Welcome to JTF-Bravo

Congratulations on your assignment to Joint Task Force-Bravo!

JTF-Bravo is a subordinate command of U.S. Southern Command, responsible for a Joint Operations Area which encompasses the seven Central American countries. Our focus is strengthening partnerships, maintaining personal readiness, and integrating JTF-Bravo capabilities with our partner nations. This focus enables combined operations to effectively counter regional threats, build our partners' capacity, and quickly respond to humanitarian assistance/disaster relief contingencies. 

For information on your upcoming assignment, check out our Welcome Guide for all guidance on arrival and necessary documents you may need.

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JTF-Bravo History

  • 1982: Palmerola Air Base is constructed.
  • 1983: JTF-11 is established and later re-designated JTF-Alpha. 
  • 1984: JTF-Alpha is re-designated as JTF-Bravo with added mission to deter Nicaraguan aggression. 
  • 1992-1994: Transitional period; JTF-Bravo works on bilateral humanitarian and civil assistance operations. 
  • 1997: Commander in Chief’s Theater Engagement plan issued, calling for Soto Cano to serve as strategic gateway to theater. 
  • 1998: JTF-Bravo provides disaster relief assistance after Hurricane Mitch.
  • 1999: 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment assigned as tenant unit from Panama. 
  • 2000: 612th Air Base Squadron activation.
  • 2002: JTF-Bravo’s mission revised to include joint and interagency operations. 
  • 2007: JTF-Bravo dispatched medical team to Peru in response to severe earthquake.
  • 2010: JTF-Bravo supported operation Unified Response in Haiti.
  • 2014: JTF-Bravo provided aid to regions in Honduras following tropical storm Hannah. 
  • March - April 2016: JTF-Bravo provided support fighting wildfires in Tela, Honduras and the Darién Province, Panama.
  • October 2016: JTF-Bravo provided assistance and humanitarian efforts to Haiti following Hurricane Matthew.
  • March 2017: JTF-Bravo provides support in combating large forest fires in Honduras.
  • September 2017: JTF-Bravo provides hurricane relief assistance in collaboration with USAID/OFDA as part of JTF-Leeward Islands  
  • 2019:  JTF-Bravo provides aerial transportation assistance in Panama during Operation Darien Lift.
  • 2020: JTF-Bravo supports rescue, disaster relief and humanitarian assistance missions in Honduras, Guatemala and Panama after devastation left by hurricanes Eta and Iota.
  • 2021: JTF-Bravo deployed approximately 200 personnel in support of JTF-Haiti after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake devastated the country.
  • 2022: Within 24 hours, JTF-Bravo deployed a forward C2 and fuel capabilities to Haiti. Effectively delivering over 123,000 gallons of fuel as a part of FUELED COMMITMENT.
  • 2024: U.S. humanitarian aid for Honduras tops 6 million pounds with the Denton Program and through the help of JTF-Bravo.

Recent News

U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Collier Amundson, Army Forces Medical Detachment Chief of Rehabilitation, poses for a photo at Centro de Rehabilitacion Integral de Comayagua, Comayagua, Honduras, Sept. 17, 2025. Amundson’s weekly visits to Comayagua are one of many ways Joint Task Force-Bravo partners with the local community. For over forty years, JTF-Bravo’s medical missions have delivered essential healthcare services to remote, underserved populations, ensuring vulnerable communities receive medical care they might otherwise lack due to limitations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sadie Colbert) - U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Collier Amundson, Army Forces Medical Detachment Chief of Rehabilitation, poses for a photo at Centro de Rehabilitacion Integral de Comayagua, Comayagua, Honduras, Sept. 17, 2025. Amundson’s weekly visits to Comayagua are one of many ways Joint Task Force-Bravo partners with the local community. For over forty years, JTF-Bravo’s medical missions have delivered essential healthcare services to remote, underserved populations, ensuring vulnerable communities receive medical care they might otherwise lack due to limitations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sadie Colbert)

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Meaning beyond movement: JTF-Bravo physical th...

Members from the U.S. and Panamanian emergency response teams gather together for a group photo at the end of the week long mass casualty training exercise. - Members of the lead planning teams from Joint Task Force Bravo, U.S. Southern Command and Panama Social Security Fund (CSS) pose together for a group photo inside one of the mobile hospital modules at the end of the mass casualty exercise during Panamax Alpha Phase II, Sept. 11, 2025, Panama City, Panama. The mass casualty exercise was coordinated by the U.S. Southern Command and Joint Task Force-Bravo with the Panama Ministry of Health and the CSS to enhance interoperability of U.S and Panama authorities in the deployment of emergency services and to validate the inclusion of mass casualty events into future Panamax exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Katelin Robinson)

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La Unión hace la fuerza: Colaboración para una ...

Members from the U.S. and Panamanian emergency response teams gather together for a group photo at the end of the week long mass casualty training exercise. - Members of the lead planning teams from Joint Task Force Bravo, U.S. Southern Command and Panama Social Security Fund (CSS) pose together for a group photo inside one of the mobile hospital modules at the end of the mass casualty exercise during Panamax Alpha Phase II, Sept. 11, 2025, Panama City, Panama. The mass casualty exercise was coordinated by the U.S. Southern Command and Joint Task Force-Bravo with the Panama Ministry of Health and the CSS to enhance interoperability of U.S and Panama authorities in the deployment of emergency services and to validate the inclusion of mass casualty events into future Panamax exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Katelin Robinson)

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Strength Through Unity: Partnering for Effectiv...