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SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Petty officer second class Paul Maestry, Joint Task Force-Bravo legal affairs, gives a student at Las Minitas a backpack from the Give a Kid a Backpack organization. More than 700 children in the surrounding Honduran communities received backpacks filled with school supplies Feb. 23 and 24. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kimberly Rae Moore)

March 1, 2011

Give a Kid a Backpack teams with JTF-B, gives away 700 backpacks

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras —  More than 700 children in the surrounding Honduran communities received backpacks filled with school supplies Feb. 23 and 24, thanks to a partnership between Joint Task Force-Bravo and the Give a Kid a Backpack organization."Give a Kid a Backpack is nonprofit organization that works toward enriching the lives of impoverished children around the

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras – Joint Task Force-Bravo joined several Honduran first responders in a course geared toward a unified plan for reaction during disasters and crisis. Instructor Edgar Lopez, Costa Rica Fire Department, uses models during a scenario to test the participants’ knowledge gained through the course. JTF-Bravo is committed to full partnerships with Central American governments in training and missions to support security, stability and prosperity throughout the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kimberly Rae Moore)

Feb. 21, 2011

Emergency responders train together through COPECO

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A smorgasbord of uniforms, including one of Joint Task Force-Bravo, filled a classroom in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as the diverse group participated in a first responders' course Feb. 16 and 17.The group of 25 came together to prepare for how they will respond and work together should a disaster or crisis occur in Honduras.According to Fernando

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - A KC-10 air to air refueling tanker from the 304th Air Mobility Wing at McGuire AFB, N.J., delivers 42,000-pounds of dontated items to the 612th Air Base Squadron here, Feb. 16. The shipment will be turned over to Joint Task Force-Bravo Civil and Military Affairs for delivery to local charities. JTF-Bravo contributes to regional stability and peace, which facilitates economic prosperity and growth. (Air Force photo/Capt. John T. Stamm)

Feb. 17, 2011

DENTON Program delivers aid to Central America

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — An Air Force KC-10 "Extender" air to air refueling tanker from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., delivered more than fuel to the 612th Air Base Squadron here Feb. 15.The KC-10, from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, brought 42,000-pounds of humanitarian assistance, including donations collected from across the United States, as a part of the

CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 12, 2011) Army aviators assigned to the Joint Task Force-Bravo 1-228 Aviation Battalion, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, conduct landing qualifications aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44). Joint Task Force-Bravo’s mission is to conduct and support joint, combined, and interagency operations, and to support contingency operations throughout region in order to enhance theater-wide security, stability, prosperity and reinforce cooperation. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kevin L. Pruitt)

Feb. 17, 2011

Army pilots conduct deck landing qualifications aboard USS Gunston Hall

USS GUNSTON HALL, At Sea (NNS) — U.S. Army pilots assigned to Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B) completed annual deck landing qualifications for their CH-47 Chinook and UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters on board amphibious dock-landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), Feb. 12-15.Gunston Hall is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Joint Task Force-Bravo, the Honduran military and the Comisión Permanente de Contingencias, trained and exercised on equipment together here Feb. 2 through 10, on equipment that can enable them to provide aid following disasters. Here Honduran military representatives with JTF-B assistance, set up the communications kit which is a portion of the Prepositioned Exercise Assistance Kit. JTF-Bravo is committed to full partnerships with Central American governments in training and missions to support security, stability and prosperity throughout the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kimberly Rae Moore)

Feb. 14, 2011

Training together to provide aid together

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo, the Honduran military and the Comisión Permanente de Contingencias (the Honduran equivalent of Federal Emergency Management Agency) trained together here Feb. 2 through 10. The goal of the training was to demonstrate the utility and initial integration of Prepositioned Exercise Assistance Kits, equipment designed to assist

