June 20, 2024

JTF-Bravo's new command team hosts first All-Hands

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — U.S. Army Col. Daniel Alder, Joint Task Force-Bravo Commander, and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Donald Harris, JTF-Bravo Senior Enlisted Leader, address JTF-Bravo personnel from the 612th Air Base Squadron, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Army Forces Battalion and Joint Staff for the first time at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 20, 2024.

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.

May 23, 2024

GHE brings humanitarian assistance and medical care to Guatemalans

LIVINGSTON, Guatemala — A Global Health Engagement conducted by Joint Task Force-Bravo in conjunction with Guatemala’s State Partnership Program counterpart, the Arkansas National Guard’s 188th Wing, and the Guatemalan military, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, served communities in the remote villages near Livingston, Guatemala, May 13-16, 2024.

April 26, 2024

El Salvador sends the first female firefighter to participate in CENTAM SMOKE

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A female firefighter from the Fire Department of El Salvador was the first to participate in CENTAM SMOKE at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, from April 22-26, 2024.

May 15, 2023

Keel Billed Toucan 2023 flexes JTF-Bravo's medical, aviation skills in Panama

PANAMA CITY, Panama — More than 100 medics, aviators and support personnel assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo participated in the humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR) exercise Keel Billed Toucan 2023 in Panama, May 9, 2023.

Aug. 16, 2022

U.S. Defense Department Partners with Belizean Surgeons for Medical Missions in Belize

Belmopan — A U.S. military surgical team with United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Joint Task Force (JTF)-Bravo based out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, will conduct a humanitarian surgical mission in Dangriga and Belmopan from August 15-27. This joint effort by U.S. Armed Forces medical professionals and the Belizean government is part of SOUTHCOM’s Global Health Engagements initiative.

Aug. 3, 2022

Strengthening partnerships before the storm

San Salvador, El Salvador — U.S. military and civilian personnel from 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, the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA), integrated efforts with the Salvadoran Armed Forces and Civil Protection System during Sentinel Watch, a combined training exercise to build disaster response readiness, 27-28 July.

July 21, 2022

1-228th Aviation Regiment and U.S. Navy build Central American support capability

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — U.S. Army pilots and crew assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment (1-228), Joint Task Force-Bravo completed deck landing qualifications with the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) off the coast of El Salvador, July 15 and 16, 2022.

June 13, 2022

Medical Readiness Training Exercise strengthens local partnerships and skills

Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras — As part of the U.S. Southern Command’s enduring partnership to Central America, Joint Task Force-Bravo executed a three-day Global Health Engagement in Comayagua, Honduras, June 1-3, working side by side with local military and Ministry of Health personnel.

June 13, 2022

Sentinel Watch prepares Guatemala and U.S. military for regional disasters

Guatemala City, Guatemala — Personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo, the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA), the Guatemalan National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) and Guatemalan military representatives conducted a two-day humanitarian assistance and disaster relief tabletop exercise, Sentinel Watch, June 8-9.