News

Preventative medicine protects community

Nov. 15, 2018

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras— The Medical Element preventive medicine team worked with Ministry of Health representatives in Comayagua to search for mosquitoes on a school campus in Siguatepeque, Oct. 30-31.

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.

Jan. 19, 2018

Joint Task Force-Bravo surgeons complete surgical mission in Danlí

Danli, Honduras — Danli, Honduras – A military Mobile Surgical Team assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo conducted general surgeries at the Gabriela Alvarado Hospital in Danlí, Department of El Paraíso, Honduras, Jan. 15 – 18.

JTF-Bravo joins partners for Pediatric Nutritional Assessments

Nov. 29, 2017

JTF-Bravo joins partners for a Pediatric Nutritional Assessment

La Paz, Honduras — LA PAZ, Honduras— Personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element partnered with service members from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the Honduran Ministry of Health, and the U.S. Agency for International Development to conduct the third part of an ongoing pediatric nutritional assessment at three villages within the Department of La Paz, Honduras from Nov. 7-9, 2017.

Nov. 3, 2017

JTF-Bravo provides medical care in southern Honduras

CHOLUTECA, Honduras — Service members from Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element participated in a three-day Medical Readiness Training Exercise at Comali, Duyure and Monjaras in the Choluteca Department, located in southern Honduras, Oct. 26 - 28, in support of the Honduran Ministry of Health.

Aug. 4, 2017

U.S. Army readiness, humanitarian mission go hand in hand

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A team of U.S. Army medical personnel from Brooke Army Medical Center participated in a training exercise in Hospital Escuela and Hospital Maria in Tegucigalpa, Honduras from July 19 – 27, performing complex trauma surgical procedures in a resource limited environment with logistical support from Joint Task Force-Bravo.

Joint Task Force – Bravo Medical Element personnel participated in a pediatric nutritional assessment mission as members of a joint team with the Honduran Ministry of Health to assess the nutritional status of children from the ages of 6 months to 60 months in the San Antonio area of La Paz, Honduras, Jun 14 - 15, 2017.

July 6, 2017

Preventive Med supports local pediatric nutrition assessment

La Paz, Honduras — Personnel from the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element worked with Honduran counterparts from the Ministry of Health from June 14-15, 2017 for the second part of an ongoing pediatric nutrition study in communities of La Paz, Honduras.

U.S. Army Maj. Jonathan Reagan, Joint Task Force Bravo Medical Element physical therapist, is applying a low load, static stretch technique to an eight-month-old burn victim during a weekly visit to Centro de Rehabilitación Integral de Comayagua, August 3, 2016, where he treats Honduran patients and provides follow-up care for their rehabilitation process. JTF-Bravo regularly partners with the partner nation Ministries of Health to provide various levels and types of medical care in a variety of locations throughout Central America, to include physical therapy, trauma, preventive medicine and dental. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt Jenniffer Rodriguez)

Sept. 29, 2016

JTF-Bravo MEDEL: Providing more than medical care

COMAYAGUA, Honduras — JTF-Bravo regularly partners with the partner nation Ministries of Health throughout Central America to provide various levels and types of medical care to include physical therapy, trauma, preventive medicine and dental.