News - Tag JTF-Bravo

April 30, 2019

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — More than 30 representatives and senior leaders from different military and civilian Honduran organizations visited Soto Cano Air Base during Leader’s Day, April 26, 2019.

U.S. Army Capt. Jennifer West, 1-228th Aviation Regiment Bravo Company commander, stands by a CH-47 Chinook at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, April 4, 2019.

April 8, 2019

Capt. West: Living her aviation dream

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Not many jobs hold as much appeal as that of a pilot. The freedom, the blue skies and the adventure draws people from all walks of life to find a way to get their flying license. Often times, those wide-eyed dreamers find a recruiter’s office to be a great avenue for their aspirations.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alex Duran, J3 Joint Operations Director, helps one of the local children on the trip down the mountain during Chapel Hike 78 in La Paz, Honduras, March 30, 2019.

April 4, 2019

JTF-Bravo hearts hike for Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — Approximately 128 members of Soto Cano Air Base hiked into the mountains of La Paz, Honduras, during Chapel Hike 78, March 30.

U.S. Army Pfc. Jason Dingler, Joint Security Forces military working dog handler, watches as his canine, Greco, takes down Spc. Young Won Ham, Medical Element preventive medicine technician, during a demonstration at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, March 27, 2019.

April 3, 2019

MEDEL trains to assist MWDs

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — Members of the Medical Element watched military working dog demonstrations at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, March 27.

Service members practice helocasting by jumping into a lake from a UH-60 Blackhawk at Lake Ilopango, El Salvador, March 7, 2019.

March 14, 2019

1-228th Avn Regt. trains with El Salvador Special Forces

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — Joint Task Force Bravo’s 1-228th Aviation Regiment worked with the 7th Special Forces Group to train Salvadoran Special Forces soldiers in paradrop operations, helocast and fast rope insertion extraction system training in El Salvador, March 4-7.

Jan. 19, 2018

Joint Task Force-Bravo surgeons complete surgical mission in Danlí

Danli, Honduras — Danli, Honduras – A military Mobile Surgical Team assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo conducted general surgeries at the Gabriela Alvarado Hospital in Danlí, Department of El Paraíso, Honduras, Jan. 15 – 18.

Aug. 4, 2017

U.S. Army readiness, humanitarian mission go hand in hand

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A team of U.S. Army medical personnel from Brooke Army Medical Center participated in a training exercise in Hospital Escuela and Hospital Maria in Tegucigalpa, Honduras from July 19 – 27, performing complex trauma surgical procedures in a resource limited environment with logistical support from Joint Task Force-Bravo.

Aug. 3, 2017

Chapel Hike 73: Developing relationships

EL TALADRO, Comayagua — More than 200 soldiers, airman and marines from Joint Task Force-Bravo and the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Southern Command participated in Chapel Hike 73 last Saturday, providing more than 5,000 pounds of donated food for the community of El Taladro in Comayagua, Honduras.

Sgt. 1st Class Trini Ta’s Call to Duty as a radiology technician at Soto Cano Air Base includes providing service for Joint Task Force-Bravo personnel as well as military working dogs, ensuring providers get the right images to help their patients.

July 12, 2017

Sergeant 1st Class Trini Ta, radiology technician

Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras — Sgt. 1st Class Trini Ta’s Call to Duty as a radiology technician at Soto Cano Air Base includes

Joint Task Force – Bravo Medical Element personnel participated in a pediatric nutritional assessment mission as members of a joint team with the Honduran Ministry of Health to assess the nutritional status of children from the ages of 6 months to 60 months in the San Antonio area of La Paz, Honduras, Jun 14 - 15, 2017.

July 6, 2017

Preventive Med supports local pediatric nutrition assessment

La Paz, Honduras — Personnel from the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element worked with Honduran counterparts from the Ministry of Health from June 14-15, 2017 for the second part of an ongoing pediatric nutrition study in communities of La Paz, Honduras.