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  • JTF-Bravo Medical Element Hosts First ATLS Course for Honduras Chapter

    Joint Task Force-Bravo's Medical Element hosted the first Advanced Trauma Life Support certification course taught by the Honduran chapter, 70th country chapter of the American College of Surgery's Program, August 1-4. Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) training was provided to 15 students,

  • NDU CAPSTONE Fellows visit Joint Task Force-Bravo

    Fifteen general and flag officers from the National Defense University's (NDU) CAPSTONE class 14-4 toured and received capability briefs from Joint Task Force-Bravo and the major support commands during their overseas field study trip to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, August 2, 2014.The CAPSTONE

  • MNF-S forces defend Panama Canal during PANAMAX exercise

    An illegitimate organization seeks to undermine peace, security and liberty by destabilizing local and regional economies in Central America.   The organization is trying to disrupt operations and/or take over the Panama Canal, which poses a serious threat to the region.   The canal is

  • Airmen, F-16s arrive in Colombia for bilateral engagement

    Airmen from the South Carolina Air National Guard landed in Rionegro, Colombia, near the city of Medellin over the weekend to participate in a bilateral engagement with airmen from the Colombian air force.One hundred Airmen and six F-16s will participate in the combined air operation engagement,

  • Guatemalan air force gleans medical knowledge from U.S. Airmen

    Airmen helped one of its partner nations gain a greater understanding of the importance of military readiness by taking part in a medical subject matter expert exchange event. During a weeklong event the Airmen shared proven flight medicine standardization practices with members of the Guatemalan

  • U.S., 16 Nations conducting PANAMAX 2014 exercise

    PANAMAX 2014, an annual U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)-sponsored multinational exercise focused on ensuring the defense of the Panama Canal, will take place Aug. 8-14 at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.USSOUTHCOM and Marine Corps Forces South personnel, headquartered in Miami, as well as personnel

  • State Partnership Program gateway to relationships in AFSOUTH

    This week, Airmen from the Arkansas Air National Guard are working alongside their Guatemalan air force counterparts as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program.The SPP pairs individual state's National Guard bureaus with partner nations in order to support contingency planning and to

  • Airmen arrive in Guatemala to share knowledge with partner nation physicians

    Six Airmen are spending this week in Guatemala to facilitate a subject matter expert exchange with the Guatemalan air force focusing on preventative health, individual readiness and aerospace medicine.Four Airmen from the Arkansas Air National Guard and two from 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern)

  • Dyess C-130Js successfully evade F-16

    Two 317th Airlift Group C-130J Super Hercules successfully employed air-to-air tactics against an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a training exercise July 23, 2014, en route to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas.This exercise demonstrated the C-130J capabilities that will be used