Jose Mendieta (second from left), Contracting Specialist assigned to the 410th Contracting Squadron, Joint Task Force-Bravo, receives recognition from former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras Larry Palmer and former JTF-Bravo commander at the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in the 2000s. Mendieta is the longest employed Foreign Service National on Soto Cano Air Base. (Courtesy photo)