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June 4, 2024

CENTAM Guardian 24 begins Phase II

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — An opening ceremony was held at the Crowne Plaza San Jose la Sabana to signify the official start of CENTAM Guardian 24 Phase II at San Jose, Costa Rica, June 3, 2024.

U.S. Army Spc. Colin Yap, Joint Task Force – Bravo Medical Element medic, pricks the finger of young girl to measure her hemoglobin levels during a Pediatric Medical Readiness Training Exercise May 23, 2019 in La Paz, Honduras. MEDRET missions allow JTF-B medical personnel to train in their areas of expertise, while providing a service and strengthening partnership with the host nation. The service members saw approximately 120 patients during the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

May 31, 2019

JTF-B assess, educates Honduran community

LA PAZ, Honduras — Medics from Joint Task Force - Bravo’s Medical Element (MEDEL) and 1st Battalion 228th Aviation Regiment partnered to help assess the needs of Florida de San Jose, a small community of La Paz, Honduras, during a Pediatric Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE), May 22-23.

An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, provided airlift support for a team of special forces troops performing air assault training during Operation Serpiente, a joint training mission led by members of the U.S. 7th Special Forces Group and Naval Special Warfare, Dec. 1, Lake Ilopango, El Salvador.

Dec. 13, 2016

US, El Salvador forces execute air assault training

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Salvadoran Soldiers and Special Operations personnel assigned to 1st Airborne Brigade and Special Forces Command completed Operation Serpiente, a joint air assault training mission led by members of the U.S. 7th Special Forces Group, Naval Special Warfare, and Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st Battalion 228th Aviation Regiment Nov. 28 – Dec. 2, at

Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Fire Emergency Services and Joint Security Forces prepare to fold an American flag in honor of the emergency services personnel who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, during the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Sept. 9, 2016. After the flag was folded, it was laid to rest on the ceremony's emergency services monument, and rendered a salute to honor the fallen heroes.

Sept. 13, 2016

Joint Task Force-Bravo honors fallen emergency services personnel during 9/11 ceremony

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo joined representatives of the Honduran Fire Department here Sept. 9 to honor the 447 first responders who lost their lives in the service of others as a result of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) James Smith, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element general surgeon, performs surgery on a patient during a MEDEL Mobile Surgical Team operation at the Dr. Salvador Paredes Hospital in Trujillo, Honduras, July 28, 2016. The MST performed 11 surgeries during the team’s three-day operation in Trujillo.

Aug. 11, 2016

Every move counts for JTF-Bravo’s Mobile Surgical Team

COLÓN, Honduras — The Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element's Mobile Surgical Team completed 11 surgeries at the Dr. Salvador Paredes Hospital in Trujillo, Honduras from July 27-29.