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March 21, 2024

 JTF-Bravo supports AGILE BEAR 

                    BELIZE CITY, Belize —                                                JTF-Bravo participated in AGILE BEAR helping move equipment and personnel across the country, and validate the national response during a humanitarian aid crisis alongside the Belize National Emergency Management Organization in Belize, March 16-20.            

Aug. 17, 2023

 Continuing Promise 2023 Partners Host HA/DR Training for First Responders in Almirante, Panama 

                                Local first responders partnered with U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) Public-Private Cooperation Office (PPC), U.S. SOUTHCOM Non-Federal Entities (NFEs) and U.S. Navy personnel in a collaborative effort to engage in humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) training in Almirante, Panama, August 14-15, 2023.            

June 21, 2023

 JTF-Bravo excels in multinational HA/DR exercise 

                    PANAMA CITY, Panama —                                                From earthquakes and volcanic activity to forest fires and tropical storms, the variety of natural disaster threats Central America faces constantly is endless.            

Feb. 28, 2023

 Joint Task Force-Bravo Attends Action on Disaster Relief 2023 Conference in Panama 

                    PANAMA CITY, PANAMA —                                                Joint Task Force-Bravo, a task force under the United States Southern Command, had the opportunity to attend and participate in the 8th annual Action on Disaster Relief 2023 conference in Panama City, Panama 21 February- 24 February.            

Feb. 22, 2023

 U.S. Air Force Takes Part in Disaster Response Exercise with Caribbean Partners 

                                More than 300 U.S. Airmen will deploy as the 23rd Air Expeditionary Wing to Puerto Rico, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic to participate in the Air Forces Southern Command’s exercise Forward Tiger, February 2023.            

Aug. 3, 2022

 Strengthening Partnerships Before the Storm 

                    San Salvador, El Salvador —                                                U.S. military and civilian personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-Bravo), a unit under the U.S. Southern Command (U.S. SOUTHCOM) based out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA), integrated efforts with the Salvadoran Armed Forces and Civil Protection System during Sentinel Watch, a combined training exercise to build disaster response readiness, 27-28 July.            

June 13, 2022

 Sentinel Watch prepares Guatemala and U.S. military for regional disasters 

                    Guatemala City, Guatemala —                                                Personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo, the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA), the Guatemalan National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) and Guatemalan military representatives conducted a two-day humanitarian assistance and disaster relief tabletop exercise, Sentinel Watch, June 8-9.            

March 23, 2022

 JTF-Bravo Participates in Disaster Response Exercise in Panama 

                    SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras  —                                                Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-Bravo), a unit under the U.S. Southern Command (U.S. SOUTHCOM) and based out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, will participate in Exercise Mercury iii, the third iteration of a Joint Humanitarian and Disaster Relief exercise (HADR) that falls under Panama’s larger Joint Exercise known as Panamax Alpha.             

Feb. 11, 2022

 JTF-Bravo participates in CEPREDENAC's II Regional Drill 

                    Guatemala City, Guatemala —                                                Service members with Joint Task Force-Bravo joined the Coordination Center for Disaster Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic’s II Regional Drill in Guatemala City, Jan 31 - Feb 4, to strengthen regional disaster readiness and coordination.            

Sept. 17, 2021

 JTF-Bravo redeploys after support to JTF-Haiti 

                    Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras —                                                In support of the whole-of-government effort led by the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B) joined forces with Joint Task Force-Haiti (JTF-Haiti) to deliver much-needed aid as rapidly as possible to victims of the recent 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti, Aug. 15-Sept.9.            

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