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A firefighter from Central America participate in a timed event after learning new techniques during Central America Sharing Mutual Operational and Experience at Joint Task Force – Bravo, Apr. 25, 2017. CENTAM SMOKE is a biannual exercise hosted by Joint Task Force – Bravo with 35 participants from across the 7 Central America nations that includes safety, personal protective equipment, apparatus familiarization, fire hose applications, structural/helicopter live fire evolutions, medical training, vehicle extrication, and aircraft (UH–60/CH–47) egress familiarization, Apr. 24-28, 2017. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson/released)

May 8, 2017

Partnership and camaraderie, the key to fighting fires in Central America

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Thirty four firefighters from all across Central America came together here, from April 24 – 28, to participate in the Central America Sharing Mutual Operational Knowledge and Experiences exercise, also known as CENTAM SMOKE, and train in firefighting techniques with their U.S. counterparts from Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 612th Air Base Squadron Fire Department.

More than 190 members of Joint Task Force-Bravo hiked approximately 3.6 miles round-trip to the village of San Jerónimo, Comayagua, Honduras, Apr. 29, 2017. Members carried more than 5025 lbs of food and supplies, 24 soccer balls and 3 piñatas to the people of San Jerónimo. Chapel hikes have been occurring since 2003, with the JTF-Bravo Chapel sponsoring an average of six every year. The hikes are designed to provide a practical way for JTF-Bravo members to engage and partner with local communities to provide support to surrounding villages in need of food and supplies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson/released)

May 2, 2017

JTF-Bravo hikes over 5000 pounds of food and supplies to San Jerónimo, Comayagua, Honduras

COMAYAGUA, Honduras — Villagers of San Jerónimo, Comayagua, Honduras receive bags of food from more than 190 members of Joint Task Force-Bravo.

U.S. Army Capt. Adam West provides medical care to Honduran patients at a Medical Readiness Training Exercise site at Cooperativa village, Colon, Honduras , Apr. 21, 2017. Joint Task Force – Bravo Medical Element, provided care to more than 850 patients during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise in Cooperativa village, Colon, Honduras, Apr. 20-21, 2017. MEDEL also supported a Military Partnership Engagement and assisted more than 650 patients with the Hondurian Navy in Santa Rosa de Aguan, Colon, Honduras, Apr. 22, 2017. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson/released)

April 28, 2017

MEDRETE and MPE missions support medical care in Honduras

COLÓN, Honduras — Thirty-four personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Medical Element, along with Joint Security Forces (JSF) and Joint Support Battalion (JSB), participated in a two-day Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) and a Military Partnership Engagement with the Honduran Armed Forces April 20-22, providing basic medical care for more than 1,500 patients.

Staff Sgt. José Alequin, Joint Task Force-Bravo Joint Security Forces, shows participants how to properly immobilize a person during a Subject Matter Expert Exchange between JSF and local public forces in Comayagua.

April 11, 2017

La Paz, Comayagua Police force receives training

COMAYAGUA, Honduras — To further strengthen the knowledge of the local police forces, 115 members of the National Police

Sgt. 1st Class Loraine Branson, Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Medical Element, high fives a local Nicaraguan child during the screening process at Medical Readiness Exercise in the village of Waspam March 30. Personnel from the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element worked side by side with local nurses and physicians, as well as Nicaraguan soldiers to provide the population with immunizations, preventive medicine, dental services, basic medical care and pharmacy services during the three day exercise.

April 1, 2017

Joint Task Force Bravo conducts medical exercise, builds partnerships in Nicaragua

WASPAM, Nicaragua — Approximately 40 personnel from Joint Task Force – Bravo participated in a Medical Readiness Training Exercise here March 28-31 in support of the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health area representatives.

Honduran and U.S. Senior Enlisted Advisors pose for a group photo at Soto Cano Air Base, March 24 after designing a Program of Instruction to professionalize local forces. Their goal is to achieve a higher level of professionalism, using new teaching techniques that will allow them to pass on knowledge for future generations of soldiers across the armed forces.

March 24, 2017

Honduran, US Senior Enlisted Advisors develop program of instruction

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Professional and properly trained forces are vital to any military unit. Without trained

Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment spent the last year developing a robust overwater search-and-rescue, or SAR, program that brings a crucial, life-saving capability to JTF-Bravo.

March 22, 2017

Inside JTF-Bravo’s overwater search-and-rescue capability

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment spent the last year developing a robust overwater search-and-rescue, or SAR, program that brings a crucial, life-saving capability to JTF-Bravo.

Joint Task Force-Bravo joins the team of cooperation to combat the intense fire that has consumed more than 15 acres of land in Intibucá.

March 22, 2017

JTF-Bravo helps fight wild fires

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo partnered with Honduran Public Forces to contain multiple life-threatening wildfires here the first week of March.

Members of the 1-228 AVN’s MEDEVAC Company transport a critically ill U.S. military retiree from a hospital in Siguatepeque to Tegucigalpa for further care Feb 18. The MEDEVAC Company is assigned to Joint Task Force – Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras. The company trains daily for critical missions such as these and on this day were able to put all their training and skills into action for a real world mission that helped save a life. (Courtesy photo)

March 7, 2017

JTF-Bravo provides life-saving medical evacuation

SIGUATEPEQUE, Honduras — Joint Task Force - Bravo’s Medical Element and the 1st Battalion, 228 Aviation Regiment provided vital medical support that helped save the life of a U.S. military retiree here Feb. 18.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Alisha Garrette and crew chief Staff Sgt. Sean Sullivan give each other a high-five after Garrette successfully marshaled a C-130 Hercules aircraft while participating in the 612th Air Base Squadron's "Crew Chief for a Day" program at Soto Cano Air Base, March 2. The program aims to get other servicemembers from JTF-Bravo to come out to the airfield and experience a day in the life of a U.S. Air Force crew chief.

March 3, 2017

Soto Cano personnel become Crew Chiefs for a Day

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Four volunteers from various specialties on JTF-Bravo were issued headsets and hearing protection by the 612 ABS’s transient aircraft section on March 2, they became crew chiefs for the day.

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