Joint Task Force-Bravo

JTF-Bravo completes Haiti relief mission after huge airlift effort October 25, 2016 — More than 200 Joint Task Force-Bravo and Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force South personnel worked around the clock for 15 days providing airlift support carrying personnel and relief supplies to Hurricane Matthew-stricken Haiti. A combination of HH-53 Super Stallion, HH-60 Black Hawk, and CH-47 Chinook helicopters deployed to Haiti from Soto Cano starting Oct. 5. The extensive operation began wrapping up with personnel and cargo returning to SCAB beginning Oct. 16 and ended with all people and equipment back Oct. 20. MORE

SPMAGTF-SC, JTF-Bravo disaster relief in Haiti enabled by logistics, ‘Rapid Global Mobility’ October 8, 2016 — U.S. Air Force heavy airlift was called upon to support approximately 200 Soldiers, Airmen and Marines from Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Southern Command and Joint Task Force-Bravo who deployed this week with two CH-53E Super Stallion, three CH-47 Chinook, and two UH-60L and two HH-60L Black Hawk helicopters to provide heavy and medium lift to support the U.S. Agency for International Development-led mission to alleviate human suffering and bolster Haitian disaster response capabilities. MORE

JTF-Bravo deploys to support Haiti disaster relief mission October 5, 2016 — Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B) and Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Southern Command (SPMAGTF-SC) helicopters and crews that departed Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Tuesday arrived in Kingston, Jamaica today and will remain until the weather is safe for helicopter travel to Haiti. Upon arrival, they will provide heavy lift support to ongoing U.S. disaster relief assistance missions requested by the government of Haiti. MORE

SOUTHCOM stages relief team at Grand Cayman October 4, 2016 — U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) directed a team of approximately 100 military personnel and nine helicopters to Grand Cayman Island today where they will be staged and ready to support U.S. disaster relief operations in the Caribbean if requested by the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). MORE

Healing bodies, winning hearts and minds September 29, 2016 — JTF-Bravo has been conducting MEDRETEs throughout Central America since 1993 to provide a variety of medical services to local residents who otherwise would be unable to receive regular medical care. In 23 years, more than 330,000 patients have been treated during MEDRETEs. On Sept. 22 and 23, the JTF-Bravo MEDEL team conducted a two day MEDRETE in the village of Bacadilla, Olancho district, Honduras. MORE

Honduran, U.S. volunteers conduct underground search and rescue training September 29, 2016 — Nearly a dozen Honduran PUMCIR (Personal Utilizado en Misiones Contra Incendio y Rescate – Personnel Used in Fire and Rescue) volunteers and seven U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, conducted a search and rescue exercise in Comayagua National Park near El Volcan, Honduras. MORE

JTF-Bravo MEDEL: Providing more than medical care September 29, 2016 — JTF-Bravo regularly partners with the partner nation Ministries of Health throughout Central America to provide various levels and types of medical care to include physical therapy, trauma, preventive medicine and dental. MORE

Honduran military, JTF-Bravo leaders focus on NCO professional development September 23, 2016 — As an institution, the U.S. military has continually evolved its approach to professional development within its ranks, with the primary focus of growing well-rounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen. MORE

Joint Task Force-Bravo honors fallen emergency services personnel during 9/11 ceremony September 13, 2016 — Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo joined representatives of the Honduran Fire Department here Sept. 9 to honor the 447 first responders who lost their lives in the service of others as a result of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. MORE

612th ABS holds first SNCO induction ceremony September 13, 2016 — The 612th Air Base Squadron welcomed six Airmen into the top enlisted tier during the base's first senior non-commissioned officer induction ceremony here, Sept. 9. MORE