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Nov. 15, 2018

 MEDEL tests local water during community outreach in Honduras 

                    Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras —                                                The Medical Element Preventative Medicine team hit the streets of Comayagua and Siguatepeque, Nov. 7, for their weekly community outreach mission assisting the Ministry of Health representatives in Comayagua.            

Nov. 15, 2018

 Preventative medicine protects community 

                                SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras— The Medical Element preventative medicine team worked with Ministry of Health representatives in Comayagua to search for mosquitoes on a school campus in Siguatepeque, Oct. 30-31.            

Oct. 16, 2018

 MEDEL provides orphans dental care 

                    SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS —                                                Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element provided care for children from a local orphanage at a clinic in Comayagua, Oct. 11.            

Oct. 2, 2018

 Regional Health Command Central provides pediatric dental services in Honduras 

                    Tegucigalpa, Honduras —                                                The U.S. Army Regional Health Command Central (RHC-C) deployed a Multi-Specialty Surgical Dental team to work with Joint Task Force Bravo Medical Element (MEDEL) personnel at the Catholic University Dental School in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, from the 2nd to the 14th of September, and provided pediatric dental services to school children while enhancing their mission readiness skills and providing humanitarian assistance.             

Nov. 3, 2017

 JTF-Bravo provides medical care in southern Honduras  

                    CHOLUTECA, Honduras  —                                                Service members from Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element participated in a three-day Medical Readiness Training Exercise at Comali, Duyure and Monjaras in the Choluteca Department, located in southern Honduras, Oct. 26 - 28, in support of the Honduran Ministry of Health.            

July 6, 2017

 Preventive Med supports local pediatric nutrition assessment 

                    La Paz, Honduras —                                                Personnel from the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element worked with Honduran counterparts from the Ministry of Health from June 14-15, 2017 for the second part of an ongoing pediatric nutrition study in communities of La Paz, Honduras.            

April 28, 2017

 MEDRETE and MPE missions support medical care in Honduras 

                    COLÓN, Honduras —                                                Thirty-four personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Medical Element, along with Joint Security Forces (JSF) and Joint Support Battalion (JSB), participated in a two-day Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) and a Military Partnership Engagement with the Honduran Armed Forces April 20-22, providing basic medical care for more the 1,500 patients.             

Nov. 15, 2016

 JTF-Bravo, Costa Rican medical teams bring healthcare to remote indigenous village 

                    LIMÓN, Costa Rica —                                                A group of 16 doctors, nurses, dentists and other specialists from Joint Task Force-Bravo took part in Operation Pura Vida, a joint humanitarian mission and Medical Readiness Training Exercise at an indigenous region in the Caribbean province of Limón, Nov. 1 to 3. The group arrived in four helicopters from the 1st Battalion 228th Aviation Regiment and joined 30 Costa Rican physicians to provide basic healthcare services to approximately 300 residents of the indigenous village of Piedra Mesa, Telire region of Talamanca, Limón.            

Aug. 11, 2016

 Every move counts for JTF-Bravo’s Mobile Surgical Team 

                    COLÓN, Honduras —                                                The Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element's Mobile Surgical Team completed 11 surgeries at the Dr. Salvador Paredes Hospital in Trujillo, Honduras from July 27-29.            

Aug. 8, 2016

 Merging Civil Affairs and Medical Exercises for long-term success 

                    COLÓN, Honduras —                                                Soldiers under the command of Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B), Medical Element (MEDEL), executed a medical readiness training exercise for the first time in the village of La Boveda, Trujillo July 28-29, 2016, serving a total of 1,072 patients of all ages during the two-day event that involved key leaders from both JTF-Bravo and Honduras.            

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