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SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Army Col. Chris Gehler, Joint Task Force-Bravo commander, and two children from a local orphanage press the plunger and light the base Christmas tree near Building B-202 Dec. 1. More than 40 children from a local orphanage were brought on base for the ceremony. After the tree lighting they sang some Christmas carols, listened to the reading of “A Christmas Story” and had a surprise visit from Santa Claus, who handed out presents and candy to all the children (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

Dec. 8, 2009

JTF-Bravo invites children to base during tree lighting ceremony

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Gen. Douglas Fraser, Commander, U.S. Southern Command, serves stuffing to Airman 1st Class Kristen Olson, Medical Element emergency medical technician, during a Thanksgiving meal here Nov. 25. General Fraser visited the men and women of JTF-Bravo to thank them for their hard work, particularly in the recent El Salvador disaster relief mission, and wish them all a happy Thanksgiving holiday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson)

Nov. 25, 2009

SOUTHCOM Commander visits JTF-Bravo, wishes troops happy Thanksgiving

ILOPANGO, El Salvador – Villagers of San Diego, El Salvador sit and wait for members of Joint Task Force-Bravo to arrive Nov. 20. JTF-Bravo Medical Element performed a Medical Civil Action Program, or MEDCAP, from Nov. 19 to 23 treating 2,987 people in several different cities affected by the El Salvador mudslides. A team of 10 MEDEL personnel along with the El Salvador’s Ministry of Health personnel and local physicians conducted the MEDCAP for the benefit of Salvadorans in the cities of Guadalupe, San Diego, San Emigdio and Las Isetas -- the cities that were most affected by the flooding that began Nov. 8 (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

Nov. 23, 2009

El Salvador MEDCAP treats nearly 3,000 patients in four days

ILOPANGO, El Salvador — The Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element performed a Medical Civil Action Program, or MEDCAP, from Nov. 19 to 23 treating 2,987 people in several different cities affected by the El Salvador mudslides.A team of 10 MEDEL personnel along with the El Salvador's Ministry of Health personnel and local physicians conducted the MEDCAP for the benefit of

ILOPANGO, El Salvador--Air Force Maj. Leonel Gonzalez, U.S. SOUTHCOM Standing Joint Force Headquarters Logistics Planner, operates an Automated Route Reconnaissance Kit during a Joint Task Force-Bravo helicopter flight over flood-damged El Salvador Nov. 16. The ARRK, developed by the USACE’s Engineering Research and Development Center, is an easy-to-use system that provides a safe, quick way to gather and process data. A combined U.S., Salvadoran assessment team is working together to collect data from damage sites and recommend steps to help El Salvador recover from recent floods and landslides. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Jen Richard)

Nov. 19, 2009

U.S., Salvadoran team works together to assess damage in flood-stricken El Salvador

ILOPANGO, El Salvador — If two heads are better than one, then several expert minds from different countries must be even better. Put a team of U.S. and Salvadoran engineers together, along with some state-of-the-art equipment from U.S. Southern Command, and you have a force capable of providing critical assessments of the damage done by the recent torrential rains that

ILOPANGO, El Salvador - Thousands of pounds of food and water sits and waits to be distributed to the small town of El Sauce Nov. 17 near Ilopango International Airport. A Civil Affairs team from Special Operations Command South, based out of Homestead, Florida, provided vital aid to the small village of El Sauce by dropping off more than 5,000 total pounds of food and water Nov. 17 and 18. This has been a combined effort by Salvadoran government and military, the people of El Sauce, the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, Civil Affairs and Joint Task Force-Bravo (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

Nov. 19, 2009

Civil Affairs team delivers supplies, provides vital aid to village of El Sauce

ILOPANGO, El Salvador — A Civil Affairs team from Special Operations Command South, based out of Homestead, Florida, provided vital aid to the small village of El Sauce by dropping off more than 5,000 total pounds of food and water Nov. 17 and 18.U.S. Southern Command and the El Salvador Military Group requested the team's visit in order to conduct rapid assessments of

Nov. 18, 2009

Supply distribution mission transitions to medical relief

ILOPANGO, El Salvador — The Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element begins its Medical Civil Action Program, or MEDCAP, Thursday, Nov. 19 in Guadalupe, El Salvador.MEDEL personnel are conducting a MEDCAP disaster relief in support of Ministry of Health and Ministry of Defense for the benefit of Salvadorans affected by the flooding and mudslides that occurred here on Nov.

ILOPANGO, El Salvador – Thousands of pounds of water bottles sit and wait for distribution Nov. 16. The four Joint Task Force-Bravo helicopters transported 97,000 pounds of relief supplies today reaching 315,200 total pounds delivered since Nov. 11 (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

Nov. 16, 2009

JTF-Bravo breaks 300,000 pounds distributed in El Salvador aid

ILOPANGO, El Salvador – A CH-47 Chinook assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo sits and waits for the sun to rise over the horizon Nov. 14. JTF-Bravo has been providing vital relief supplies in order to help stabilize the region after a devastating flood Nov. 8. In three days the team of four helicopters and crew has distributed more than 172,700 pounds of supplies in a total of 42 flight hours (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

Nov. 14, 2009

Team of four JTF-Bravo helos surpass 170,000 pounds

ILOPANGO, El Salvador – Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bill Bayer, a weather meteorologist assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo, performs early morning weather checks measuring winds, temperature, dew point and pressure with a handheld Kestrel Nov. 14. Sergeant Bayer has been a vital piece to providing daily weather reports for the 1st Battalion, 228th Regiment during a deployment to El Salvador in order to help them stabilize the region from a recent mudslide. Since Nov. 11 JTF-Bravo has distributed more than 172,700 pounds of supplies (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

Nov. 14, 2009

Air Force weatherman provides vital info for JTF-Bravo pilots

SAN DIEGO, El Salvador -- Curious Salvadoran children follow a medical assesment team around Nov. 13. Guillermo Saenz, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element liaison officer, lead the medical assessment team to several villages affected by the Nov. 8 mudslides in order to determine whether it would be affective to perform a medical readiness and training exercise, or MEDRETE. JTF-Bravo has been in El Salvador since Nov. 11 providing airlift operations and tranporting more than 82,000 pounds of supplies (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

Nov. 14, 2009

JTF-Bravo distributes 61,000 pounds of supplies, starts medical and engineering assessments

ILOPANGO, El Salvador — Joint Task Force-Bravo members, based at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, have taken on a new mission, and on Nov. 13 they proved just how motivated they were by distributing an astonishing 61,000 pounds of food, water and clothing to remote villages of El Salvador.The two-day combined total of supplies transported by the helicopters is more than

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