Joint Task Force Bravo
| Joint Task Force-Bravo | |
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| Active | 1983 — present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | Joint |
| Part of | US Southern Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Soto Cano Air Base |
| Motto(s) | "Progress Through Unity." |
| Decorations | Joint Meritorious Unit Award (3) |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel Keith A. McKinley |
Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-Bravo, JTF-B) is a forward-based expeditionary joint task force operating as U.S. Southern Command’s (USSOUTHCOM) lead forward element in the Central America (CENTAM) region to promote stability and security and counter transnational and transregional threat networks (C-T3N). JTF-Bravo operates out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, located 10 miles south of the city of Comayagua and 50 miles north of the capital city of Tegucigalpa.
JTF-Bravo conducts a wide range of continuous and simultaneous operations. The organization's primary authority, as directed by the United States Secretary of Defense, is to synchronize and conduct operations, activities, and actions in support of US and partner nation law enforcement agencies in order to counter drugs and transnational organized crime (CD/CTOC). In addition, the JTF supports the USSOUTHCOM Theater Security Cooperation campaign plan to counter threat networks and promote regional cooperation and security in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America by organizing and supporting multilateral, capacity-building exercises in cooperation with partner nations. Due to its enduring forward presence and management of a forward, all-weather, day/night strategic air base, the JTF is often employed as the first responder for contingencies and crises within the region, especially in support of Foreign Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (FHA/DR) operations.
Joint Task Force-Bravo, guest of Honduran host-nation partners and the senior representative for USSOUTHCOM at Soto Cano Air Base, conducts and supports joint operations, actions, and activities throughout the Joint Operations Area in order to enhance regional security, stability, and cooperation.
The USSOUTHCOM commander has assigned a seven nation Joint Operations Area (JOA) to JTF-Bravo. The JOA includes the land, air, and maritime (out to 12 nautical miles) area of all seven nations of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras (referred to as the Northern Tier) and Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama (Southern Tier). When directed by USSOUTHCOM, the JTF has conducted operations outside the JOA, most recently in support of relief efforts in Haiti following Hurricane Matthew.
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