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CATACAMAS, Honduras -- Airman 1st Class Jory Rife, a fuels technician with Army Forces Headquarters Support Company at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, prepares a tanker truck to deliver fuel here Aug. 9. Airmen and Soldiers from the HSC petroleum, oil and lubricant section ensured fuel was delivered to vehicles and helicopters used in the Joint Task Force-Bravo medical civic action program in the La Moskitia province of Honduras Aug. 8-15. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

Aug. 14, 2010

Fuels techs ensure missions move

CATACAMAS, Honduras — The helicopters are prepped and ready to go. The gear is all loaded up and ready to go. The medical staff and air crew and strapped in and ready to go. All in all, the Medical Civic Action Program, which takes place Aug. 9-14 here, is ready to go.But how, exactly, is it going to go?It's through the expertise of the Soldiers and Airmen of the

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Col. Gregory Reilly, the Joint Task Force-Bravo commander, leads the way during the JTF-Bravo Run here Aug. 6. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

Aug. 6, 2010

They do run, run, run

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Paying their final respects to two fallen Soldiers, Lt. Col. James Kanicki, the 1-228th Aviation Regiment commander, Command Sgt. Maj. Lucio DeAnda, the 1-228th command sergeant major, and Capt. Erica Huston, the Headquarters and Headquarters Company commander, salute at the battlefield crosses during the memorial ceremony here Aug. 5. Sgt. Luis Brito and Sgt. Leodegario Lizárraga both died in a car accident July 31. (U.S. Air Force photo/Martin Chahin)

Aug. 6, 2010

JTF-Bravo remembers two fallen Soldiers

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Surgeons perform an operation on a Honduran patient July 19 in Hospital Escuela here, as part of a humanitarian civic assistance urology surgical campaign conducted by a team of U.S. military and Honduran medical personnel July 18-30. During the two-week Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE), the team of surgeons and support staff provided high-quality, specialized care to 185 Hondurans in need. (Courtesy photo.)

Aug. 4, 2010

U.S. surgical team provides urology care in Tegucigalpa

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The patient lying on the operating table was in desperate need of urological surgery. Years ago, the 13-year-old Honduran boy had been hit by a bus, causing internal damage that kept him from being able to urinate normally.  Now, after surgeons were able to fix the problem by performing a bladder augmentation, the teenager has a chance to live a

Aug. 3, 2010

Two JTF-B Soldiers killed in vehicle accident

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Two Soldiers from Joint Task Force-Bravo were killed at approximately 2:30 p.m. July 31 when their car ran off highway CA-5, between Siguatepeque and Comayagua, and struck a tree. A civilian passenger in the car was killed in the crash as well. Army Sgt. Luis E. Brito, 26, a Springdale, Ark., native, died immediately of traumatic head injury,

(U.S. Air Force graphic/Corey Parrish)

Aug. 3, 2010

Suicide solution involves leadership, Mullen says

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — While no easy answers exist to a military suicide problem that has reached "crisis level," a big part of the solution is tied to leadership, according to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Addressing the National Guard Family Program Volunteer Workshop Aug. 2 in New Orleans, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen touched on the need to care for

July 30, 2010

Joint Task Force-Bravo supports drug interdiction in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo, together with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), assisted Honduran authorities in a successful drug interdiction July 21 in Gracias a Dios, Honduras.The Hondurans seized 473 kilograms of cocaine, 12 barrels of fuel, two satellite phones, two global positioning system units, three boats, one generator, airfield

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Capt. Denise Hamilton (left), Tech. Sgt. Diora Farrar, 1st Lt. Carly Fraser and Tech. Sgt. Kathy Pate (behind Lieutenant Fraser), all with the Medical Element here, carry a "patient" from a medical evacuation helicopter during a HOT/COLD aircraft loading class here July 27. Groups of medics took turns loading and unloading people onto and off of the helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

July 29, 2010

Heroes in training

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Medical Element and 1-228th Aviation Regiment personnel conduct a HOT/COLD Aircraft loading class here July 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

July 28, 2010

Joint effort saves life of Honduran teen

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Comic book heroes, from Green Lantern to Wolverine, perform superhuman feats in order to save lives. While they may not be gifted with supernatural powers, the extraordinary efforts of the Honduran government, Joint Task Force-Bravo and the Ruth Paz Foundation recently saved the life of a 16-year-old Honduran boy.Eli Arevalo was doing construction

DUYURE, Honduras -- Air Force 1st Lt. Nicole Musshorn, a registered nurse in Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element, takes a Honduran woman's blood pressure during a Medical Civic Assistance Program here July 20. During the MEDCAP, a team of Honduran health care providers and JTF-Bravo personnel provided medical care to 435 Duyure residents in need. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Jen Richard)

July 27, 2010

JTF-Bravo brings medical care to Honduran villagers

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — There is no easy way to travel in and out of the municipality of Duyure, Honduras. No roads are paved within an hour and a half of town, and the existing dirt roads weave up and down through mountainous terrain. Factor in Honduras' rainy season, which spans May through October, and driving the dirt roads becomes nearly impossible.This remoteness is

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