SOUTHCOM Situational Assessment Team Deployment to Puerta Castilla, Honduras
Army Forces Battalion, Headquarters Support Company Service Members, assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, load a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, assigned to the 1st battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, in preparation for a three-day deployment to validate their role as a SOUTHCOM Situational Assessment Team, April 25, 2016. The 11-member S-SAT team traveled to Puerto Castilla, Honduras, where they participated in a portion of an Army SOUTH-hosted exercise called Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias, which is an annual event that tests the abilities of Caribbean and Central American nations to respond to a natural disaster or humanitarian crisis. (U.S. Army photo by Frederick Hoyt/Released)