Despite the oppressive, unrelenting heat, stifling body odor, the poverty surrounding us, and our longing to be reunited with family, the soldiers and airmen of Combined Joint Task Force Bravo were extremely proud of their accomplishments after months of being in El Salvador.
On my third day in country, Combined Joint Task Force Bravo, which had been operating for nearly 5 months, began planning and preparation for redeployment of more than 250 military transport and heavy construction vehicles to the seaport.
Joint Task Force Bravo, already stationed at Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras, coordinated efforts in that country, while JTF Aguila stood up in El Salvador to coordinate relief efforts in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala.