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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

SAN ISIDRO AIR BASE, Dominican Republic -- The first of two Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters is unloaded from an Air Force C-5 Galaxy on the flight line here in preparation for medical relief missions. American servicemembers deployed from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, to assist the Dominican Republic after it was ravaged by Tropical Storm Noel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Nov. 9, 2007

American servicemembers in Dominican Republic prepare for medical mission

SAN ISIDRO, Dominican Republic — United States military members deployed to the Dominican Republic to assist the island nation

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Master Sgt. Bob Mechan, a C-5 loadmaster with the New York Air National Guard, talks with Army Sgt. 1st Class Jason Rittichier, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, as he backs a humvee into the aircraft. A team of 19 Airmen and Soldiers and two helicopters from Joint Task Force-Bravo departed here Nov. 5 heading for the Dominican Republic to assist with recovery efforts in the wake of Tropical Storm Noel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Nov. 5, 2007

JTF-Bravo deploys to support Tropical Storm Noel relief in Dominican Republic

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS —  A team of 19 Airmen and Soldiers and two helicopters from Joint Task Force Bravo departed here Nov.

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras – An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter carries a Humvee loaded with medical supplies to a drop zone during an exercise in which Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Mobile Surgical Team was airlifted. The training demonstrated the ability to move the operating room into areas where access by road would be impossible. This was the first time this particular capability had been tested in JTF-Bravo’s 25-year history. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Joseph Skinner)

Nov. 2, 2007

Slingload mission anything but routine, makes JTF-Bravo history

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A Humvee loaded with all the equipment to set up a mobile operating room is not an especially

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Tech. Sgt. Robert Russell, Armed Forces Network Honduras chief engineer, makes an adjustment to his "Frankenstein computer" he built from spare parts and a shipping box. The computer took about two weeks to build, since he had to wait on the glue to dry and cure after each computer component was added. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs)

Oct. 31, 2007

It’s alive: Airman builds ‘Frankenstein’s monster’

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — In the spirit of Halloween, one Airman here built his very own version of "Frankenstein's monster."

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras – Airman 1st Class Bryant Tunstalle watches Wendy Esmeralda, 15, throw darts at a dart board during the Joint Task Force-Bravo Army Forces Kid’s Day Oct. 27. About 80 children came to the base from Hogar Tierra Santa Orphanage in Comayagua for games, swimming, a movie and lunch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Oct. 31, 2007

ARFOR Kid’s Day a blast for both kids, volunteers

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Approximately 80 children from the Hogar Tierra Santa Orphanage in Comayagua were treated to games,

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