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A Chinook helicopter assigned to the 1st Brigade 228th Aviation Regiment waits on the runway at the Guatemalan 12th Mountain Brigade to load personnel heading for a Medical Readiness Training Exercise in La Blanca, Guatemala, Feb. 26, 2015. During the two-day exercise, the JTF-Bravo team and preventative medicine specialists from the Guatemalan Ministry of Health educated, screened and treated over 1,200 patients. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

March 2, 2015

Mission Success: JTF-Bravo teams up with Guatemalan health providers

LA BLANCA, Guatemala — Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo, Guatemalan Ministry of Health, and members of the Guatemalan

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Collin Lorash and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Harris, 612th Air Base Squadron firefighters, rush to the scene of a hazardous material exercise on Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Feb. 10, 2015. The training exercise was held to guarantee members assigned to the 612th ABS Fire Department are compliant with the Department of Defense’s requirement that all Air Force firefighters are certified to the hazmat technical level. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

Feb. 11, 2015

Firefighters take on HAZMAT training

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dayne Tosi, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Specialist assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo operations cell, goes over the basic concept of self-defense to a class of ten students on Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Feb. 10, 2015. The self-defense class was held to teach personnel assigned to JTF-Bravo about the importance of using self-defense to escape a violent situation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

Feb. 11, 2015

Members of JTF-Bravo learn to defend themselves

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Specialist recently taught a class to ten personnel

A UH-60 helicopter, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment makes an approach to the USS Kauffman during deck landing qualifications off the coast of Honduras, Feb. 1, 2015. The 1-228th Avn. Reg. aircrew participated in deck landing qualifications on board the USS Kauffman to qualify pilots and crew chiefs on shipboard operations. Kauffman is on its final scheduled deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility supporting multinational, counter-narcotics operation known as Operation Martillo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

Feb. 3, 2015

1-228th Aviation Regiment joins Navy for qualification

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — U.S. Army pilots assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo completed their annual deck landing

A U.S. Army crew chief assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment starts pre-flight checks on a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter for deck landing qualifications at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Feb. 1, 2015. The 1-228th Avn. Reg. aircrew participated in deck landing qualifications on board the USS Kauffman to qualify pilots and crew chiefs on shipboard operations. Kauffman is on its final scheduled deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility supporting multinational, counter-narcotics operation known as Operation Martillo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

Feb. 2, 2015

1-228th Aviation Regiment heads to the Caribbean

Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo gather to pray with the people living at the Sisters of Charity Orphanage in Comayagua, Honduras, Jan. 25, 2015. The Sisters of Charity Orphanage is one of seven different orphanages from around the Comayagua Valley that the U.S. military personnel assigned to JTF-Bravo have supported over the past 17 years. In addition to spending time with interacting with children, members have also collected and donated much-needed supplies and food, as well as helped in minor construction work on the buildings in which the children live. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

Jan. 27, 2015

Joint Task Force-Bravo gives more than just food to local orphanage

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 1-228th Aviation Regiment circles Lake Yojoa during an over-water hoist training event in Honduras, Jan. 22, 2015. The 1-228th Avn. Reg. partnered with U.S. Army Special Operations personnel to practice recovering live personnel. The overwater hoist training was held to ensure members of Joint Task Force-Bravo are planning and preparing for crisis and contingency response, as well as countering transnational organized crime, and counterterrorism operations as part of U.S. Southern Command’s mission. Contingency planning prepares the command for various scenarios that pose the greatest probability of challenging our regional partners or threatening our national interests. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Keola Soon)

Jan. 26, 2015

U.S. Army Spec. Ops. aids 1-228th Avn. Reg. with over water hoist training

Jan. 23, 2015

Camaraderie Day celebrated by U.S. and Honduran military service members

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Honduran and United States military members came together for a day of partnership and friendly

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Ronald Rodgers, 1-228th Aviation Regiment battalion safety officer, demonstrates the proper procedures of shutting down a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter to U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Saulo, 612th Air Base Squadron firefighter, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Jan. 15, 2015. At least once a quarter, the 612th ABS teams up with the 1-228th Avn. Reg. to review aircraft crash rescue training and emergency procedures for the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

Jan. 16, 2015

1-228th Aviation Regiment and 612th Air Base Squadron work together during crash rescue training

U.S. Army Sgt. Craig Scroggins, Medical Element non-commissioned officer in charge of the Mobile Surgical Team; U.S. Army Sgt. Jacquline Thomas, 1-228th Aviation Regiment logistics non-commissioned officer; U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Martina Chesonis, Joint Task Force-Bravo logistics officer; and U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Beck, practice dressing a transfer coffin during the Mortuary Affairs Operations Familiarization Course at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Jan. 8, 2015. The course trained service members in the proper handling, care, and retrieval of remains and personal effects in the event of a casualty. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

Jan. 9, 2015

Joint Task Force-Bravo learns principles of handling casualties

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Service members assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo attended a three-day course on proper handling of

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