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Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo take part in a monthly base run April 20 to build camaraderie and promote fitness across the different units at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. Col. Gregory Reilly, JTF-Bravo Commander, also took time to speak to the Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marine and tell them how proud he was of the work they have accomplished. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

April 21, 2010

The family that runs together

(Right to left) Outgoing Army Support Activity Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffery Miller, Col. Martin Clausen, ASA Commander, and incoming ASA Command Sgt. Maj. Clayton Crooks, salute the colors during a change of responsibility ceremony April 14 at Soto Cano Air Force Base, Honduras. ASA provides selected Expeditionary Base Operation Support to Joint Task Force-Bravo and other organizations here to enhance operational focus and readiness and quality of life.

April 16, 2010

ASA welcomes new top enlisted member

Army Sergeant Michael St. Jean, 1st Battalion, 228th Regiment, cranks out a set of pull-ups in between missions March 26 at Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Haiti. Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed March 21 in support of Joint Task Force-Haiti, the U.S. military’s task force assisting in disaster relief efforts in Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake as part of Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Air force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

March 27, 2010

Soldiers, Airmen get fit on the flightline

Army 1st Lt. Judiza Zelaya, Medical Element registered nurse, checks the blood pressure of a Costa Rican woman during a medical civic assistance program, or MEDCAP, held March 24-26 in Piedra Meza, Costa Rica. A total of 253 patients received care during the MEDCAP, conducted by 15 Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element personnel, in cooperation with Costa Rican healthcare providers, the Costa Rican police and members of the U.S. Military Group in Costa Rica. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Jen Richard)

March 25, 2010

U.S. military, Costa Rican medical team provides care in mountaintop village

PIEDRA MEZA, Costa Rica — Jose Luis Morales-Moya recognized the chop-chop-chop of U.S. military helicopters approaching, saw the red crosses on the medical helicopters' sides and immediately gathered his family to begin the hike here to where the helicopters landed.Morales-Moya and hundreds of others trekked to Piedra Meza March 24-26 to attend a medical clinic conducted

Aircrew members from the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, wait for an American Airline jet at Toussaint Louverture International Airport to pass before they can lift off for a mission in support of Joint Task Force-Haiti. Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed more than 45 members in support of JTF-Haiti, the U.S. military's task force assisting in disaster relief efforts in Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake as part of Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

March 25, 2010

Night, day on the flightline

A 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment UH-60 Blackhawk takes off for its first airlift mission in support of Joint Task Force-Haiti March 24. The 1/228th along with other members of Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras to support JTF-Haiti, the U.S. military support unit for Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

March 25, 2010

JTF-Bravo conducts first mission in Haiti

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — An aircrew from 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, conducted their first rotary airlift mission March 24 here in support of Joint Task Force-Haiti.The 1/228th along with other members from Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras March 21."We are excited about getting in the air and doing our part," said Lt. Col.

Sun sets on Joint Task Force-Bravo’s home on the flightline at Toussaint Louverture International Airport March 24 here after JTF-Bravo condcuted their first operation in support of Joint Task Force Hait, U.S. military support unit for Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

March 24, 2010

JTF-Bravo aircrew conduct overview flights of Haiti

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — Pilots and aircrew from 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, flew over Haiti to get familiar with the country side and survey future landing zones March 23 as they begin relieving Navy and Marine rotary assets that have been supporting Joint Task Force-Haiti airlift operations.The Soldiers from the 1/228th along with other members of Joint task

Deployed members from 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment race against the sun to get their UH-60s unfolded and operationally ready March 21. The 1-228th along with other members of Joint Task Force-Bravo from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras deployed in support of Joint task Force-Haiti March 21 and 22. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

March 23, 2010

JTF-Bravo hits ground running

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, worked all afternoon and into the evening to ready two of their UH-60 Blackhawks for rotary airlift operations March 21 here in support of Joint Task Force-Haiti.Maintainers and aircrew from 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment worked side by side to accomplish the unloading and

Joint Task Force-Bravo members load a C-17 Globemaster III March 20 with the first of three UH-60 Blackhawks that were loaded in a single aircraft before deploying March 21 from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras to Port au Prince, Haiti. Team Soto Cano sent more than 180,000 pounds of equipment and 40 personnel to support Joint Task Force-Haiti's disaster relief mission, Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

March 21, 2010

JTF-Bravo deploys helicopters, personnel to Haiti

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed 40 personnel, four UH-60 Blackhawks and equipment March 21 and 22 in support of Joint Task Force-Haiti's airlift operations in Haiti.Four C-17 Globemaster IIIs landed and were loaded during a three-day period to airlift more than 180,000 pounds of equipment."I am very proud of our servicemembers' professionalism as

Lorenzo Amador, an 87-year-old Honduran, recovers from cataract surgeries that repaired his eyesight, as his caretaker Edita Rivera speaks with Army Dr. (Lt. Col.) . John Thordsen in Choluteca, Honduras, March 9. A combined team of U.S. military and Honduran medical personnel are conducting a humanitarian civic assistance eye surgical campaign Feb. 22 - March 13 in Choluteca's Hospital Del Sur, where they will perform eye surgeries for hundreds of Hondurans in need. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Jennifer Richard)

March 10, 2010

U.S. military helps make medical miracles happen in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Like a lot of men in Honduras, Lorenzo Amador enjoys the use of his eyesight to farm and make a living off of the land. Unlike other men, however, Amador spent the last three years legally blind but regained his sight again March 9.Amador's blindness, caused by cataracts in both eyes, was healed by surgeries performed during a combined U.S/Honduran

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