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June 13, 2022

Joint Task Force-Bravo Veterinary Team Nurture Animals and Partnerships

Part of the JTF-Bravo Veterinary Team’s mission is to add another skill to the already expansive knowledge of the Honduran and Guatemalan farmers by teaching them to provide veterinary services to their animals.

May 17, 2022

U.S. military, Honduran Red Cross save lives through local blood drives

A joint effort between the JTF-Bravo Medical Element and the Honduran Red Cross made the quick transfusion possible, thanks to an ongoing initiative of periodic blood drives held at Soto Cano Air Base, the most recent and largest one to date held on 13 May.

April 11, 2022

JTF-Bravo Medical Element provides care to local community

Joint Task Force Bravo Medical Element personnel treated patients at a rehabilitation center in Comayagua, Honduras, April 6, 2022. A team made up of physical therapy providers, doctors of medicine, a neuropsychologist and interpreters from Soto Cano Air Base often visit the Centro de Rehabilitación Integral de Comayagua, also known as the C.R.I.C., three times a month to provide services to the local community.

Jan. 6, 2022

JTF-Bravo medics perform Guatemala global health engagement

Members of Joint Task Force Bravo deployed to Guatemala to conduct a global health engagement, providing medical and veterinary care to populations throughout the country.

Dec. 9, 2021

U.S. Military provides medical care in Guatemala

Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-Bravo), a unit under the U.S. Southern Command (U.S. SOUTHCOM) based out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras will conduct a Global Health Engagement in the Department of Huehuetenango, December 13-17.

July 26, 2021

JTF-Bravo logistics support enables Colombian Global Health Engagement

Medical personnel with the Medical Element, Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B), have a unique set of responsibilities when planning to conduct a Global Health Engagement across Latin America and the Caribbean, but their main focus is always patient care.

July 15, 2019

U.S., Honduran health services battle disease in Honduran mountain community

Joint Task Force Bravo in concurrence with the Honduran Ministry of Health conducted a medical investigation into a possible disease outbreak, July 9 and 10, at La Libertad in the district of Comayagua, Honduras. Members of JTF-B’s Medical Element (MEDEL) examined the area of La Libertad to determine how and where the disease, Leishmaniasis, was spreading in the community and provide any recommendations that may stop infection.

July 1, 2019

Joint forces hone cohesion and skills during fire exercise

U.S. Air Force and Army service members from Joint Task Force – Bravo and Army Support Activity held a joint training exercise June 26, 2019, here. Firefighters from the 612th Air Base Squadron, medics from the Medical Element and security personnel from the 480th Military Police Company Forward 1 partnered together to rescue simulated burn casualties from a smoke-filled building and provide care to them on the scene.

May 31, 2019

JTF-B assess, educates Honduran community

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.

May 30, 2019

Helicopter exercise tests JTF-B rescue capabilities

What started off as a routine passenger transport flight resulted in a search and recovery mission for Joint Task Force – Bravo The simulated scenario tested the base’s capabilities and procedures during a personnel recovery exercise, here, May 21.