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  • Soto Cano task force treats more than 200 Peruvian patients Aug. 18

    Medical personnel from Joint Task Force Bravo, from Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras, saw more than 200 patients during their first three hours of operation Aug. 18 and expect to see many more in the next week. The medical team deployed from Soto Cano the morning of Aug. 17 to provide humanitarian

  • Soto Cano task force arrives in Peru

    PISCO, Peru - A team of Airmen and Soldiers from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, arrived here Aug. 17 to provide medical care to those suffering in the aftermath of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the region Aug. 15. The task force is the first American force to

  • Soto Cano team responds to Peru earthquake

    Approximately 30 Soldiers and Airmen departed here Aug. 17 in support of relief efforts following the Aug. 15 earthquake near Lima, Peru. The task force, composed of a Mobile Surgery Team, communications specialists and a small security detail, departed the base aboard a C-130J assigned to the

  • Army, Air Force dentists provide care for Honduran children

    Soldiers and Airmen began a two-week Medical Readiness Training Exercise Aug. 13, helping hundreds of Honduran children and providing much needed dental care at the Catholic University Dental School here. Dentists and dental technicians from Fort Sill, Okla., and Forts Hood and Sam Houston, Texas,

  • Healing hands visit Honduras hospital

    In a brightly lit room in Hospital Escuela here Aug. 14, two U.S. hand surgeons bent over the hand of a 64-year old Honduran man. The patient was born with a condition which caused his hands to be permanently clenched, explained Army Capt. Heather Higgins, the patient's anesthesiologist from Fort

  • Capstone class pays visit to Soto Cano

    Some of the military's newly selected flag and general officers visited here Aug. 14 during a two-week tour of the Western hemisphere as part a six-week Capstone program. The object of the course is to train individuals on effective planning and employment of U.S. forces. During the course

  • MEDEL serves the masses

    During a readiness exercise here Aug. 13, members of Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element demonstrated the ability to mobilize their forces, assess patients and provide quick and proper medical care, should an incident occur at Soto Cano Air Base. The goals of the mass casualty exercise,

  • Air Force medics provide care aboard Navy hospital ship

    A team of more than 60 Air Force medics is in South America participating in a four-month joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise aboard the USNS Comfort hospital ship. The medical team, along with Latin American and Caribbean health officials, is providing free medical treatment to underserved

  • 12th Air Force CC launches new web forum: you are invited!

    Have you ever had a question or concern that you wanted to communicate directly to one of your senior leaders? Well here is your chance. Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, the 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern Commander, launched his new commander's web forum Friday designed to allow him direct, two-way

  • JTF-Bravo plays vital role in Navy humanitarian mission

    By land, by sea and by air, members of the U.S. military provide humanitarian assistance to the less fortunate around the world. Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, assisted the Navy with ground and air support for the world-wide humanitarian mission Project Handclasp