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May 21, 2024

Snapshots of Service: JTF-Bravo's Global Health Engagement in Guatemala

LIVINGSTON, Guatemala — Joint Task Force-Bravo with the support from Arkansas National Guard’s 188th Air Wing and the Guatemalan military, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food conducted a Global Health Engagement in remote villages near Livingston, Guatemala, May 13-16, 2024. During the 4-day GHE, JTF-Bravo and its partners delivered care to over 500 patients and 1,500 animals. Services provided were medical, dental, pharmacy, veterinary, public health and surgery.

A photo of two service members shaking hands.

April 24, 2024

SEAC Wraps Up Visit to Soto Cano Air Base

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black visited personnel at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, April 22-23, 2024. Black is the fifth Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the U.S. military’s highest-ranking enlisted member.

June 24, 2022

JTF-Bravo, Honduras, building trust and disaster preparedness

Tegucigalpa, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo, in coordination with COPECO, representatives of the Honduran Armed Forces, governmental and cooperating entities in Honduras, and the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID/BHA), conducted a joint exercise in Tegucigalpa to improve disaster response coordination, June 22-23.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Kennie Neal, Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B) command chaplain, bumps fists with a local boy in a neighborhood of La Paz, Honduras, during a volunteer event, Oct. 17, 2021.

Oct. 20, 2021

JTF-B volunteers construct house for local family

Thirty-four service members assigned to Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B), Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, embarked on a weekend volunteer mission to build a stable home for a local family.

July 7, 2021

JTF-Bravo civil affairs team participates in Global Health Engagement

COLÓN, Honduras — Civil Affairs Team (CAT) 4745 from Detachment 478, Delta Company, Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B), Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, participated in a Global Health Engagement with local leaders and medical providers in the department of Colón, June 29-July 1.

July 7, 2021

JTF-Bravo demonstrates expeditionary capabilities in Colón

COLÓN, Honduras — U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps members with Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B), Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, deployed to the Department of Colón for a Global Health Engagement, June 29-July 1.

Resolute Sentinel 21 concludes in El Salvador for JTF-B medical personnel

May 25, 2021

RS-21 concludes in El Salvador for JTF-B medical personnel

LA UNIÓN, El Salvador — U.S. service members with Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B), Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, concluded Resolute Sentinel 2021, a two-week long medical readiness exercise, May 22.

U.S. Army Spc. Colin Yap, Joint Task Force – Bravo Medical Element medic, pricks the finger of young girl to measure her hemoglobin levels during a Pediatric Medical Readiness Training Exercise May 23, 2019 in La Paz, Honduras. MEDRET missions allow JTF-B medical personnel to train in their areas of expertise, while providing a service and strengthening partnership with the host nation. The service members saw approximately 120 patients during the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

May 31, 2019

JTF-B Assess, Educates Honduran Community

LA PAZ, Honduras — 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.