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SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Some children wave to two service members as they enter the base Oct. 6 for the fire department’s fire prevention week. About 175 children from different schools in La Paz and Comayagua traveled to base to learn some important lessons about fire prevention. Every year during the week of Oct. 8 fire stations around the country reach out to the community to remind families of the importance of fire prevention (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

Oct. 9, 2009

Local children participate in fire department’s fire prevention week

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Tech. Sgt Dasveer Parhar, an Air Force weatherman with the 612th Air Base Squadron, measures winds, temperature, dewpoint and pressure with a handheld Kestrel Oct. 5 in front of the base operations building. Sergeant Parhar was recently named the 12th Air Force NCO of the Quarter. He said he has been a weatherman for 11 years, and he likes how important weather is to the mission (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

Oct. 8, 2009

Weatherman wins 12th Air Force NCO of Quarter

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Col. Christopher Gehler, Joint Task Force-Bravo commander, signs the fire prevention proclamation at the JTF-Bravo headquarters building Oct. 5. Fire prevention week was established to remember the Great Chicago Fire on Oct. 9, 1871. The tragic fire killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres. Every year during the week of Oct. 8 fire stations around the country reach out to the community to remind families of the importance of fire prevention (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

Oct. 5, 2009

JTF-Bravo kicks off fire prevention week

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Fire prevention week began today with Col. Christopher Gehler, Joint Task Force-Bravo commander,

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Seaman Christian Mewes, a medical element hospitalman (HN), performs some preventative maintenance checks on a humvee Sept. 25 at the MEDEL motorpool. HN Mewes won the Joint Task Force-Bravo Trooper of the Quarter Sept. 15, proving that in a joint environment excellence is recognized regardless of the branch of service. He is deployed from Yokosuka, Japan, and was the first Sailor in history to win Trooper of the Quarter for JTF-Bravo (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Mike Tate).

Sept. 30, 2009

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

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A Navy corpsman from the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element won Trooper of the Quarter Sept. 15,

USS MESA VERDE, Panama — An Air department Sailor guides in an Army UH-60 Blackhawk, assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo, onto the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) during deck landing qualifications Sept. 14. Mesa Verde is underway for Fuerzas Alidas (FA) PANAMAX 2009. FA PANAMAX is an annual U.S. Southern Command joint and multi-national training exercise tailored to the defense of the Panama Canal, involving civil and military forces from around the world. (U.S. Navy photo/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Patrick Grieco).

Sept. 21, 2009

JTF-Bravo participates in PANAMAX ‘09

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Chief Master Sgt. Walter Deason, 612th Air Base Squadron senior enlisted advisor, speaks to the runners of the Air Force's 62nd birthday celebration 5k run near the base operations building here Sept. 18. About 175 Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen participated in the 5k run around the base runway (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

Sept. 18, 2009

Soto Cano celebrates 62nd Air Force birthday with 5k flight-line run, luncheon

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Air Force Staff Sgt. Isaac Bermudez, JTF-Bravo, Medical Element surgical technician, prepares surgical instruments for an operation in a local hospital Sept. 16 in Comayagua, Honduras. Sergeant Bermudez is part of a four-person team that goes to La Paz and Comayagua hospitals Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays to perform surgeries and lessen the burden on local doctors during medical readiness training exercises, or MEDRETE (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

Sept. 17, 2009

JTF-Bravo surgical team helps local community in Comayagua

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A four-person surgical team from Joint Task Force-Bravo performed four surgeries Sept. 16 at a

A U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter circles as it approaches the landing zone to pick up people and supplies returning from medical operations in remote, mountainous Costa Rica Sept. 11, 2009. A team of members representing the Costa Rica Ministry of Health and Joint Task Force-Bravo provided medical care and education to nearly 400 patients in need during the two-day exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mike Hammond)

Sept. 15, 2009

Medical exercise concludes in remote Costa Rica; nearly 400 treated

XIOMARA, Costa Rica — A two-day Medical Readiness and Training Exercise, or MEDRETE, concluded here Sept. 12, after

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Army Capt. Diana Parzik, volunteer coordinator for the project, receives a certificate of appreciation from Ramiro Martinez, Habitat for Humanity Honduras coordinator, Sept. 12 in La Paz for all the work she has done helping with Habitat for Humanity. JTF-Bravo members have been working with Habitat since March 28, and since then they have helped Habitat with a total of 11 houses in La Paz and Comayagua (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

Sept. 15, 2009

JTF-Bravo, Habitat for Humanity Honduras build homes for La Paz families

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Twenty volunteers from Joint Task Force-Bravo met in the La Paz area Sept. 12 to help Habitat for

Just before dawn breaks at the Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, U.S. Army Capt. John Osterman, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bill Flores, and Army Lt. Col. Curtis Anderson finalize the airlift plan for three Blackhawk helicopters supporting the Medical Readiness and Training Exercise in the remote Turrialba region of that Central American nation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mike Hammond)

Sept. 12, 2009

Costa Rica, JTF-Bravo team up, offer medical care to remote villages

TOLOKICHA, Costa Rica — For many with cold and flu-like symptoms, relief is just a few minutes away through a local drug