Story by Staff Sgt. Angel Martinez-Navedo | 113th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.21.2018
Staff Sgt. Tatiana Jairala, a linguist from the 141st Military Intelligence Battalion out of Orem Armory, Utah and attached to Combined Joint Task Force – Hope, brought three duffle bags with her to El Salvador for the humanitarian assistance mission Beyond the Horizon. The bags were filled, for the most part, with clothes, school supplies and personal hygiene products to be donated at a......
Story by Sgt. William Marsh | 106th Public Affairs Detachment | 07.18.2018
EL AMATE, El Salvador – Soldiers with the 413th Civil Affairs Battalion, Lubbock, TX, brought donated goods to El Amate, July 18, 2018. The Puerto Rico Militia organized the donations which were then brought here by the Puerto Rico National Guard, who is serving as the command element of Combined Joint Task Force – Hope, during the 2018 Beyond the Horizon exercise. Donations included......
Story by Angel Martinez-Navedo | 113th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.16.2018
Pvt. Sair Silverio, an US Army Reserve interior electrician with the 926th Engineer Brigade, 844th Engineer Battalion, 390th Engineer Company out of Chattanooga, Tennessee, has returned to El Salvador to literally put in his grain of sand alongside his Salvadoran and US peers in what will be El Amate School Center in the La Paz Department as part of Beyond the Horizon 2018....
Story by Sgt. Walter Lowell | 106th Public Affairs Detachment | 06.15.2018
ZACATECOLUCA, El Salvador – Service members with Combined Joint Task Force - Hope, Operation Beyond the Horizon 2018, El Salvador, attended a Friendship Day celebration at one of its construction sites on June 15. The U.S. Embassy in El Salvador hosted the event and was the second annual celebration to date....
Story by Sgt. Debra Cook | 107th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.15.2018
EL SALVADOR - Up winding hilly roads, nestled in the lush green jungles of El Salvador is Forward Operating Base (FOB) Miraflores, in La Paz, El Salvador, where you will find members of most branches of the United States military working side-by-side with the El Salvador army to build four schools, a medical clinic and provide medical service to the Salvadoran citizens during Beyond the......
Story by Sgt. Debra Cook | 107th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.02.2018
EL SALVADOR - The United States’ military continuously participates in civic and humanitarian efforts around the world in an effort to increase partner nation capabilities and promote regional stability. The Florida National Guard has a footprint in these missions. This year the call to serve came in larger and later than expected for participation in Beyond the Horizon 2018 (BTH 2018), a......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kenneth Gardner | Amphibious Construction Battalion TWO | 04.27.2018
ACAJUTLA, El Salvador (April 28, 2018) After two weeks of Lift On/ Lift Off operations with the Military Sealift Command’s Roll On/ Roll Off Vehicle Ship USNS Brittin (T-AKR 305), Joint Task Force (JTF) 11 wrapped up Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) 18 with the departure of Brittin from Acajutla, El Salvador, April 27....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kenneth Gardner | Amphibious Construction Battalion TWO | 04.23.2018
ACAJUTLA, El Salvador (April 23, 2018) – The Military Sealift Command’s Roll On/ Roll Off Vehicle Ship USNS Brittin (T-AKR 305) became the largest ship ever to make port in Acajutla, El Salvador, April 23, during Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) 18....