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April 6, 2018

JTF-Bravo partners with Nicaragua to provide medical care in Waspam

Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras — Service members from the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element participated in a Medical Readiness Training Exercise in Waspam, North Caribbean Autonomous Region of Nicaragua, March 19-24, working side by side with personnel from the Nicaraguan Army and Ministry of Health.

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.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Lisa Kent, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element veterinary food inspection specialist, begins a preventive medicine briefing during a medical readiness training exercise, or MEDRETE, in the village of Bacadilla, Olancho district, Honduras, Sept. 22, 2016. During the preventive medicine class, patients learn about the importance of different preventative health aspects, and receive vitamins and soap.

Sept. 29, 2016

Healing bodies, winning hearts and minds

OLANCHO, Honduras — JTF-Bravo has been conducting MEDRETEs throughout Central America since 1993 to provide a variety of medical services to local residents who otherwise would be unable to receive regular medical care. In 23 years, more than 330,000 patients have been treated during MEDRETEs. On Sept. 22 and 23, the JTF-Bravo MEDEL team conducted a two day MEDRETE in the village of Bacadilla, Olancho district, Honduras.

A young girl has her ear inspected by U.S. Army Spc. Kerry Holmes, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element medic, during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise operation in Trujillo, Honduras, July 29, 2016. MEDEL conducts MEDRETEs throughout Central America to provide a variety of medical services to the local populations, who otherwise would be unable to receive medical care from licensed providers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)

Aug. 8, 2016

Merging Civil Affairs and Medical Exercises for long-term success

COLÓN, Honduras — Soldiers under the command of Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B), Medical Element (MEDEL), executed a medical readiness training exercise for the first time in the village of La Boveda, Trujillo July 28-29, 2016, serving a total of 1,072 patients of all ages during the two-day event that involved key leaders from both JTF-Bravo and Honduras.

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.

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