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COMAYAGUA, Honduras – Army Major (Dr.) Kurt Davis (right), a surgeon with the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element, and local surgeon Dr. Jose Mejía perform surgery on a Honduran patient while Tech. Sgt Bruce Graybill, an operating room technician, assists during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise Dec. 5. MEDEL surgeons usually perform surgical MEDRETES twice a week in towns near Soto Cano Air Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Dec. 7, 2007

JTF-Bravo MEDEL sets up shop in local hospital

COMAYAGUA, Honduras — Doctors, nurses and medical technicians from Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element performed four

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras – Army Col. Marcus De Oliveira, Joint Task Force-Bravo commander, leads a procession of top military leaders from Honduras and JTF-Bravo Nov. 30 in a Caminata de Coroneles, a “camaraderie walk” in recognition of 39 retiring Honduran colonels. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Dec. 4, 2007

American, Honduran military leadership take ‘camaraderie walk’

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - For 25 years United States servicemembers assigned to Joint Task

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras – Air Force Lt. Col. Lawrence Ott, Joint Task Force-Bravo deputy commander, and Charles Ford, United States Ambassador to Honduras, serve food to troops at a Thanksgiving meal at the Soto Cano Dining Facility Nov. 21. (U.S. Air Force photo by Martin Chahin)

Nov. 29, 2007

MWR office provides entertainment for remote troops during holidays

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Even though the temperatures are still hovering around the mid-80s, the winter holiday season has

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Army Maj. (Dr.) Kurt Davis, a general surgeon and Mobile Surgical Team commander, explains field medical procedures to a group of Honduran government officials during Local Leaders Day here Nov. 27. The annual event brought together not only Honduran government leaders, but also representatives from the U.S. Embassy, World Food Program, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs)

Nov. 28, 2007

Local leaders get first-hand look at Soto Cano

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Approximately 30 leaders from throughout Honduras visited here Nov. 27 to gain a better

LA SAMPEDRANA, Honduras - Army Sgt. Eric Gustafson loads donated food into his ruck sack prior to a mountain hike here Nov. 17. Airman, Soldiers and Sailors from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, hiked five and a half miles up the mountain here to deliver more than 600 pounds of food to local villagers. This hike is the third in a series of five sponsored by the JTF-Bravo Chapel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs)

Nov. 20, 2007

JTF-Bravo servicemembers bring Thanksgiving to Honduran village

LA SAMPEDRANA, Honduras — Approximately 70 people from Joint Task Force Bravo made a five-and-half-mile hike up Comayagua

CORINTO, El Salvador - Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joshua Sigler, a medical technician with the Medical Element at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, talks with patients during a recent Medical Readiness Training Exercise here Nov. 5-6. (Courtesy photo)

Nov. 14, 2007

MEDEL conducts mission in El Salvador

CORINTO, El Salvador — The Medical Element from Joint Task Force-Bravo conducted a medical readiness training exercise here

SAN ISIDRO AIR BASE, Dominican Republic -- Air Force Staff Sgts. David Pagani (left) and Robert Daly, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element, with one of the two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters they helped put together in the Dominican Republic. JTF-Bravo deployed a team of 21 servicemembers to assist in relief efforts after Tropical Storm Noel pounded the small island nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Nov. 14, 2007

Rashes to rotors: Air Force medics augment deployed Army aviation team

SAN ISIDRO AIR BASE, Dominican Republic — The purpose of a joint task force is to bring members of various branches of the armed forces with

EL LIMONAL, Dominican Republic -- Air Force Master Sgt. Rolando Pabon, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element, checks the ticket of a Dominican man in line for the triage section of a clinic set up by U.S. servicemembers from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Nov. 10. The master sergeant was part of an Expeditionary Medical Liaison Team deployed to the Dominican Republic to provide medical assistance to the island nation. (U.S. Army photo by Juan Torres)

Nov. 14, 2007

Flexibility, teamwork key to MEDEL rapid deployment ability

EL LIMONAL, Dominican Republic — A team of medical personnel from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, set up a makeshift clinic in a school

AZUA, Dominican Republic -- Army Specialist James Kaye, a UH-60 crew chief with the 1st Battalion-228th Aviation Regiment deployed from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, takes a load of food from a local civilian to deliver to one of three villages in the south-central region of the country Nov.11. As of Nov. 12, American and British aircrews had delivered more than 241,000 pounds of provisions to the island nation as part of a Combined, Joint, International relief effort following Tropical Storm Noel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Nov. 12, 2007

U.S., Dominican forces deliver food, medicine to remote villages

SAN ISIDRO AIR BASE, Dominican Republic — A team of servicemembers from the United States and the Dominican Republic delivered more than 4,900

PAYA, Dominican Republic -- Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Michael Hoilien, assisted by Air Force 1st Lt. Damian Garza, examines the throat of a young Dominican girl at a clinic set up by U.S. servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo Nov. 10. The pair are part of an Expeditionary Medical Liaison Team deployed to the Dominican Republic to provide medical assistance to the island nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Nov. 11, 2007

JTF-Bravo medics provide care in Dominican Republic

SAN ISIDRO AIR BASE, Dominican Republic — Two Expeditionary Medical Liaison Teams from Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed 19 servicemembers to

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