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A team of ten JTF-Bravo members practice for a race Oct. 5, 2011, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The group is training for the Oct. 9, 2011 Army Ten Miler at Washington D.C. The event will include military and civilian runners from all 50 states as well as participants from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Denmark and the United Kingdom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern)

Oct. 6, 2011

JTF-Bravo members depart for Army Ten Miler

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A team of 10 JTF-Bravo members are scheduled to compete in the annual Army Ten Miler race Oct. 9, at Washington D.C.The race, beginning and ending at the Pentagon and running through the Nation's Capitol, will include military and civilian runners from all 50 states as well as participants from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Australia,

Col. Ross Brown, Joint Task Force-Bravo commander, gives backpacks filled with school supplies to 17 children form a local orphanage Sept. 17, 2011 during their visit to Soto Can Air Base, Honduras. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern)

Sept. 20, 2011

Youth from local orphanage visit Soto Cano Air Base

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Children from a nearby orphanage visited Joint Task Force-Bravo members for a day of fun Sept. 17, here.The 17 children, from San Jose Orphanage in nearby Comayagua city, played soccer, broke open piñatas, explored a UH60 Blackhawk and Chinook helicopter, ate barbecued chicken, and swam in the base pool. School supplies and candy were also

1st Sgt. Ernesto Rivera, Army Forces First Sergeant for Joint Task Force-Bravo, watches the transfer of a Pre-positioned Expeditionary Assistance Kit, or PEAK by a Chinook Aug. 26, 2011, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The PEAK is a modular system that provides potable water, communications and power generation, and information sharing to first responders immediately following a disaster event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern)

Sept. 9, 2011

New PEAK training prepares U.S., Honduran first responders

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo military and Honduran counterparts completed two weeks of training on new first responder assistance kits Sept. 9, at Soto Cano Air base and San Lorenzo, Honduras. The equipment, called Pre-positioned Expeditionary Assistance Kits, or PEAK, is a modular system that provides potable water, communications and power generation,

Honduran and Costa Rican firefighters unload Senior Airmen Stephen Cushing, 612th Air Base Squadron firefighter, from a UH-60 helicopter during an exercise at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Aug. 16, 2011. The exercise, called Central America Sharing Mutual Operational Knowledge and Experiences or CENTAM SMOKE, allows U.S. and Honduran Airmen and civilian firefighters four days of team-building training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern)

Aug. 16, 2011

CENTAM SMOKE ignites at Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Firefighters from the 612th Air Base Squadron's fire department began training alongside Honduran and Costa Rican firefighters here, Aug 15.The exercise, called Central America Sharing Mutual Operational Knowledge and Experiences, or CENTAM SMOKE, allows multi-national firefighters four days of team-building exercises Aug 15 -18."It's cool to see

Aug. 3, 2011

Dia de Actividades Deportivas

Base Aérea Soto Cano, Honduras — El pasado 22 de Julio personal militar de La Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta Bravo llevo a cabo un día de actividades deportivas con la finalidad de estrechar lazos de amistad entre personal militar estadounidense, hondureño y personal civil. Las actividades del día comenzaron con una carrera de 2 millas, un triatlón, futbol, voleibol, voleibol acuático,

The Honduran soccer team (in red) face off against The U.S. Joint Task Force-Bravo team during an organization day July 22, 2011 at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. 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, water volleyball, basketball, dodge ball, a litter carry competition and funny dive. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern)

July 26, 2011

Soto Cano Air Base members hold multi-national sports day event

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force Bravo members participated in an organization day July 22 here, 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, water volleyball, basketball, dodge ball, a litter carry competition and funny dive. "There seemed

Army Maj. Lisa Coviello, a general surgeon from JTF-Bravo Medical Element, performs a gallbladder removal with Dr. Jose Mejia and Dr. Guillermo Saenz, Honduran general surgeons July 12, 2011, at a community hospital in Comayagua, Honduras.

July 13, 2011

Surgical team performs three operations for Honduran hospital

COMAYAGUA, Honduras — A five person Joint Mobil Surgical Team completed three surgeries on Honduran nationals July 12, at a local hospital seven miles away from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras.The surgeries involved repairing a lumbar hernia for a man, removing an infected gallbladder for a woman, and assisting another woman with advanced gallbladder cancer."Surgery is

July 5, 2011

New immunization requirements for Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Due to recently enacted requirements by the Honduran government, all military and civilian personnel transiting the country of Honduras need to have a valid immunization record indicating they have a current measles and rubella inoculation. This requirement is satisfied by the MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) immunization. This requirement also

Petty Officer 2nd Class Corey Johnson, from Joint Task Force-Bravo, hands out candy to children June 11, 2011, at an isolated village near Comayagua, Honduras. More than 120 JTF-B members from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, hiked two miles up steep terrain to deliver food to people living in the town. All ranks of JTF-Bravo members chipped in nearly $1,700 for the food. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern)

June 16, 2011

Fuerza de Tarea Comun-Bravo provee 6,400 libras de alimento en aldea

6/13/2011 - BASE AEREA SOTO CANO, Honduras — 6/13/2011 - BASE AEREA SOTO CANO, Honduras -- Mas de 120 miembros de la Fuerza de Tarea Comun-Bravo caminaron alrededor de 2 millas para llevar alimentos a una aldea cerca de la ciudad de Comayagua.Fuerza Aérea, el ejército, la naval y marinos llevaron consigo 160 bolsas de alimentos en mochilas como parte de la caminata que se lleva a cabo

Petty Officer 2nd Class Corey Johnson, from Joint Task Force-Bravo, hands out candy to children June 11, 2011, at an isolated village near Comayagua, Honduras. More than 120 JTF-B members from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, hiked two miles up steep terrain to deliver food to people living in the town. All ranks of JTF-Bravo members chipped in nearly $1,700 for the food. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern)

June 14, 2011

JTF-Bravo members hike 6,400 pounds of food to village

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 120 Joint Task Force-Bravo personnel hiked two miles up steep terrain June 11, to deliver food to people living in an isolated village near Comayagua, Honduras. JTF-Bravo Army, Air force, Navy and Marine hikers carried 160 bags of food in backpacks, as part of a bi-monthly Chapel Hike to help the needy. "This was by far the largest group

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