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A Soldier with Task Force Northstar helps set up the

A Soldier with Task Force Northstar helps set up the

A Soldier with Task Force Northstar helps set up the forward operating site (FOS) for Beyond the Horizon (BTH) 2015. The FOS will be the staging area for the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines that are parti... More

Soldiers from Task Force Northstar prepare to embark

Soldiers from Task Force Northstar prepare to embark

Soldiers from Task Force Northstar prepare to embark in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter for a site survey in support of this years Beyond the Horizon exercise here. Beyond the Horizon is a U.S. Southern Command s... More

Sgt. Keith Franklin, of Markham, Ill., a technical

Sgt. Keith Franklin, of Markham, Ill., a technical

Sgt. Keith Franklin, of Markham, Ill., a technical engineer with the 313th Engineer Detachment out of Darien, Ill., conducts survey operations in support of this year's Beyond the Horizon mission with Task Forc... More

Jose Monterosa, a carpenter with the El Salvadoran

Jose Monterosa, a carpenter with the El Salvadoran

Jose Monterosa, a carpenter with the El Salvadoran Army, saws a plywood board for the construction of a clinic during this year's Beyond the Horizon mission with Task Force Northstar on March 30 here. Beyond th... More

U.S. Army soldiers simulate a CASEVAC during this year's

U.S. Army soldiers simulate a CASEVAC during this year's

U.S. Army soldiers simulate a CASEVAC during this year's Beyond the Horizon mission with Task Force Northstar on March 30 here. Beyond the Horizon is a humanitarian and civic assistance exercise that lasts for ... More

Spc. Phillip Hackley, from Nixa, Mo., and Spc. Ramiro

Spc. Phillip Hackley, from Nixa, Mo., and Spc. Ramiro

Spc. Phillip Hackley, from Nixa, Mo., and Spc. Ramiro Rodriguez, from Hollister, Mo., combat engineers with the 294th Engineer Company out of Nixa, Mo., instruct an El Salvadoran soldier on how to use the skid-... More

Sgt. Adam D. Coats, a carpentry specialist with the

Sgt. Adam D. Coats, a carpentry specialist with the

Sgt. Adam D. Coats, a carpentry specialist with the 276th Engineer Company out of Pierce City, Mo., briefs other soldiers at a school construction site during Beyond the Horizon 2015 on March 31 here. BTH is a ... More

Air Force Staff Sgt. Adebola E. Bond, from Havelock,

Air Force Staff Sgt. Adebola E. Bond, from Havelock,

Air Force Staff Sgt. Adebola E. Bond, from Havelock, N.C. and Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Sol I. Rios-Moore, from Raleigh, N.C., with the 567th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engin... More

Spc. Eric N. Bryant, a water treatment specialist from

Spc. Eric N. Bryant, a water treatment specialist from

Spc. Eric N. Bryant, a water treatment specialist from Pittsburgh, with the 14th Quartermaster Company out of Greensburg, Pa., scrubs down a pool during Beyond the Horizon 2015. The 14th is providing water reso... More

Spc. Michael Boyce from Brighton, Colo., a heavy equipment

Spc. Michael Boyce from Brighton, Colo., a heavy equipment

Spc. Michael Boyce from Brighton, Colo., a heavy equipment operator with the 409th Engineer Company out of Fort Collins, Colo., digs a pit April 5 for the latrine that will be constructed here in support of thi... More

Army Sgt. Zachary B. Zerull, a carpentry and masonry

Army Sgt. Zachary B. Zerull, a carpentry and masonry

Army Sgt. Zachary B. Zerull, a carpentry and masonry specialist from Elizabeth, Colo. and Army Staff Sgt. Samuel E. Dean, a construction engineering supervisor, both with the 409th Engineer Company out of Fort ... More

Salvadoran Army Pvt. José Amilcar Santos Ceren, a cement

Salvadoran Army Pvt. José Amilcar Santos Ceren, a cement

Salvadoran Army Pvt. José Amilcar Santos Ceren, a cement mixer assistant and Pvt. Melvin Aroldao Mejia Lima, an assistant, both with Commando de Ingenieros de la Fuerza Armada and U.S. Army Spc. Dallon Rindlisb... More

Sgt. 1st Class Brad Mudge from Joplin, Mo., a platoon

Sgt. 1st Class Brad Mudge from Joplin, Mo., a platoon

Sgt. 1st Class Brad Mudge from Joplin, Mo., a platoon sergeant with the 276th Engineer Company out of Pierce City, Mo., sprays form oil on the metal concrete forms, on April 6, during this year's Beyond the Hor... More

Army Capt. Gavino Rivas, a civil affairs specialist

Army Capt. Gavino Rivas, a civil affairs specialist

Army Capt. Gavino Rivas, a civil affairs specialist with the 451st Civil Affairs Battalion out of Houston, fills up balloons for local students as part of the activities at the opening ceremony for Beyond the H... More

Capt. Cheryl Sahagun from Ft. Polk, La., a civil affairs

Capt. Cheryl Sahagun from Ft. Polk, La., a civil affairs

Capt. Cheryl Sahagun from Ft. Polk, La., a civil affairs officer with the 451st Civil Affairs Battalion out of Houston, paints a students face here, as part of the opening ceremony for this year's BTH mission A... More

Spc. Jennifer Donovan, a medic with the 144th Minimal

Spc. Jennifer Donovan, a medic with the 144th Minimal

Spc. Jennifer Donovan, a medic with the 144th Minimal Care Detachment out of San Diego, Calif., takes a patient's blood pressure on April 13 during a medical readiness training exercise here in support of this ... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Eliazar Osio from Austin, Texas,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Eliazar Osio from Austin, Texas,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Eliazar Osio from Austin, Texas, a food inspector with the 994th Medical Detachment Veterinary Services out of Round Rock, Texas, administers a shot of antibiotics to a cow as part of his c... More

Capt. Michael Brown, from Cleveland, Texas, a veterinarian

Capt. Michael Brown, from Cleveland, Texas, a veterinarian

Capt. Michael Brown, from Cleveland, Texas, a veterinarian with the 994th Medical Detachment Veterinary Services of Round Rock, Texas, checks a cow for mastitis during this year’s veterinarian readiness trainin... More

Brig. Gen. William S. Lee, of Marion, Ala., the deputy

Brig. Gen. William S. Lee, of Marion, Ala., the deputy

Brig. Gen. William S. Lee, of Marion, Ala., the deputy commander north for the 807th Medical Command out of Fort Douglas, Utah, partakes in an aerial site survey of ongoing operations during this year's Beyond ... More

Canadian Maj. Chris Altmeyer, a physician with the

Canadian Maj. Chris Altmeyer, a physician with the

Canadian Maj. Chris Altmeyer, a physician with the 1 Field Ambulance out of Edmonton, Canada, and student volunteer Leonardo Valenzuela, a native of El Salvador and a medical student at the Catholic University ... More

U.S. Army Sgt. David Arrieta, of Houston, with the

U.S. Army Sgt. David Arrieta, of Houston, with the

U.S. Army Sgt. David Arrieta, of Houston, with the 451st Civil Affairs battalion out of Houston, and U.S. Army Sgt. Bruce Downer, from San Antonio, with the 399th Tactical Physiological Operations Company out o... More

Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve 399th Tactical

Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve 399th Tactical

Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve 399th Tactical Psychological Operations Company out of San Marcos, