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SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - U.S. Army Forces 1st Sgt. Lloyd Broom conducts a jump master performance inspection for Honduran Army Sgt. Alex Armando Paris during combined airborne operations training here Jan. 15. The two services train together to learn from each other and to build cohesion between the units. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Danét)

Jan. 21, 2009

Army forces conduct combined jump training at Soto Cano

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - — "Follow me!" yelled a 6-foot-tall U.S. Army Airborne Soldier, motioning with his arm to the Soldiers

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Operating Room Technician Master Sgt. Keri Winsick (left) holds a retractor as Army Surgeon (Maj.) Ron Hyde and Dr. Blanca Dermith repair a hernia for a 5-year-old Honduran Boy Jan. 13. Dr. Hyde and Master Sgt. Winsick are part of a Joint Task Force-Bravo surgical team conducting weekly Medical Readiness Training Exercises in La Paz, Honduras. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Danét)

Jan. 15, 2009

JTF-Bravo surgical team aims to improve quality of life

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A four-person surgical team from U.S. Southern Command's Joint Task Force-Bravo conducted two

SAN MIGUEL, COSTA RICA--Search and rescue volunteers here load a Joint Task Force-Bravo Blackhawk helicopter Sunday to be transported to areas affected by the earthquake. Four helicopters and 34 servicemembers from JTF-Bravo are deployed here at the request of the Costa Rican government to provide humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Candace Park)

Jan. 12, 2009

CNE, OFDA, JTF-B partner to save lives of earthquake victims

SAN MIGUEL, Costa Rica — Four helicopters and 34 servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras,

SAN MIGUEL, COSTA RICA — Members of the Costa Rican Red Cross transport a 65-year-old female earthquake victim here from a Joint Task Force-Bravo helicopter to a waiting ambulance Saturday. Four JTF-Bravo helicopters and 34 servicemembers are deployed here from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, at the request of the Costa Rican government to provide life-saving support to those affected by the earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Candace Park)

Jan. 10, 2009

SOUTHCOM deploys disaster response team to Costa Rica

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A team of 34 U.S. military personnel and four helicopters from Honduras-based Joint Task Force-Bravo

Army Staff Sgt. Jose Gutierrez and Specialist Robert Hunt carry an injured man from a medivac helicopter Dec. 1. More than 60 JTF-Bravo personnel participated in humanitarian disaster relief missions in Costa Rica and Panama. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Dec. 2, 2008

JTF-Bravo deploys disaster assistance teams to Panama, Costa Rica

LAS TABLAS, PANAMA-- Master Sgt. James Eidson, a Joint Task Force-Bravo emergency medical technician, escorts a flood victim to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday. The woman was unable to get to a hospital because the roads were flooded. The JTF-Bravo helicopter transported the woman and five other patients from a remote airfield to an airport where an ambulance met the patients and transported them to a local hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Candace Park)

Nov. 27, 2008

JTF-Bravo provides life saving assistance to flood affected regions of Costa Rica, Panama

LIMON, COSTA RICA — A task force of 20 U.S. military personnel and two UH 60 Blackhawks from Joint Task Force-Bravo in

Air Force 2nd Lt. Timothy Underwood helps distribute food to residents of El Negrito as part of Joint Task Force-Bravo's monthly chapel hike program. Nearly 115 U.S. and Honduran military members volunteered to hike more than four miles through the mountain-side jungle to bring food to the residents of the village. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Asselin)

Nov. 25, 2008

JTF-Bravo, Honduran AF deliver food to remote local village

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 110 U.S. servicemembers and Airmen from the Honduran Air Force Academy participated in a

Capt. (Dr.) David Armstrong, a flight surgeon with the 1-228th Aviation Regiment, listens to the lungs of a patient during a disaster relief medical mission Nov. 14 in Crooked Tree, Belize. More than 600 people were seen in two villages during the three-day mission.

Nov. 24, 2008

U.S., Belize military medical teams provide disaster relief medical care for flood victims

CROOKED TREE, Belize — A 33-person team from Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed to Belize Nov. 13-15 to provide disaster

EL HORNO, Honduras - Air Force Tech Sgt. Andrew Baldwin, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element, disinfects dental utensils during a two-day medical readiness exercise Nov. 5. During the MEDRETE U.S. servicemembers worked the Honduran Ministry of Health to give free medical care to more than 650 people in the remote mountain area of El Horno. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Nov. 7, 2008

U.S. servicemembers, Honduran officials partner to provide free medical care

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Leadership from Joint Task Force-Bravo and Ambassador Hugo Llorens break ground Nov. 4 for construction of a new dining facility here. The old DFAC was constructed in 1987 and was meant to be temporary. It is scheduled to open March 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Mease)

Nov. 6, 2008

New DFAC to open in 2010