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LAGUNA DEL RINCON, Honduras - Lt. Col. Shannon L. Sutherland files down points on the molar teeth of a horse. Veterinarians, like Colonel Sutherland, provide basic medical and dental care to dogs, cats and livestock during daylong visits to this and other remote Honduran villages. U.S. military medical personnel are in Honduras for the joint training exercise Beyond the Horizon. The event provides medical attention, as well as infrastructure renovation, to rural areas in this Central American country. (Photo by Sgt. Claude W. Flowers, 304th Public Affairs Detachment.)

May 1, 2008

Army Veterinarians: Helping animals, people

LAGUNA DEL RINCON, Honduras — The people living in remote Honduran mountain villages own many animals, but they don't keep many

Army 1st. Lt. Robert Judge from the 509th Airborne Battalion checks the parachute equipment of a Honduran soldier before a combined jump with U.S. and Honduran military members April 30. The jump was the final event of a week-long Key Leader Exchange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Asselin)

May 1, 2008

U.S., Honduran soldiers exchange ideas during combined airborne operation

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Soldiers from Ft. Polk, La., finished more than a week of training with Honduran soldiers with a

LAS MESAS, HON - Officer Candidate, Staff Sgt. Martin Berta, 322nd Engineer Company, Decorah, Iowa, explains to Honduran army engineers how the newly laid septic tank functions here April 16. Photo by Staff Sgt. Danny McCormick, Beyond the Horizon public affairs.

May 1, 2008

Engineers Continue Beyond the Horizon Construction Exercise

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Construction resumed in earnest April 14, as rotation two continued to work on the projects that the

Joint Task Force-Bravo personnel cross a river April 26 on the way to deliver much-needed food to two villages near Humuya, Honduras. The staple foods, including rice, flour and oil, temporarily help Honduran families affected by rising food costs and poor crop production. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Erika Yepsen)

April 29, 2008

JTF-Bravo volunteers give needed food to local Hondurans

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — About 60 Joint Task Force-Bravo personnel used a day off work April 26 to continue the mission of

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-A paratrooper falls toward the Tamara Drop Zone near Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 23 during Iguana Voladora 2008, a combined airborne operation in which jumpers represented 17 American countries.

April 28, 2008

“Flying Iguanas” jump in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Drivers on the highway near Tegucigalpa were treated to an unusual sight April 24 as 138

Air Force Capt. Kenya Colon, deputy director of logistics for Joint Task Force-Bravo, assists fitting a helmet on Joint Civilian Orientation Conference participant Nikki Clay. JCOC visited Soto Cano Air Base Apr. 24 as part of a tour of locations throughout the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility. (Photo by Martin Chahin)

April 28, 2008

U.S. civilian leaders visit JTF-Bravo

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Forty-nine civilian leaders visited Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, April 24 to get a glimpse into the

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras--Army Capt. (Dr.) Christopher Kittle examines the teeth child during a military dental readiness training exercises (DETRETE) at Catholic University?s dental school in Tegucigalpa April 18. For the last eight years Army dental teams have come to Honduras working the DENTRETE, a U.S. Southern Command staple event arranged and supported by Joint Task Force-Bravo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

April 22, 2008

Annual dental exercise relieves Honduran children’s dental problems

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A U.S. military dental readiness training exercises (DETRETE) at Catholic University's dental school

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras--Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Les Bramlett, 2nd Lt. Zack Kalinauskis and Maj. Tiffany Morgan visit with Lt. Col. Raynel Funes, Honduran Military Training Academy deputy director, during an information exchange and tour of the Honduran Military Training Academy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras April 16. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

April 18, 2008

JTF-Bravo troops visit Honduran Military Training Academy

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A joint group of U.S. Airmen and Soldiers gained insight of their host nation's Honduran Military

Col. (Dr.) Mike Sigmon, Joint Task Force-Bravo's medical element commander, Lt. Col. (Dr.) Charles Henderson,visiting urologist, and Dr. Ricardo Aviles, MEDEL medical officer respond to reporters questions during an impromptu press conference at Hospital Escuela April 11. While working out of Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa March 28-April 13, the 11-person team, made up of personnel from Brooke and Madigan Army Medical Centers, operated on more than 35 patients treating problems ranging from obstructions to malignancies and problems associated with inflammatory diseases.

April 14, 2008

Surgical urology focus of latest medical readiness exercise

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — For 11 consecutive years, U.S. military urology surgeons have packed their bags and travelled to

LAS MESAS, Honduras - Sgt. Juan M. Ozuna from the 672nd Engineer Company repairs a dilapidated schoolhouse during their Annual Training. U.S. Army engineers are among the personnel participating in Beyond the Horizon, a training exercise that provides infrastructure renovation, as well as basic medical and dental care, to rural areas of this Central American country. Soldiers working in Las Mesas will replace the school's doors and windows, repair the roof, and repaint the entire structure, in addition to improving a soccer field on which local children play. (Photo by Sgt. Claude W. Flowers, 304th Public Affairs Detachment.)

April 10, 2008

U.S., Honduran Army Engineers Create an Equation for Success

LAS MESAS, Honduras — Consider it creative math: Three units + two nations = One purpose. The three units are the 672nd,

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