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Firefighters from the 612th Air Base Squadron Fire Department, Joint Task Force-Bravo, conducts a live fire training June 16, 2017 on Soto Cano Air Base, to practice their skills and provide awareness to the base population.

June 21, 2017

Up in flames: Fire Department conducts live fire training

Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras — Firefighters from the 612th Air Base Squadron Fire Department, Joint Task Force-Bravo, conducted a live fire training June 16, 2017 here, to practice their skills and provide awareness to the Soto Cano population.

Patients exit the Regional Health Center in the Tepanguare village located in La Paz, Honduras, May 24, 2017 after receiving medical services from Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Medical Element personnel. The MEDEl staff supports the clinic by providing free consultations every four weeks at the understaffed center, caring for patients and providing medications.

June 9, 2017

MEDEL supports local health clinic

La Paz, Honduras — Personnel from Joint task Force-Bravo's Medical Element visited the Regional Health Center in the Tepanguare village located in La Paz, Honduras, May 24, 2017 to provide free consultations and medications for the local patients. Tepanguare is a village located in the mountains of La Paz where illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, respiratory

Firefighters from Central America learn new fire hose techniques at a live fire exercise during Central America Sharing Mutual Operational and Experience at Joint Task Force – Bravo, Apr. 26, 2017. CENTAM SMOKE is a biannual exercise hosted by Joint Task Force – Bravo with 35 participants from across the 7 Central America nations that includes safety, personal protective equipment, apparatus familiarization, fire hose applications, structural/helicopter live fire evolutions, medical training, vehicle extrication, and aircraft (UH–60/CH–47) egress familiarization, Apr. 24-28, 2017. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson/released)

May 8, 2017

Partnership and camaraderie, the key to fighting fires in Central America

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Thirty four firefighters from all across Central America came together here, from April 24 – 28, to participate in the Central America Sharing Mutual Operational Knowledge and Experiences exercise, also known as CENTAM SMOKE, and train in firefighting techniques with their U.S. counterparts from Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 612th Air Base Squadron Fire Department.

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.

Chief Master Sgt. Scott Sojak, Air Combat Command Air Traffic Control functional manager, reviews an example of a flight schedule at the Soto Cano Airfield Control Tower, Jan. 18. Sojak was part of a Staff Assistance Visit team who conducted an airfield compliance assessment at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Jan. 17-20.

Jan. 24, 2017

ACC Staff Assistance Visit helps uphold airfield standards

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Three Staff Assistance Visit team members from Headquarters, Air Combat Command visited the 612th Air Base Squadron to conduct an airfield compliance assessment here, Jan. 17-20.