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - 1Lt. Jonathan Snyder (left), physician assistant with Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element, and MEDEL commander Col. (Dr.) Michael Hoilien, carry medical supplies, delivered by the 1-228th Aviation Regiment, during a medical readiness training exercise in Montana de la Flor Jan. 28. The exercise was a coordinated effort between JTF-B, the Honduran Ministry of Health, the Honduran Army, Honduran Mission LeMars and volunteers from the University of South Dakota to to provide basic medical services to the people there. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. John T. Stamm)

Feb. 10, 2011

JTF-Bravo, helping Central Americans wherever needed

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Hidden in the mountains of central Honduras, barely accessible by car or helicopter, exists the community of Montaña de la Flor, which means Flowery Mountain in Spanish.There live a small number of descendents of an ancient tribe of people known as the Tolupan, or Jicacque, Indians, an indigenous ethnic group

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Col. Gregory Reilly, Joint Task Force-Bravo commander, is greeted at Hospital del Sur by the Honduran Boy and Girl Scouts. The scouts acted as interpreters, moved patients from surgery to recovery and aided families as they waited for their loved ones being treated in the opthamology Medical Readiness Training Exercise in Choluteca. JTF-Bravo is committed to full partnerships with Central American governments in training and missions to support security, stability and prosperity throughout the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kimberly Rae Moore)

Feb. 7, 2011

JTF-B celebrates a 10-year partnership with Choluteca

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — 200 Hondurans were given the ability to see during a week-long opthamology Medical Readiness Training Exercise in Choluteca Feb 2 at Hospital del Sur.Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element was supporting the MEDRETE for the tenth year in a row, and Col. Gregory Reilly, JTF-B commander, flew from Soto Cano Air Base to Choluteca where he joined Lt.

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Leadership from the 612th Air Base Squadron stand-by as Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Roy departs Soto Cano Air Base Jan. 31. During his visit, the chief toured many facilities, conducted meet-and-greets and spoke with Airmen about key focuses in the Air Force today. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kimberly Rae Moore)

Feb. 4, 2011

CMSAF Roy visits sunny Soto Cano Air Base

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — It was 25 degrees at Joint Base Andrews, Md. when Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy boarded a plane and headed to Honduras where when he joined Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines at sunny Soto Cano Air Base Jan. 30 and 31.The visit was packed with tours and meet-and-greets, but the chief's focus was an Airmen's Call, where he spoke

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Capt. Charles Seligman, Joint Task Force-Bravo chaplain, and Herbert Gaekel, JTF-B fire inspector, address the 107 Chapel Hike volunteers, Jan. 22, following their hike through Las Delicias and Guayabal villages and thank the local villagers for their hospitality. Donations of food and hygiene items we handed out by JTF-B members to those in need. (U.S Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kimberly Rae Moore)

Feb. 1, 2011

Soto Cano volunteers honor the living

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The Chapel Hike Joint Task Force-Bravo executed, Jan. 22, marked the third for Capt. (Chaplain) Charles Seligman since his arrival to Soto Cano Air Base in October 2010 but the base itself has been conducting these hikes since 2007.Chapel Hikes allow members from Soto Cano Air Base to interact with Hondurans while providing them with necessary

PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Col. Michael Hoilien, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element commander, Lt. Col. Bernard Kopchinski, surgeon and Lt. Col. Francis Stoecker, certified registered nurse anesthetist work with Dr. John De Bye, ‘s Lands Hospital chief of surgery, and his surgical staff to complete remaining medical proceedures from Operation Continuing Promise. In November, after only five days, USS Iwo Jimahad to end the Suriname portion of Operation Continuing Promise and leave to render aid to those affected by Hurricane Tomas in the Eastern Caribbean. (courtesy photo)

Jan. 28, 2011

JTF-Bravo provides medical assistance in Suriname

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Three Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element members arrived in Paramaribo, Suriname, Jan. 10, to assist in providing medical care to local residents in need. USS Iwo Jima visited Suriname in November 2010 as part of a Continuing Promise medical mission. After only five days in town though, the carrier had to end its mission and leave to render to

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