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Oct. 26, 2009

JTF-Bravo personnel recovery team learns water survival skills

Fourteen members of a joint personnel recovery team here learned potentially life-saving skills during water survival training at the Soto Cano Air Base pool Oct. 22. The team, consisting of U.S. Army, Air Force, and Navy members assigned to Army Forces here, learned to use their uniform pants as a floatation device, retrieve a weapon submerged 10

Oct. 23, 2009

U.S. Army South names Soldier, NCO of the Quarter

One Soldier and one noncommissioned officer distinguished themselves after a four-day competition to identify the U.S. Army South Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter.Spc. Carlos Morales, U.S. Army Air Ambulance Detachment, 1-228th Aviation Regiment, out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, was named Soldier of the Quarter while Staff

Oct. 21, 2009

New initiative at Soto Cano helps immunize, control feline population

On a cool, misty October morning a mother cat rummages through the garbage can. She needs to find food so she can nurse her litter of four kittens. Her instinct is to hunt the various birds, insects and rodents common to the area, but feeding the kittens has sapped her strength and energy levels to the point where anything she scavenges will do. A

Oct. 5, 2009

Team finishes well in Army Ten-Miler Race

A team of eight Joint Task Force-Bravo members competed in the Army Ten-Miler race in Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, finishing eighth of 38 teams in their division.The JTF-B Army Ten-Miler Team was in the "Active Duty Mixed" category, for teams of mixed-gender, active-duty military members.Members of the JTF-B Army Ten-Miler Team included Capt. Gerritt

Oct. 5, 2009

JTF-Bravo kicks off fire prevention week

Fire prevention week began today with Col. Christopher Gehler, Joint Task Force-Bravo commander, signing the fire prevention proclamation at the JTF-Bravo headquarters building. "Many of the structures we live and work in on base are made of wood so it is vitally important for us to maintain our awareness and practice good fire prevention on a

Sept. 30, 2009

Sailor wins JTF-Bravo's 'Trooper of Quarter' award

A Navy corpsman from the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element won Trooper of the Quarter Sept. 15, proving that in a joint environment excellence is recognized regardless of the branch of service. Christian Mewes, a hospitalman (HN) deployed from Yokosuka, Japan, was the first Sailor in history to win Trooper of the Quarter for JTF-Bravo, said

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