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A woman signs a document as another woman looks on.

June 16, 2022

Logistics Agreement Will Facilitate Aid in Western Hemisphere, Generals Say

The commanders of U.S. Transportation Command and U.S. Southern Command signed a charter for a regional "Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Logistics Handbook for the Western Hemisphere."

A service member and several civilians tend to a person in a stretcher on the ground.

Aug. 30, 2021

DOD Continues Aiding Haitians Following Earthquake, Tropical Storm

The U.S. military has flown 560 sorties to Haiti, providing rapid logistical and airlift support, including delivery of more than 348,000 pounds of aid, Army Maj. Gen. William D. "Hank" Taylor said.

People unload boxes from the cargo hold of a helicopter into a truck.

Aug. 25, 2021

DOD Continues Providing Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti

Joint Task Force Haiti has conducted some 364 full-spectrum missions, using DOD and U.S. Coast Guard assets, which have assisted in saving about 436 lives and delivered vital aid to earthquake victims, according to an official with the Joint Staff.

Coast Guardsmen load a patient from a stretcher onto a helicopter as other people watch.

Aug. 18, 2021

Southern Command Chief Says Speed, Effort Needed to Save Haitian Lives

Within 24 hours of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hitting Haiti, U.S. Southern Command had teams on the ground assessing damage and saving lives.

Coast Guardsmen and civilians rush toward a helicopter, carrying a patient on a stretcher.

Aug. 17, 2021

U.S. Southern Command Speeds to Aid Haitians

A U.S. Southern Command joint task force has already begun working to aid the people of Haiti, which was recently hit by a devastating earthquake and is now being flooded by a tropical storm.

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 22nd Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California, park the emergency vehicles they delivered to Managua, Nicaragua, July 26, 2020. The aircrew delivered humanitarian aid to Nicaragua in support of the Denton Program, a transportation program that allows non-government organizations to donate humanitarian aid to developing countries. (Courtesy photo)

Aug. 5, 2020

Mobility Airmen Transport Humanitarian Aid to Nicaragua

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) — The Denton Program is an unfunded government program that allows non-government organizations to donate humanitarian aid for movement by the U.S. Air Force on training missions.

Charleston Reservists deliver humanitarian aid, met by Colombian President, VP

Feb. 25, 2019

USAF Delivers Humanitarian Aid to Colombia for Venezuela

CUCUTA, COLOMBIA (AFNS) — A group of reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, delivered humanitarian aid Friday, Feb. 22, which will benefit the people of Venezuela.

Feb. 6, 2018

Helping those in need -- Reservists continue to deliver aid to Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston delivered nearly 100,000 pounds of humanitarian aid to Haiti this weekend. The missions involved two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft delivering donated supplies and a well-drilling truck to the people of Haiti.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Lorraine Branson screens Honduran patients for medical problems at a Medical Readiness Training Exercise site at Cooperativa village, Colon, Honduras , Apr. 20, 2017. Joint Task Force – Bravo Medical Element, provided care to more than 850 patients during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise in Cooperativa village, Colon, Honduras, Apr. 20-21, 2017. MEDEL also supported a Military Partnership Engagement and assisted more than 650 patients with the Hondurian Navy in Santa Rosa de Aguan, Colon, Honduras, Apr. 22, 2017. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson/released)

April 28, 2017

MEDRETE and MPE missions support medical care in Honduras

COLÓN, Honduras — Thirty-four personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Medical Element, along with Joint Security Forces (JSF) and Joint Support Battalion (JSB), participated in a two-day Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) and a Military Partnership Engagement with the Honduran Armed Forces April 20-22, providing basic medical care for more the 1,500 patients.

Patients wait outside a school in Estancia, La Paz, to receive basic medical care from a team of Honduran and U.S. personnel during a two-day Medical Readiness Training Exercise, Jan. 31. Personnel from the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element worked side by side with local nurses and physicians, as well as Honduran soldiers to provide the population with immunizations, preventive medicine, dental services, basic medical care and pharmacy services. (U.S. Army photo by Maria Pinel)

Feb. 10, 2017

Honduran, U.S. partnership provides medical care for village

LA PAZ, Honduras — Personnel from Honduran Ministry of Health representatives, Honduran military personnel, members of Joint Task Force – Bravo and the U.S. Agency for International Development, partnered to provide basic medical services to the population of Estancia during a medical readiness exercise from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1.