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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

March 6, 2012

Medical units team up again for Francisco Morazan MEDRETE

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Nearly 27-person team from Joint Task Force-Bravo will partner with the Honduran Ministry of Health,

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Colonel Ross Brown, Joint Task Force-Bravo commander, Lt. Col. Jorge Muñoz-Rivera, Director of the Honduran Air Force Academy and Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew Barteky, JTF-Bravo CSM, greet Vice President Joe Biden after he arrived here Mar. 6 to hold a bilateral meeting with President Lobo in Tegucigalpa. In addition, he will take part in a meeting with Central American leaders, who have been invited to a joint meeting by President Lobo, the current President Pro Tempore of the Central American Integration System. (Photo/Martin Chahin)

March 6, 2012

Vice President visits Honduras

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras - Dr. Ricardo Aviles, a Medical Officer at the Medical Element, and Capt. Tyler Grunewald, the deputy director of MEDEL operations setion, speak with a community member about the COPECO exercise here last month. Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, sent members of the Central America Survey Assessment Team to serve as evaluators during a two-day Foreign Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief preparedness exercise in the San Pedro Sula valley last month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Candice Allen)

March 1, 2012

U.S. military, COPECO evaluate first responders

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, sent members of the Central America Survey

INDEPENDENCE, Belize – U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Arlene Prada, Medical Element nurse, conducts a screening for a Belizean man during the final day of a joint medical readiness training exercise here Feb. 29. In 2011, Joint Task Force Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras provided general medical care to 14,401 patients and dental care to 1,061 patients for a total of 15,462 individuals receiving much-needed assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Feb. 29, 2012

U.S. Ambassador, JTF-Bravo wrap up Belize MEDRETE

INDEPENDENCE, Belize — The U.S. Ambassador to Belize visited the Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise team on their

BELLA VISTA, Belize – U.S. Army CW2 Michael Spencer, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment pilot, administers medication to a child during the first day of a joint medical readiness training exercise here with members from the Belize Ministry of Health, the Belizean military and Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras Feb. 28. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Feb. 28, 2012

JTF-Bravo medics provide care in Belize

BELLA VISTA, Belize — A 46-member team from Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, provided medical care to

Feb. 27, 2012

US medical team set to provide care in Belize

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A nearly 50-person team from Joint Task Force-Bravo in partnership with the Belize Ministry of