JTF-Bravo participates in CEPREDENAC's II Regional Drill

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JTF-Bravo participates in CEPREDENAC's II Regional Drill

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U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Jacob Reeves, the Joint Task Force-Bravo chief of staff, center, receives an award from Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla, the President of Guatemala, during the closing ceremony of the Coordination Center for Natural Disaster Prevention in Central America and Dominican Republic (CEPREDENAC) II Regional Humanitarian Assistance Drill in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Feb. 4, 2022. JTF-Bravo participated in the CEPREDENAC drill through observation and an aerial firefighting exercise to build partnerships and coordination during natural disasters in the joint operating area.

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A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force-Bravo gathers water during Bambi Bucket training near Guatemala City, Guatemala, Feb. 3, 2022. JTF-Bravo partnered with Central American allies to respond to a training fire during the Coordination Center for Natural Disaster Prevention in Central America and Dominican Republic, CEPREDENAC’s II Regional Humanitarian Assistance Drill in Guatemala.

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A member of Guatemala’s National Coordination for Disaster Reduction organization briefs a map of a scene to members of Joint Task Force-Bravo during the Coordination Center for Natural Disaster Prevention in Central America and Dominican Republic (CEPREDENAC) II Regional Humanitarian Assistance Drill in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Feb. 3, 2022. JTF-Bravo participated in the CEPREDENAC drill through observation and an aerial firefighting exercise to build partnerships and coordination during natural disasters in the joint operating area.

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Members of the Guatemalan Army’s Humanitarian Rescue Unit, crawl into a training building while conducting urban search and rescue drills during the Coordination Center for Natural Disaster Prevention in Central America and Dominican Republic (CEPREDENAC) II Regional Humanitarian Assistance Drill in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Feb. 3, 2022. Joint Task Force-Bravo participated in the CEPREDENAC drill through observation and an aerial firefighting exercise to build partnerships and coordination during natural disasters in the joint operating area.

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Guatemalan firefighters spray a training fire during Bambi Bucket training near Guatemala City, Guatemala, Feb. 3, 2022. Joint Task Force Bravo partnered with Guatemalan forces to conduct aerial firefighting during the Coordination Center for Natural Disaster Prevention in Central America and Dominican Republic, CEPREDENAC’s II Regional Humanitarian Assistance Drill throughout Guatemala City.

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A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force-Bravo flies over a forest during Bambi Bucket training near Guatemala City, Guatemala, Feb. 3, 2022. JTF-Bravo partnered with Central American allies to respond to a training fire during the Coordination Center for Natural Disaster Prevention in Central America and Dominican Republic, CEPREDENAC’s II Regional Humanitarian Assistance Drill in Guatemala.

Guatemala City, Guatemala –

Service members with Joint Task Force-Bravo joined the Coordination Center for Disaster Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic’s II Regional Drill in Guatemala City, Jan 31 - Feb 4, to strengthen regional disaster readiness and coordination.

Participants also included the National Committee for the Reduction of Disasters (CONRED) as well as Civil Protection and Disaster Risk Management entities from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic.

Together, all participating nations learned from each other’s capabilities to prepare for potential disaster in the region where an international response may be needed.