southern Command, visited Tegucigalpa. U.S. Southern Command, located in Miami, Florida, promotes security cooperation throughout the

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras - Army Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew Barteky, accepted responsibilities as Joint Task Force-Bravo's new Command Sergeant Major during a change of responsibility ceremony Feb. 10 in the Honduran Air Force Hangar 1. JTF-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 Air Base Squadron, Army Forces, Joint Security Forces, Medical Element, and the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment. (Photo/Martin Chahin)

Feb. 10, 2012

JTF-Bravo welcomes new Command Sgt. Maj.

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras--James Lee, Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive lineman, gets attacked by a Joint Security Forces military working dog during a demonstration Feb. 5 at Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. Lee along with Darrel Young, Washington Redskins fullback, and Drayton Florence, Buffalo Bills cornerback, watched the Superbowl with Team Soto Cano and received a tour of the base.(U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Candice Allen)

Feb. 9, 2012

NFL players visit JTF-Bravo

Feb. 8, 2012

Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta Bravo y Médicos Hondureños atienden a más de 1980 pacientes

OLANCHO, Honduras — Miembros del Elemento Medico de La Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta Bravo atendieron a los últimos pacientes en Bacadia, la brigada tuvo una duración de cuatro días 29 Enero al 1 de Febrero.En la Brigada Medica participaron miembros de La Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta Bravo, militares hondureños, y personal del Ministerio de Salud, se atendieron aproximadamente

LA PAZ, Honduras – More than 20 Airmen, Soldiers and a Marine from Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, excavate a hole to lay foundation for a home with Habitat for Humanity Honduras here Feb. 4. Servicemembers assist habitat volunteers with digging, picking and shoveling dirt for first-time homeowner, Wendy Zajoerre. Building a home through the organization will save Zajoerre the equivalent of $10,000. Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry founded in 1976. Three years later, the nonprofit opened its doors in Latin America. In Honduras, the organization has improved housing conditions for 11,500 families. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Lloyd Malone)

Feb. 8, 2012

JTF-B helps Habitat for Humanity

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Members of the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment here, pose for a group photo after winning Joint Task Force-Bravo's quarterly Organizational Day Feb. 3, 2012. The battalion remains the Org Day reigning champs since clinching that honor in October 2011. The purpose of the event was to provide team building between U.S. and Honduran military and civilians. The events of the day began with a two-mile run and included a triathlon, soccer, volleyball, basketball, dodge ball, football, a litter carry, and a relay race. (U.S. Air Force photo/Martin Chahin)

Feb. 6, 2012

1-228 retains Org Day title

A lone UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter assigned to the 1-228th Aviation Regiment sits on the tarmac at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Jan. 25. (U.S. Army photo/Eric Lucero)

Feb. 6, 2012

1-228 provides real-world support to Army South, SOUTHCOM theater security efforts

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Roughly 3,000 feet above sea level in the mountainous valleys of Honduras, there is a familiar, rhythmic thumping that can be heard. Sometimes faint, and sometimes boisterous, the sound is unmistakable and it is something the residents of Honduras not only tolerate, but have also come to appreciate. The thumping belongs to the helicopters assigned

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Army 1st Lt. Jimmy Cogles, a 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment pilot, poses for pictures during the annual Ilopango Air Show at Ilopango International Airport last month. Members of the battalion and the 612th Air Base Squadron represented Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, at the 2012 air show. Airmen and Soldiers were on hand to answer questions and pose for pictures as an estimated 35,000 people enjoyed the sights, sounds, and smells at one of the largest air shows in Central America. (Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Lloyd Malone)

Feb. 6, 2012

Airmen, Soldiers join air show in El Salvador

OLANCHO, Honduras – A small Honduran child looks around the room while Senior Airman Sarah Shipman, Medical Element medical technician, and Sgt. Cesar Burgos, Joint Security Forces member, screen his family before sending them to a physician during a Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise Jan. 31 here. Nurses and medical technicians evaluated approximately 1,671 during the four-day MEDRETE in the Olancho District. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Feb. 1, 2012

JTF-B, Honduran medics see 1,980 patients

OLANCHO, Honduras — Members of the Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise team saw their final patient in the village of La Bacadia as part of a four-day MEDRETE mission to provide medical assistance to the Honduran communities throughout the region Jan. 29 through Feb. 1 here.The Joint MEDRETE team which consisted of members from the Honduran Ministry of Health,