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SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Members of Team JTF-B get in practice run here Oct. 15 in preparation for the Army Ten-Miler race in Washington, D.C. The eight-member team of Joint Task Force-Bravo members placed 22nd in the Active Duty Mixed Team category on Oct. 24. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

Oct. 25, 2010

Soldiers, Sailor represent Team Bravo at Army Ten-Miler

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Seven Soldiers and one Sailor represented Joint Task Force-Bravo at the 26th Annual Army Ten-Miler

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- A 612th Air Base Squadron firefighter (left) demonstrates putting on a protective fire suit as part of a tour of the fire department during Foreign Service National Family Day here Oct. 22. FSNs and their family members also visited the 1-228th Aviation Regiment and the Honduran Air Force Academy, among other places on Soto Cano. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. John Stamm)

Oct. 23, 2010

FSN families visit Soto Cano

SAN JERONIMO, Honduras -- Staff Sgt. Joel Hart, with Joint Task Force-Bravo, hands a bag of food and other supplies to a local woman during a Chapel Hike here Oct. 16. Besides handing out supplies, Team Bravo members visited with the villagers and provided games for the children. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

Oct. 18, 2010

From the heart

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Mr. Herberth Gaekel, a civilian fire inspector with the 612th Air Base Squadron fire department here, has Comayagua school children wave good-bye to Sparky the Fire Dog during a National Fire Prevention Week event here Oct. 6. Local children and firefighters visited the base fire department to learn about fire fighting tools and fire prevention. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. John Stamm)

Oct. 12, 2010

Local children get fired up for fire safety

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Fire sirens blared, water cannons blasted gallons of H2O, and children crawled to safety amidst the

(U.S. Air Force graphic)

Oct. 12, 2010

Postal Service sets holiday mail deadline

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The recommended mailing deadline for sending economy-priced holiday packages to servicemembers in

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- As the Joint Task Force-Bravo Combined Federal Campaign officer, 2nd Lt. Joshua Randall assists Col. Gregory Reilly, the JTF-Bravo commander, in making a donation to the charity campaign. Pledges made by Federal civilian, postal and military donors during the campaign season (September 1st to December 15th) support eligible non-profit organizations that provide health and human service benefits throughout the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

Oct. 7, 2010

Time to give

AGUA SALADA, Honduras -- Asking the patient to breathe in and out, Dr. (Lt. Col.) Michael Hoilein, the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element commander, works to diagnose a woman's health issues during a medical readiness training exercise here Sept. 28. MEDEL providers worked with the Honduran Ministry of Health and military, as well as local civilian doctors, to provide primary care treatment to 419 patients Sept. 28-29 here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

Oct. 1, 2010

Healthy Agua

Sept. 30, 2010

VA officials extend coverage for Gulf War veterans

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Veterans of the Gulf War as well as current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan now have a smoother

CARIBBEAN SEA -- U.S. Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima direct a 1-228th Aviation Regiment UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter transporting Nicaraguan officials and media to the ship while off the coast of Bluefields, Nicaragua, Sept. 20. The assigned medical and engineering staffs embarked aboard Iwo Jima are conducting Continuing Promise 2010 with partner nations to provide medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance in several nations throughout the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility. (DoD photo by Sgt. Samuel R. Beyers/U.S. Marine Corps)

Sept. 29, 2010

On deck: 1-228th works with Navy for unique mission

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Working with helicopters takes skills and confidence gained from years of classroom and on-the-job

Sept. 29, 2010

Tricare meets or exceeds most new health provisions

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AFNS) — Tricare already meets or exceeds most of the new health care provisions in accordance with the