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Surgeons from Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, perform hand surgery to regain function of a finger on a patient at Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sept. 17. The medical team screened more than 80 patients, with half of those were scheduled for surgery during the two-week period. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Asselin)

Sept. 23, 2008

U.S. servicemembers partner with Honduran medical teams to provide specialized surgeries

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — U.S. medical teams deployed to the Honduran capital for 15 days to team with Honduran medical

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Firefighters from the 612 Air Base Squadron let kids from the Hogar de Ninos de Nuestra Senora Guadalupe orphanage play in water from the fire truck Sept. 12 here. The event held here was to celebrate Honduras Children Day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Sept. 18, 2008

Airmen at JTF-Bravo host children's day

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 90 children from a local orphanage were hosted by Airmen here Sept. 12 for a party to

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Miguel Cruz, Joint Task Force-Bravo Security Forces, helps a mother carry a child up a hill in route to visit a helicopter for children's day Sept. 10 in Guajiquiro, Honduras. More than 400 children in two towns spent time with servicemembers from JTF-Bravo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Sept. 12, 2008

JTF-Bravo participates in Honduras Children’s Day

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo helped celebrate Children's Day Sept. 10 with more than

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Army Maj. Dominic Storto, JTF-Bravo Medical Element Mobile Surgery Unit commander, works on a patient Sept. 3 in a Comayagua hospital. MEDEL performs surgeries twice a week, with one in Comayagua and another in La Paz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Sept. 5, 2008

JTF-Bravo MEDEL participates in local surgeries

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element mobile surgery team performed two free medical operations

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Master Sgt. Juan Garcia controls the rigging tower during a training exercise Aug. 28. The Joint Task Force-Bravo fire department trained with Honduran Air Force and local fire fighters Aug. 25-28 on activities that varied from land navigation to rescue operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Sept. 2, 2008

JTF-Bravo FD works with Honduran AF, fire fighters in training

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The Joint Task Force-Bravo fire department trained with Honduran Air Force and local firefighters

Aug. 26, 2008

Virginia medical professionals volunteer with JTF-Bravo in La Mosquitia

PUERTA CASTILLO, Honduras — Three medical specialists from Virginia volunteered to work with Joint Task Force-Bravo during a

CLUBKI, Honduras - Dr. Alba Rivera, Honduran Army, takes out a man's tooth in a medical readiness exercise here Aug. 19. Dr. Rivera is part of a multi-national team training in an exercise to prepare for a disaster. Countries in the exercise include Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Aug. 21, 2008

Multi-national team provides medical services to La Mosquita region

PUERTO CASTILLA, Honduras — The United States military partnered with Central American military forces along with volunteers

PUERTO CASTILLA, Honduras - A Blackhawk from the 1-228th U.S. Army Air Ambulance Division lands here Aug. 18 in support of the Paz Garcia Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Response Exercise. More than 120 servicemembers from the United States and Central American countries will participate in the three-day exercise, which will test disaster response. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Aug. 18, 2008

U.S., C.A. countries participate in medical readiness exercise

PUERTO CASTILLA, Honduras — More than 120 servicemembers and civilian volunteers from the United States and Central America

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - A contractor builds a new set of stairs for a building at Joint Task Force-Bravo. Because JTF-Bravo is a temporary installation most of the buildings are made out of wood. Termites and weather conditions require the civil engineers to consistently replace the wood on the structures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Aug. 13, 2008

CE works to keep 25-year temporary installation running

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — When Joint Task Force-Bravo set up operations nearly 25 years ago, the installation was designed to

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Army Staff Sgt. David Hattan, Joint Task Force-Bravo Rigger NCOIC, looks over the parachute of a Honduran Air Force servicemember Aug. 8. Sergeant Hattan is one of only two Army riggers stationed here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Aug. 11, 2008

Riggers at JTF-Bravo 'personally guarantee' work

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — There are few guarantees in life, but for the Army riggers stationed at Joint Task Force-Bravo

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