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May 25, 2021
Resolute Sentinel 21: JTF-B FSS supports deployed medics in life-changing surgeries

Plans in the military are constantly changing. The plans for the Resolute Sentinel 21 surgical readiness training exercise (SURGRETE) in Honduras has been no different.The Forward Surgical Section with Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B), Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, extended their stay in Choluteca to
May 25, 2021
Resolute Sentinel 21: SURGRETE provides hands-on experience for residents

The surgical readiness training exercise (SURGRETE) team has completed their nine days of surgeries at Hospital del Sur, May 27.Over the course of two weeks, the team of U.S. military medics have completed over 40 surgeries ranging from simple transurethral resections of the prostate (TURP) to
May 22, 2021
Resolute Sentinel 21 concludes in El Salvador for JTF-B medical personnel

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.Approximately 65 service members deployed to El Salvador to provide joint training and improved readiness of U.S. and partner
May 21, 2021
Resolute Sentinel 21: Anesthesiologists play critical role in life-changing surgeries

The anesthesiologists attached to the team of U.S. military medical professionals deployed to Honduras in support of Resolute Sentinel 21 play a critical role in the life-changing surgeries being provided.Without anesthesia, surgeries would be longer operations and put the patients under extreme
May 20, 2021
Resolute Sentinel 21: Force protection members boost defenses and camaraderie in Honduras

Security forces members have a variety of jobs from checking ID cards at the gate in garrison to patrolling at forward operating bases overseas. A select few join the Base Defense Squadron (BDS), which specializes in force protection in austere environments.Resolute Sentinel 21 utilized two BDS
May 19, 2021
Resolute Sentinel 21: Biomedical equipment technician supports deployed medics in Honduras

Biomedical equipment technician (BMET) training takes upwards of a year to ensure the technicians are fully equipped to handle most types of medical equipment they may see in their career.U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Fonseca, a BMET with the 21st Medical Group, Perterson-Schriever
May 18, 2021
Resolute Sentinel 21: Deployed medics conduct combined surgery

Medical professionals with the Forward Surgical Section, Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B), Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, conducted a combined surgery with the local Honduran medical team and the deployed U.S. military medics at Hospital del Sur on May 18, 2021.The team of four surgeons completed a
May 16, 2021
JTF-B donates essential materials to school in Mogotillo, El Salvador through HAP

Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B), Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, donated $2,254 of construction materials to the Jose Anastasio Bonilla Education Center, May 16, through U.S. Southern Command’s (USSOUTHCOM) Humanitarian Assistance Program.“The Humanitarian Assistance Program is a USSOUTHCOM
May 12, 2021
Resolute Sentinel 21: Medics arrive in Honduras

U.S. Air Force and Army medics arrived in Choluteca, Honduras, May 12, to assist the local hospital with urologic surgeries during Resolute Sentinel 21.Resolute Sentinel 21 provides joint training and improved readiness for U.S. civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through
April 26, 2021
Curaçao Counter Drug Operation International Women’s Day

It is rare in military operations for the composition of female service members to reach 20% and also increasingly rare for those 20% to occupy key leadership roles. This is precisely what took place during the 2021 Counter Drug Operational deployment to the Caribbean, with coalition service members

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