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Lt. Col. Anthony C. Butts takes the 612th Air Base Squadron guidon from Col. Mark W. Mouw, 612th Theater Operations Group commander, during a change of command ceremony May 7 at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The former 612th ABS commander, Lt. Col. Randall L. Vogel, moves to his new assignement as 55th Operations Group deputy commander, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The 612th ABS provides a 24-hour, all weather C-5 capable airfield, base operations support, air traffic control, weather, crash fire rescue, logistics and base civil engineers to support theater-wide United States Southern Command operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Asselin)

May 7, 2008

Lt. Col. Anthony Butts takes command of 612th Air Base Squadron in Honduras

From the grounds of a collapsed and abandoned coffee factory, Joint Task Force-Bravo civil engineers Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mike Vaughn and Army Capt. Sarah Williams set up a field video teleconferencing unit to send imagery gathered here to the United States to assist with the exercise Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias 2008, a regional disaster relief exercise involving military and civilian agencies occurring here May 5-15. By capturing imagery of damage from a 2001 earthquake, participants in the exercise have a simulated yet realistic view of damage to help them make accurate decisions regarding the relief process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

May 6, 2008

Joint Task Force-Bravo team enhances exercise with imagery

COMALAPA AIR BASE, El Salvador — Using a reconnaissance system originally developed for conducting ground combat reconnaissance

Army Lt. Col. Gregory Jicha, Joint Task Force-Bravo Army Forces commander, receives the Honduran Medal of Merit First Class from Honduran Chief of Defense, General de Division Romeo Orlando Vasquez Velasquez, during a ceremony May 5 in Tegucigalpa Honduras.

May 6, 2008

JTF-Bravo troops presented Honduran medals of merit

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Three Joint Task Force-Bravo personnel received the Honduran Medal of Merit May 5 for the work

Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo unload a UH-60 helicopter at Comalapa Air Base, El Salvador May 4 in preparation for Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias 2008, the U.S. Southern Command and Salvadoran Ministry of Defense-sponsored disaster relief exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow)

May 6, 2008

JTF-Bravo deploys in support of regional disaster relief exercise

COMALAPA AIR BASE, El Salvador — A forward deployed team of more than 20 Joint Task Force-Bravo Soldiers and Airmen set up shop here

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