ILOPANGO, El Salvador – Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bill Bayer, a weather meteorologist assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo, performs early morning weather checks measuring winds, temperature, dew point and pressure with a handheld Kestrel Nov. 14. Sergeant Bayer has been a vital piece to providing daily weather reports for the 1st Battalion, 228th Regiment during a deployment to El Salvador in order to help them stabilize the region from a recent mudslide. Since Nov. 11 JTF-Bravo has distributed more than 172,700 pounds of supplies (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).