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Members from Coordinadora Nacional para la Reduccion de Desastres (CONRED) watch a Joint Task Force-Bravo CH-47 Chinook take off from the Guatemala City Airport June 4 to deliver food and water to communities affected by Tropical Storm Agatha and the Pacaya Volcano. Joint Task Force-Bravo’s helicopters and personnel transported nearly 53,000 pounds of relief supplies June 3-4 to Guatemalan communities in need. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

June 4, 2010

JTF-Bravo helps victims of Guatemala disaster

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — Helicopters and personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo transported 12,800 pounds of relief supplies

Residents of Masagua, Guatemala offload food and water from a Joint Task Force-Bravo UH-60 Blackhawk June 3. Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed four helicopters, at the request of the Guatemalan government, to support disaster relief efforts following the Pacaya Volcano eruption and Tropical Storm Agatha. Joint Task Force-Bravo’s helicopters and personnel have helped transport more than 40,000 lbs. of relief supplies to six Guatemalan communities in need. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

June 3, 2010

We Deliver: JTF-Bravo helps transport 40,000 lbs. of relief supplies in Guatemala

Guatemalan military members along with U.S. servicemembers load a SH-60F Seahawk with humanitarian aid June 2 at the Guatemala City Airport. At the request of the Guatemalan government, U.S. military aircraft conducted their first humanitarian missions to support humanitarian assistance efforts in Guatemala following Tropical Storm Agatha. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

June 2, 2010

U.S. aircraft conduct first airlift missions in Guatemala

A young boy watches a CH-47 Chinook taxi away at the Guatemala City Airport after dropping off Joint Task Force-Bravo personnel June 1. At the request of the Guatemalan government, U.S. Southern Command's Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed four helicopters and more than forty personnel from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, to support humanitarian assistance efforts in Guatemala following Tropical Storm Agatha. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

June 1, 2010

JTF-Bravo assistance arrives in Guatemala

June 1, 2010

JTF-Bravo deploys to support disaster relief efforts in Guatemala

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo personnel deployed at approximately 8 a.m. today to conduct disaster relief

Team Joint Task Force-Bravo passed out candy to the children of El Ceda, Comayagua during the Chapel Hike May 22. More than 60 members of Team JTF-B hiked nearly four miles to deliver more than a ton of food and supplies to the community. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

May 27, 2010

JTF-B delivers food, supplies to local community

Lieutenant Col. David Cade, 612th Air Base Squadron Commander, gives his first salute May 27 to Airmen of the 612th ABS the unit responsible for providing day/night all weather C-5 capable airfield, base operations support, air traffic control (ATC), weather, crash fire rescue, logistics and base civil engineers to support theater-wide USSOUTHCOM operations at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

May 27, 2010

612th ABS welcomes new commander

Joint Task Force-Bravo members greet Soldiers and Airmen from the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment and JTF-Bravo who returned May 24 from supporting Joint Task Force-Haiti. The 1/228th along with other members of JTF-Bravo deployed in the middle of March from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras to support JTF-Haiti, the U.S. military support unit for Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

May 26, 2010

Team JTF-B welcomes back members from Haiti

Colonel Marie Domiguez, Medical Element commander, cleans a wound site before performing an exploratory procedure May 5 in El Ayote, Nicaragua. The medical civic action program team came together to treat more than 1,100 patients with a variety of illnesses including stomach pains, chest colds, skin rashes, and other illnesses May 3-6.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

May 5, 2010

JTF-Bravo provides medical care to 1,100 Nicaraguans

EL AYOTE, NICARAGUA — Tucked away in the countryside of Nicaragua, more than 25 American, Nicaraguan and Honduran medical

Technical Sgt. William Mock and Staff Sgt. John Seifert, both from Army Forces' Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants Section, pour pond water into a Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit during training at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, May 4. Instructors from Ft. Lee, Va., are conducting a course here May 3-7, teaching JTF-Bravo members how to operate the ROWPU, which can be used to provide drinkable water from any water source. JTF-Bravo maintains ROWPU capability in order to assist in disaster relief situations where clean drinking water is needed. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Jen Richard)

May 4, 2010

Ready to respond with water purification system