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EL ROBLITO, Honduras -- Sgt. Wideline Servius, of Joint Task Force-Bravo, hands a local villager a bag of clothes, food and other supplies during the Chapel Hike here July 16. According to the Joint Task Force-Bravo chaplain's office, the monthly hikes build and foster positive relationships with the Honduran people and strength JTF-Bravo’s commitment to the Honduran government to provide humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

July 26, 2010

Bringing the goods

July 26, 2010

Service chiefs gather to address children's conference

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) — Service chiefs from each branch came together to lend their support to the cause of helping military children July 23 here.Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., Navy Adm. Gary Roughead, Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz took part in panel and service-specific

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- As the stereotypes of males and females get turned on their head, members of Joint Task Force-Bravo watch the "Sex Signals" show at the base theater July 14. Actors Kyle Terry and Courtney Abbott used scripted and improvisational comedy to deliver the message that it's up to each individual to stop sexual assault. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

July 16, 2010

Servicemembers discuss 'Sex Signals'

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — In an effort to educate servicemembers on sexual abuse, Joint Task Force-Bravo hosted a production of "Sex Signals" at the base theater July 14-15. The one-hour, 30-minute show used scripted and improvisational comedy, as well as audience participation, to deliver the message that it's up to each individual to stop sexual abuse.Actors Kyle Terry

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Col. Gregory Reilly, right, the Joint Task Force-Bravo commander, hands the Army Forces guidon to Lt. Col. Craig Gendreau during the ARFOR change of command ceremony here July 16. Colonel Gendreau took command of ARFOR from Lt. Col. Curtis Anderson II. (U.S. Air Force photo/Martin Chahin)

July 16, 2010

ARFOR welcomes new commander

COMAYAGUA, Honduras -- Staff Sgt. Manuel Garcia, of the 612th Air Base Squadron here, faces off against one of the children from the Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe orphanage during a soccer match here Friday, July 9. The 612th ABS visits the orphanage the second Friday of each month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

July 12, 2010

Playing games

July 9, 2010

Gates, Mullen urge participation in survey

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Noting the importance of getting the opinions of those who would be most affected by a possible repeal of the so-called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, urged servicemembers to provide their input July 8. About 400,000 servicemembers are receiving an

Spc. Eniol Abreusarmiento, a helicopter mechanic and crew chief in the 1-228th Aviation Regiment, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, recites the naturalization oath administered by Emigdio Martinez, the field office director for the Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services during a ceremony in Tegucigalpa July 2. Specialist Abreusarmiento, who was born in Cuba, became a U.S. citizen at an Independence Day celebration hosted by U.S. Ambassador to Honduras Hugo Llorens and attended by Honduran President Porfirio Lobo. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Jen Richard)

July 7, 2010

Soldier's citizenship dreams come true

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A Soldier from Joint Task Force-Bravo became a naturalized U.S. citizen July 2 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, during an Independence Day celebration hosted by the U.S. ambassador to Honduras.Spc. Eniol Abreusarmiento, a helicopter mechanic and crew chief in the 1-228th Aviation Regiment, took the naturalization oath after serving in the Army for five

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Lt. Col. Michael Hoilien takes a guidon from Col. Gregory Reilly, the Joint Task Force-Bravo commander, during the Medical Element change of command ceremony here June 17. Colonel Hoilien took command of MEDEL from Col. Marie Dominguez. (U.S. Air Force photo/Martin Chahin)

July 6, 2010

New commander for MEDEL

LOS PLANES, Honduras -- Dr. Teri Kemmer, left, an assistan professor of nutrition at South Dakota State Univeristy, conducts a check-up on a Honduran child during a medical readiness training exercise here June 28. Doctor Kemmer, who is a retired U.S. Army dietician officer, started the joint program in 2001 in order to both assist the Honduran Ministry of Health with the assessment of nutrition in rural areas and train military pediatricians. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

July 6, 2010

MEDEL assists Ministry of Health with nutrition study

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Imagine, if you will, living in a remote mountain village. Some people have small amounts of livestock and farmland. Other villagers must make a five-mile roundtrip trek on foot in order to get any type of subsistence on minimal income. What kind of food would you buy? How much would you eat? What types of vitamins and minerals are you taking into

June 30, 2010

Online program helps military families vote absentee

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Defense Department officials launched an Internet-based program June 28 to help servicemembers and other Americans living overseas vote more easily in November's elections. The new online voting assistant at www.fvap.gov will make the registration and absentee ballot application process "quick, easy, seamless and intuitive," said Bob Carey, a

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