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OLANCHO, Honduras – Sergeant Maj. Elvin Maldonado, Honduran military, and 2nd Lt. Sanny Djoeva, Medical Element nurse, screen and conduct health assessments of patients before they see the doctors during a Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise here. Members from the Honduran Ministry of Health, the Honduran military and Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras provided medical services to more than 400 members of the local area Jan. 29, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Jan. 29, 2012

U.S., Honduran medics treat 400 Hondurans

OLANCHO, Honduras — After traveling more than eight hours the day before members of the Joint Medical Readiness Training

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras – Hodge Joseph, a CH-47 and UH-60 technical inspector for 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment briefs Maj. Gen. Simeon G. Trombitas, Commanding General, United States Army South, during his visit to Joint Task Force-Bravo Jan. 24 here. (Photo/Martin Chahin)

Jan. 26, 2012

Army South commanding general visits Joint Task Force-Bravo

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras – Lt. Gen. Robin Rand, Commander, 12th Air Force, enjoys breakfast with Airmen from the 612th Air Base Squadron and the Medical Element during his first visit to Joint Task Force-Bravo Jan. 24 here. Joint Task Force-Bravo is comprised of more than 600 U.S. military personnel and more than 650 U.S. and Honduran civilians who work in six different areas including the Joint Staff, 612th ABS, Army Forces, Joint Security Forces, MEDEL, and the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Jan. 26, 2012

Air Forces Southern commander makes first visit to Joint Task Force-Bravo

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras ? Team Soto Cano is getting skinny with the Battle of the Bulge beginning Jan. 23. This 8-week weight-loss competition is going encompass not only weight loss but reduction of body fat to include those servicemembers trying to add muscle. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Jan. 17, 2012

Battle of the Bulge

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras ? Major Adrian Henderson, Joint Task Bravo ? Force staff judge advocate, gives the key note speech during the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. luncheon Jan. 12 at the dining facility in front of more than 50 servicemembers. The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday was established in 1983 and was set to be on the third Monday of January to celebrate the civil-rights leader?s birthday Jan. 15. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Jan. 17, 2012

Celebrating a civil rights hero

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras ? Medical Element personnel assigned at Joint Task Force-Bravo here, take part in a formation run Jan. 9 during the unit?s morning physical training session. Unit runs are designed to give commander an assessment of his troops physical fitness, build unit esprit de corps and physical conditioning. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Jan. 17, 2012

Running with a purpose

SOTO CANO AB, Honduras ? Medical Element personnel assigned at Joint Task Force-Bravo here, lift the deployable rapid assembly shelter during an equipment familiarization exercise Jan. 6. The training was done to familiarize new personnel who recently arrived with MEDEL?s equipment and as a teambuilding exercise. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Jan. 17, 2012

Learning a new skill

Capt. Sergio Lopez (center), the Army Forces executive officer, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, poses with Col Salguero (left) and Lt. Col. Salguero (right), both members of the 4th Infantry Brigade in Champerico, Guatemala Dec. 12, 2011. The brigade hosted 22 Joint Task Force-Bravo members during the medical readiness and training exercise in El Codo and Champerico Dec. 8-13. During the MEDRETE, medical professionals provided care to more than 1,400 residents. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Candice Allen)

Dec. 21, 2011

A soldier returns home

CHAMPERICO, Guatemala — Born 50 kilometers away in the department of Quetzaltenango, Capt. Sergio Lopez, an executive

1st Lt. Mario Torres, a MEDEL admin officer, Capt. Katie Whitehurst, the officer-in-charge of preventive medicine, and Staff Sgt. Kevin Cook, a MEDEL food inspector, prepare medicine kits for patients during the medical readiness and training exercise in El Codo Dec. 9, 2011. Twenty-two members from Joint Task Force-Bravo provided medical care to more than 1,400 residents Dec. 8-13 in an isolated region of southwest Guatemala. In fiscal year 2011, JTF-Bravo medical members conducted 15 MEDRETES treating more than 41,000 patients throughout Central America. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Candice Allen)

Dec. 20, 2011

JTF-Bravo delivers health to 1,400 Guatemalan residents

CHAMPERICO, Guatemala — Twenty-two members from Joint Task Force-Bravo provided medical care to more than 1,400 residents

The Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Medical Element parade through the crowd showing of their Ez-Go float carrying Santa and his elf pulled by “reindeer” Dec. 15 during the Holiday Extravaganza at Soto Cano AB, Honduras. The Holiday Extravaganza was a first for Team Soto Cano and required support from all agencies to successfully bring holiday cheer to more than 700 participants. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Atkins)

Dec. 19, 2011

Team Soto Cano kicks off the holiday season

Soto Cano AB, Honduras — Team Soto Cano kicked the holidays off with singing, dancing, fireworks, food and a special visit