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                 alt="A member of the Belize Coast Guard climbs a Jacobs Ladder to board a CH-47 Chinook assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment during training off the coast of Belize City, July 18, 2016. For many of the BCG participants, this was the first time they were part of helocast and recovery operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)"
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            <div class="image-caption">A member of the Belize Coast Guard climbs a Jacobs Ladder to board a CH-47 Chinook assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment during training off the coast of Belize City, July 18, 2016. For many of the BCG participants, this was the first time they were part of helocast and recovery operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)</div>
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                 alt="A member of the Belize Special Assignment Group fast ropes out of a UH-60 Black Hawk assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment during training at Price Barracks, Belize, July 19, 2016. The 1-228th AVN conducted Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction System (FRIES) training, helocast operations and recovery with the Jacobs Ladder, and open water hoist training with members of the BSAG and Belize Coast Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)"
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            <div class="image-caption">A member of the Belize Special Assignment Group fast ropes out of a UH-60 Black Hawk assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment during training at Price Barracks, Belize, July 19, 2016. The 1-228th AVN conducted Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction System (FRIES) training, helocast operations and recovery with the Jacobs Ladder, and open water hoist training with members of the BSAG and Belize Coast Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)</div>
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                 alt="A UH-60 Black Hawk assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment flies over Belize District during training July 20, 2016. The 1-228th AVN conducts aviation operations in support of partner nation counter-transnational organized crime training throughout the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)"
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            <div class="image-caption">A UH-60 Black Hawk assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment flies over Belize District during training July 20, 2016. The 1-228th AVN conducts aviation operations in support of partner nation counter-transnational organized crime training throughout the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">A member of the Belize Special Assignment Group fast ropes out of a UH-60 Black Hawk assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment during training at Price Barracks, Belize, July 19, 2016. For many of the BSAG participants, this was their first time they were part of Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction System (FRIES) training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)</div>
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                 alt="A UH-60L Black Hawk assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment carries a role player acting as a patient during medical evacuation training off the coast of Belize City, July 18, 2016. The 1-228th AVN’s U.S. Air Ambulance Detachment Honduras handles all of the battalion’s aeromedical operations, which include both training partner nations and providing real-world MEDEVAC capabilities throughout Central America. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika) "
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            <div class="image-caption">A UH-60L Black Hawk assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment carries a role player acting as a patient during medical evacuation training off the coast of Belize City, July 18, 2016. The 1-228th AVN’s U.S. Air Ambulance Detachment Honduras handles all of the battalion’s aeromedical operations, which include both training partner nations and providing real-world MEDEVAC capabilities throughout Central America. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika) </div>
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    <div><b>By Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika</b> <span class="date">/ Published Aug. 3, 2016</span></div>
    <span class="dateline-text">BELIZE DISTRICT, </span>
    Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment deployed UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters to conduct a variety of training scenarios throughout the Belize District with members of the Belize Special Assignment Group and Belize Coast Guard -- who were supported by members of Special Operations Command South -- July 18 through 21.<br />
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The BSAG, BCG, SOCSOUTH and 1-228th AVN personnel executed Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction System (FRIES) training, helocast operations and recovery with the Jacobs Ladder, and open water hoist training in order to increase the capabilities of the Belizean forces to conduct counter-transnational organized crime operations within their land and maritime borders. <br />
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U.S. Army Capt. Paul Peterson, 1-228th AVN assistant operations officer, said that although the training event was a great step for the BSAG and BCG members to become proficient in helicopter operations, he thinks a bigger benefit for our partners came in the form of planning and operating with outside air assets.<br />
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“Throughout the training event we went into briefs together and they asked us questions to learn how we operate, so learning the mission-planning process was important to them,” Peterson said. <br />
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Peterson also said the training was equally beneficial for the pilots and crews because of the qualifications gained, and the experience of working with partner nation ground and maritime forces.<br />
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The U.S. Ambassador to Belize, Carlos Moreno, witnessed a training scenario first hand and praised the cooperation between all of the military forces.<br />
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“These kinds of partnerships are essential in maintaining a good, productive relationship, and ultimately serves to protect American interests abroad and on the mainland,” Moreno said. “Anytime you develop a partnership like this, it really serves to tighten those bonds and it mutually supports what we both want to accomplish here.”<br />
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