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Airmen assigned to the 8th Airlift Squadron (AS), prepare to load pallets of rice onto a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 62nd Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., at Altus Air Force Base, Okla., Oct. 24, 2019. The rice was delivered to Honduras, which will be used to feed more than 500,000 Honduran men, women and children over the next six weeks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

Oct. 28, 2019

62 AW Airmen transport much-needed food to almost 500,000 Hondurans

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Millions of people in every corner of the world lack basic supplies for food, water and education. In an effort to mitigate some of these issues, the Department of Defense created the Denton Cargo Program, which allows the U.S. Air Force to deliver privately donated humanitarian cargo on a space-available basis.

A U.S. Agency for International Development representative teaches a Joint Humanitarian Operations Course at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Dec. 3, 2018.

Dec. 11, 2018

JTF-B service members attend JHOC

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — Joint Task Force-Bravo service members attended a Joint Humanitarian Operations Course led by representatives from the U.S. Agency for International Development, Dec. 3-4.

U.S. Army Capt. Adam West provides medical care to Honduran patients at a Medical Readiness Training Exercise site at Cooperativa village, Colon, Honduras , Apr. 21, 2017. Joint Task Force – Bravo Medical Element, provided care to more than 850 patients during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise in Cooperativa village, Colon, Honduras, Apr. 20-21, 2017. MEDEL also supported a Military Partnership Engagement and assisted more than 650 patients with the Hondurian Navy in Santa Rosa de Aguan, Colon, Honduras, Apr. 22, 2017. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson/released)

April 28, 2017

MEDRETE and MPE missions support medical care in Honduras

COLÓN, Honduras — Thirty-four personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Medical Element, along with Joint Security Forces (JSF) and Joint Support Battalion (JSB), participated in a two-day Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) and a Military Partnership Engagement with the Honduran Armed Forces April 20-22, providing basic medical care for more than 1,500 patients.

Patients wait outside a school in Estancia, La Paz, to receive basic medical care from a team of Honduran and U.S. personnel during a two-day Medical Readiness Training Exercise, Jan. 31. Personnel from the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element worked side by side with local nurses and physicians, as well as Honduran soldiers to provide the population with immunizations, preventive medicine, dental services, basic medical care and pharmacy services. (U.S. Army photo by Maria Pinel)

Feb. 10, 2017

Honduran, U.S. partnership provides medical care for underserved village

LA PAZ, Honduras — Personnel from Honduran Ministry of Health representatives, Honduran military personnel, members of Joint Task Force – Bravo and the U.S. Agency for International Development, partnered to provide basic medical services to the population of Estancia during a medical readiness exercise from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1.

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.