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U.S. Army Specialist James Ferguson signals to a HH-60 Blackhawk helicopter as it prepares to land and extract aircrew members during an exercise near La Paz, Honduras, March 20. Eighteen members of the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo here, took part in the day-long training exercise. The training sharpened land navigation, communication equipment, and aircraft vectoring skills. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mike Hammond)

March 20, 2009

JTF-Bravo aircrews sharpen skills in training exercise

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — An aircraft mishap can be a confusing, disorienting situation for surviving aircrew members. Linking

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Joint Task Force-Bravo firefighter Master Sgt. Pat Miller consults with Comayagua Deputy Fire Chief Lt. Jorge Turcias on a plan to safely recover an overturned fuel truck on C.A. 5 Friday. The truck overturned approximately 8 kilometers north of the base after hitting a horse around 8 a.m. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Danét)

March 14, 2009

JTF-B responds to overturned fuel tanker

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Firefighters, medics and security forces from Joint Task Force-Bravo provided mutual aid assistance

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Senior Airman Bryan Trinidad, 612th Air Base Squadron, shaves Capt. William Notbohm's head to raise money for children's cancer research through the St. Baldrick's Foundation. Capt. Nothohm is the base civil engineer. The Soto Cano Fire Department raised more than $2,500 by holding a head-shaving event here March 6. Spnsored by family and friends, volunteers went bald in solidarity with kids who typically lose their hair during cancer treatment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Danét)

March 11, 2009

Soto Cano FD goes bald for children's cancer research

Rosanna Kingston, founder of the Give a Kid a Backpack Foundation, spends time getting to know the children who have received the fruits of her labor. Mrs. Kingston coordinates volunteers in the U.S. to raise money and supply backpacks and other school supplies to children who cannot afford them. (U.S. Army photo/Specialist Christopher Wellner)

March 6, 2009

JTF-B teams with Give a Kid a Backpack to deliver school supplies

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Bad weather was not an obstacle for the men and women of Joint Task Force-Bravo or six volunteers

Sgt. Odessa Torrez assists Col. Michael Jung as he performs a dental filling on a Honduran girl durning a dental readiness training excercise at the Lions Club in Comayagua, Honduras, Feb. 24. The DENTRETE is a part of Beyond the Horizons, a humanitarian assistance exercise taking place throughout Central America. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Wellner)

March 5, 2009

Army dentists kick off Beyond the Horizon exercise

March 5, 2009 — Army Sgt. Carlos Laureano spoke softly to 14-year-old Nancy Saravia and gently enveloped her small

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Mr. Herberth Gaekel, Joint Task Force-Bravo Fire Department chief of fire prevention, shows Honduran airmen how to employ a fire hose for fire supression. Members of JTF-B conducted a subject matter expert exchange with Honduran airmen here Feb. 16-19 covering several aspects of fire fighting. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Danét)

Feb. 20, 2009

Honduran airmen train with JTF-B firefighters

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Eleven airmen from the Honduran Air Force conducted training here Feb. 16 - 19 with the Joint Task

Command Sgt. Maj. Eloy Alcivar prepares to call the assembled formation to attention following his acceptance of responsibility as Joint Task Force-Bravo's top enlisted member at a Change of Responsibility ceremony Feb. 11 at the Soto Cano Air Base fire department. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Matthew Huddle)

Feb. 13, 2009

Joint Task Force-Bravo gets new enlisted leader

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — In a time-honored ceremony at 9 a.m. Feb. 11, the enlisted men and women of Joint Task Force-Bravo

(U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mike Hammond)

Feb. 6, 2009

Medical team hikes into Honduran mountains to care for children

MARCALA, Honduras — A small boy looked warily at the doctor through teary eyes. He didn't know what the strangers were

Choluteca, Honduras - Dr. (Maj.) Frank Valentín, a pediatric ophthalmologist from Brooks Army Medical Center, Texas, checks 7-month-old Dilcia Milagro Espinal's eyes before performing surgery to correct her crossed eyes Jan. 28. Dr. Valentín was in Honduras as part of a 14-person surgical ophthalmology team performing a Medical Readiness and Training Exercise here Jan. 8-30. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Danét)

Feb. 2, 2009

Medical team repairs vision for 245 Hondurans

CHOLUTECA, Honduras — Seven-month-old Dilcia Milagro Espinal has always had beautiful big, brown eyes. Now, thanks to a

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Staff Sgt. Lancaster Ladore (right), Joint Task Force-Bravo, hands a mattress to a man in El Mangos, Honduras, Jan. 30. Volunteers from JTF-B delivered more than 200 mattresses to people in three villages this week as part of a U.S. Southern Command initiative to replace items destroyed in recent floods. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Danét)

Jan. 30, 2009

JTF-Bravo delivers comfort

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