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Corporal Chelsie Antoniou and PFC Juan Enriquez, dental technicians, prepare the dental instruments during the four-day joint medical readiness training exercise in Chiquimula, Guatemala Dec. 11. MEDRETEs give the U.S. an opportunity to support the efforts of other governments in the region to provide medical and dental assistance to the host nation citizens. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Donner)

Jan. 9, 2013

JTF-B Guatemala MEDRETE a huge success

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo with assistance from the United States Embassy in

Representatives from Joint Task Force-Bravo pause for a photo in front of one of the houses they helped construct over five weeks after the ribbon cutting ceremony November 28, 2012. More than 100 servicemembers volunteered time to build 14 houses in the community of Cane, Honduras near Soto Cano Air Base.(U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Rebecca Heyse)

Dec. 19, 2012

JTF-B builds 14 homes for Honduran community

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 100 Joint Task Force-Bravo servicemembers partnered with non-governmental organizations

Army Capt. Ballah Howard, Commander, Headquarters and Service Company, Joint Task Force Bravo jumps to hit the ball during a volleyball match against the Honduran military's senior leaders at Cameraderie Day, October 12. Senior leaders from JTF-Bravo and senior leaders from the Honduran military competed against one another in soccer, volleyball and dodgeball at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The Honduran senior leaders won two of three contests to come away with the first win. The event will take place semi-annually. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

Oct. 15, 2012

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyree Wolf, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element emergency medical technician, checks a patient’s blood pressure during a two-day joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise in partner with Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health and Social Services. The team delivered care to 704 local patients in the villages of San Juan and Damitas, Costa Rica. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Christopher Diaz)

Aug. 28, 2012

JTF-Bravo delivers medical care to Costa Rica

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Thirty-eight members of Joint Task Force-Bravo recently treated 704 patients during a two-day joint

Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Herrington, Joint Task Force Bravo, provides an oral deworming agent to a child during the second day of the Nicaragua MEDRETE in Wapi, Nicaragua, Aug. 17. Herrington was working with public health officials to distribute vitamins and pre-natal supplements to villagers. (Official photo by Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

Aug. 20, 2012

JTF-Bravo completes Nicaragua MEDRETE

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA — United States military personnel from Joint Task Force Bravo, with assistance from the United States

U.S. Navy Ensign Kristen Birmingham assists with intubation on a patient prior to a tonsillectomy in a Honduran hosptial here. Her and three other medical students from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. visited Joint Task Force-Bravo to participate in a two-week Summer Operational Experience program. The SOE is designed to provide a military experience to junior officers to enhance their understanding of the service branches and life as a military medical officer. (Courtesy photo by Deborah Maynard)

Aug. 1, 2012

JTF-Bravo mentors medical students

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — "We probably got more training in these two weeks than we will in our whole surgery rotation next

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras – A U.S. Army paratrooper exits a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a combined airborne exercise at Joint Task Force-Bravo. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Christopher Diaz)

July 30, 2012

Airborne Exercise Strengthens Partnership

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — U.S. Army and Honduran army paratroopers participated in a combined airborne exercise, July 18. The

(Left to right) Dr. Guillermo Saenz, Army Capt. Curtis Million and Air Force Staff Sgt. Adrianna Bascochea-Gibbs of JTF-Bravo and a doctor from the Panama Ministry of Health hold a newborn, clamp and cut the umbillical cord immediately after the delivery of a baby boy on the final day of the Panama MEDRETE, July 19. Doctors delivered three babies, two boys and one girl, during the four-day exercise. Two of the babies were named after JTF-Bravo dentists. (Official photo by Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

July 24, 2012

JTF-Bravo treats indigenous Guna Yala in Panama

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo, partnered with the Panama Ministry of Health and the Panama

Col. Guy A LeMire receives the Joint Task Force Bravo colors from Gen. Douglas M. Fraser, Commander, U.S. Southern Command during a change of command ceremony at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 19. LeMire replaced Col. Ross A. Brown, who is leaving to take a position at the Pentagon. (Air Force photo by Martin Chahin)

June 19, 2012

LeMire takes command of JTF-Bravo

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Col. Ross A. Brown, relinquished command of Joint Task Force-Bravo to Col. Guy A. LeMire during a

Air Force 1st Lt. Jess Looft, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element nurse, checks a patient’s leg for swelling during a two-day joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise in partner with El Salvador’s Ministry of Health and military. The team provided care to 776 local patients in the municipalities of El Castano and Rancho San Marcos, El Salvador. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Christopher Diaz)

June 12, 2012

JTF-Bravo brings medical care to El Salvador

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo recently treated 776 patients in a two-day joint Medical Readiness

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