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SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Honduran firefighters put out a mock-vehicle fire as a U.S. Air Force firefighter instructs the pair on the procedures during Central America Sharing Mutual Operational Knowledge and Experiences (CENTAM SMOKE) exercise at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, May 8, 2011. CENTAM SMOKE allows U.S. and Honduran firefighters four days of team-building training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

May 22, 2012

U.S. Air Force, Honduran firefighters train together at CENTAM SMOKE

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras - Advanced Operation Base team members head to the back a CH-47 Chinook, assigned to 1st Battalion, 228th Air Aviation Regiment at Joint Task Force-Bravo here, to load up and then perform airborne operations April 30. Members of the AOB conduct this training quarterly in order to maintain airborne proficiency. (Photo/Martin Chahin)

May 7, 2012

Airborne Ops

BATALLA, Honduras -- Local community members in the municipality of Batalla line up outside of a local school, waiting to be seen during Joint Task Force-Bravo's most recent medical readiness and training exercise. In partnership with the Honduran Ministry of Health and Honduran Military, JTF-Bravo delivered medical care to 1,774 patients in Batalla and Wawina during the MEDRETE, April 18-21. (U.S. Air Force Photo/1st Lt. Christopher Diaz)

April 23, 2012

JTF-Bravo provides medical care to 1,774 in Gracias a Dios

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Fifty-five members from Joint Task Force-Bravo returned to base yesterday after partnering with the

Team Soto Cano hosted more than 30 distinguished members of the surrounding communities during Leaders’ Day for a tour of Soto Cano Air Base March 23. Leaders’ Day was established in 2011 to educate local and national civic leaders on the mission and capabilities of JTF Bravo and Honduran AMA. As the senior representative for U.S. Southern Command, JTF Bravo’s overall mission is to enhance regional security, stability and cooperation. (Photo by Martin Chahin)

March 27, 2012

Leaders' day strengthens partnership

Soto Cano AB, Honduras — Team Soto Cano hosted more than 30 distinguished members of the surrounding communities during

SAN JUAN, Honduras - Air Force Staff Sgt. Melissa Sparks, a Medical Element member who works in preventive medicine at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, gives a child de-wormer after their preventive medicine briefing on the last day of the medical readiness and training exercise March 10. Each person received a preventive medicine briefing then proceeded to the screening area. Members from Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, saw more than 1,000 villagers during the four-day medical readiness and training exercise in the Montana de la Flor region March 7-10. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Candice Allen)

March 11, 2012

JTF-Bravo medics see 1,000 patients

SAN JUAN, Honduras — Members from Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, saw more than 1,000 villagers

SAN JUAN, Honduras - U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Gruber, a Medical Element logistics NCOIC, gives a child de-wormer after the preventive medicine briefing at a medical readiness and training exercise here March 9. Members of the MEDRETE team saw more than 370 San Juan villagers on day three of the four-day MEDRETE here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Candice Allen)

March 9, 2012

JTF-B medics provide care to 370 in San Juan

SAN JUAN, Honduras — The team from Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, saw more than 370 people on

LA CEIBA, Honduras - Army Spc. Braulio Betanccourt listens to a woman in Spanish and writes down her answers in English during a medical training and readiness exercises here March 8. The Joint Task Force-Bravo medical team, along with Mission Honduras LeMars, the Honduran military, South Dakota State University nutritional team and Honduran Ministry of Health, saw more than 280 patients on day two of the four-day MEDRETE. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Candice Allen)

March 8, 2012

JSF, ARFOR interpret during MEDRETE

LA CEIBA, Honduras — Members from the Joint Security Forces and Army Forces Battalion, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras,

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras - Firefighters from the Joint Task Force-Bravo and Comayagua fire departments work side by side to contain a brushfire which started on Soto Cano AB March 4 here. While both fire departments worked to contain the fire on the ground, from above the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment dropped water using a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook and a UH-60 Blackhawk. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

March 8, 2012

Combined efforts extinguishes brushfire at JTF-Bravo

LA CEIBA, Honduras – Army Sgt. John Simon, Army Forces S6 NCOIC, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, moves the SWE-DISH, a tactical satellite communication system, during a medical readiness and training exercise here March 7. Simon provided internet and radio capability ensuring members of the MEDRETE team could communicate within the team as well as relay information to Joint Task Force-Bravo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Candice Allen)

March 8, 2012

Soldier, Airman provide communication during MEDRETE

LA CEIBA, Honduras — Two servicemembers, who are assigned to Army Forces Battalion, Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air

LA CEIBA, Honduras - Capt. Eric Baroni, a Medical Element physician’s assistant, checks a patient’s beating heart during a medical readiness and training exercise here March 7. The team saw more than 300 people on the first day of the four-day MEDRETE. The medical professionals treated illnesses including respiratory infections, skin infections, pneumonia, tuberculosis, diabetes and high blood pressure. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Candice Allen)

March 7, 2012

JTF-B kicks off MEDRETE in La Ceiba

LA CEIBA, Honduras — Members from Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element kicked off a four-day medical readiness and

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