18 U.S. service members attached to Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, conducted the second iteration of overwater survival training at Puerto Castilla and Trujillo Bay, Honduras, from April 16-23, 2021.
The training exercise consisted of a safe and deliberate approach to getting service members confident in their abilities to respond in the event of an overwater emergency, such as a downed aircraft or a recovery mission in open water.
“Everyone started out with the basic techniques which allowed us to roll right into real iterations - more than we have ever been able to in the past,” said U.S. Army Capt. Gabriel Beck, OIC of training and the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment Bravo Company.
Airmen with the
612th Air Base Squadron traveled to the Children of Love Foundation Orphanage in La Paz delivering donations to 18 orphans who call the sanctuary home, April 25.
Most units on base have a local orphanage they sponsor, but for Airmen with the 612th ABS, this visit marks the second time they’ve visited their newly-sponsored orphanage.
“This particular orphanage is one my lieutenant, back at
Davis-Monthan [Air Force Base, Arizona], told me about since her and her family come to visit an orphanage, every year,” said U.S. Air Force Maj. Duane Reid, 612th ABS director of operations. “So when I got orders to go here, she told me about the orphanage in La Paz and I reached out to them to see if they already had a sponsorship-they did not.”
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By Maria Pinel, JTF-Bravo Public Affairs / Published April 16, 2021
Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras
U.S. military personnel assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo, based out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras will conduct a week-long overwater personnel recovery training in the department of Colón.
The training scenario will involve JTFB-Bravo personnel deploying to Puerto Castilla to rehearse mission command and operations in response to a downed aircraft, with the use of UH-60, HH-60 and CH-47 helicopters. Training will take place April 16-24; citizens of Colón should expect to see air movements and noise near Trujillo and Puerto Castilla during this time.
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