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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,

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-- Army flight medic Staff Sgt. Joseph McCormick leads Honduran medical professionals away from a Blackhawk helicopter during an information exchange at Hospital Militar Luis Alonso Discua. One aspect of the exchange was familiarization with practicing safe delivery and recovery of patients to a running JTF-Bravo MEDEVAC helicopter.

April 9, 2008

Honduras, JTF-Bravo medical professionals gather, share skills

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 35 Honduran doctors, nurses and emergency medical personnel converged at Hospital Militar

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-Under the supervision of Staff Sgt. Jose Leal, Joint Task Force-Bravo electrician, contractors replace cables on a transformer bank which feeds power to Beyond the Horizon tent city. Joint Task Force-Bravo, home to the 500 U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy personnel, is able to support more than 300 forward deployed troops for the multi-national, joint-force exercise Beyond the Horizon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

April 9, 2008

JTF-Bravo supports Army South efforts in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A U.S. Army South exercise in Honduras is testing Joint Task Force-Bravo's ability to support

A Chinook helicopter carrying distinguished visitors and Honduran media prepares to land at the opening ceremony for Beyond the Horizon 2008 April 1.

April 3, 2008

Beyond the Horizon 2008 begins in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — An opening ceremony at the Juan Ramon Molina grade school in La Florida Marcala, Honduras, marked

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras--Honduran emergency medical technicians unload injured passangers from a Joint Task Force-Bravo UH-60 Blackhawk MEDEVAC Easter Sunday. The Blackhawk, dispatched from JTF-Bravo to the bus crash site near Cholutecca, Honduras and transported the injured to Hospital Escuela in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa.

March 28, 2008

Joint Task Force-Bravo supports local medical emergencies

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras-- — Easter weekend quickly turned busy as Joint Task Force-Bravo supported two separate highway

SOTO CANO AIR BASE< Honduras--While soccer and basketball were popular activities for the older children, the younger children were content coloring and then eating Easter eggs. The children visiting from an orphanage in Comayagua, Honduras, were greeted by awaiting JTF-Bravo Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen who accompanied different age-groups of children to different activity ?stations.? (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

March 26, 2008

Joint Task Force-Bravo hosts orphanage for Easter fun

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 80 children from an orphanage in Comayagua, Honduras, visited the men and women of Joint

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