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LA PAZ, Honduras – More than 20 Airmen, Soldiers and a Marine from Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, excavate a hole to lay foundation for a home with Habitat for Humanity Honduras here Feb. 4. Servicemembers assist habitat volunteers with digging, picking and shoveling dirt for first-time homeowner, Wendy Zajoerre. Building a home through the organization will save Zajoerre the equivalent of $10,000. Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry founded in 1976. Three years later, the nonprofit opened its doors in Latin America. In Honduras, the organization has improved housing conditions for 11,500 families. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Lloyd Malone)

Feb. 8, 2012

JTF-B helps Habitat for Humanity

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Members of the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment here, pose for a group photo after winning Joint Task Force-Bravo's quarterly Organizational Day Feb. 3, 2012. The battalion remains the Org Day reigning champs since clinching that honor in October 2011. The purpose of the event was to provide team building between U.S. and Honduran military and civilians. The events of the day began with a two-mile run and included a triathlon, soccer, volleyball, basketball, dodge ball, football, a litter carry, and a relay race. (U.S. Air Force photo/Martin Chahin)

Feb. 6, 2012

1-228 retains Org Day title

A lone UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter assigned to the 1-228th Aviation Regiment sits on the tarmac at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Jan. 25. (U.S. Army photo/Eric Lucero)

Feb. 6, 2012

1-228 provides real-world support to Army South, SOUTHCOM theater security efforts

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Roughly 3,000 feet above sea level in the mountainous valleys of Honduras, there is a familiar,

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Army 1st Lt. Jimmy Cogles, a 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment pilot, poses for pictures during the annual Ilopango Air Show at Ilopango International Airport last month. Members of the battalion and the 612th Air Base Squadron represented Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, at the 2012 air show. Airmen and Soldiers were on hand to answer questions and pose for pictures as an estimated 35,000 people enjoyed the sights, sounds, and smells at one of the largest air shows in Central America. (Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Lloyd Malone)

Feb. 6, 2012

Airmen, Soldiers join air show in El Salvador

OLANCHO, Honduras – A small Honduran child looks around the room while Senior Airman Sarah Shipman, Medical Element medical technician, and Sgt. Cesar Burgos, Joint Security Forces member, screen his family before sending them to a physician during a Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise Jan. 31 here. Nurses and medical technicians evaluated approximately 1,671 during the four-day MEDRETE in the Olancho District. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Feb. 1, 2012

JTF-B, Honduran medics see 1,980 patients

OLANCHO, Honduras — Members of the Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise team saw their final patient in the village

OLANCHO, Honduras – A half smile creeps across the face of a child from the community of La Bacadia, who just had a tooth removed during the during the Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise with members from the Honduran Ministry of Health, the Honduran military and Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras Jan. 31 here. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Jan. 31, 2012

"Pulling teeth" is a way of life on a MEDRETE

OLANCHO, Honduras — Members of the Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise provided medical services to more than 730

OLANCHO, Honduras – Captain Amanda Carnes, a 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment flight doctor, and Kimberly Hernandez, a translator, utilize a mobile-translation device during a Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise Jan. 30 to the region. The Medical Application of Speech Translation team from Southern Command traveled with the Joint MEDRETE to test their products and to create a large database of medical terms and phrases which will enhance their translation software in order to improve interaction between medical providers and patients during humanitarian and disaster relief operations. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Jan. 30, 2012

Emerging technology plays key role in MEDRETE

OLANCHO, Honduras — Members of the Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise provided medical services to more than 280

GUANAJA ISLAND, Honduras - A soldier observes the USS Nicholas as the UH-60 Blackhawk pilots, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, make their final pass here Jan. 25. Eight JTF-Bravo pilots completed five consecutive bounces, which are landings, liftoffs, circling then repeating the process. It takes approximately 30 minutes for each pilot to complete the deck-landing qualification. In total, 11 crew members qualified and now the battalion has four-qualified crews. This training increases the unit's ability to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief as well as enhances its' medical evacuation capability. (U.S. Army photo/Capt. David Zupancic)

Jan. 30, 2012

Army pilots pass deck landing quals

GUANAJA ISLAND, Honduras - A UH-60 Blackhawk crew, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, conducts deck-landing qualification training aboard the USS Nicholas here Jan. 25. Eight JTF-Bravo pilots completed five consecutive bounces, which are landings, liftoffs, circling then repeating the process. It takes approximately 30 minutes for each pilot to complete the deck-landing qualification. In total, 11 crew members qualified and now the battalion has four-qualified crews which is a semi-annual requirement. This training increases the unit's ability to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief as well as enhances its' medical evacuation capability. (U.S. Army photo/Capt. David Zupancic)

Jan. 30, 2012

Army pilots conduct deck landings

Jan. 30, 2012

Estadounidenses y hondureños atienden a 400 pacientes

OLANCHO, Honduras — Después de viajar más de ocho horas para llegar a la Comunidad de San José Rio Tinto, los soldados