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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Henderson Brenner, Medical Element physical therapist, guides a patient through neck stretches designed to eliminate her pain at a clinic in Comayagua, Nov. 8, 2018.

Nov. 19, 2018

Physical therapy helps Comayagua residents

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — After an accident, injury or even as individuals naturally grow older, one’s bodily autonomy can start to feel lost.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Amber El-Amin, Joint Task Force-Bravo Operations Medical Planner, and Senior Airman Synethia Robinson, JTF-Bravo medical operations noncommissioned-officer-in-charge, pose behind a 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment CH-47 Chinook helicopter July 25, 2016 at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The aircraft is being loaded in preparation for a Medical Readiness Exercise mission in the Colón department of Honduras. The duo spends approximately 180-200 hours over 12 weeks preparing for each MEDRETE - events that have been the backbone of JTF-Bravo’s humanitarian mission in Central America for the past 23 years and have touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, built partner nation capacity and fostered goodwill towards the U.S. in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)

Aug. 1, 2016

Air Force duo key to Army medical aid in Central America

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Medical Readiness Training Exercises, Military Partnership Engagements and Mobile Surgical Team deployments have been the backbone of Joint Task Force-Bravo’s humanitarian mission in Central America for the past 23 years and have touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, built partner nation capacity and fostered goodwill towards the U.S. in the region. These missions are almost completely run and supported by the U.S. Army … almost.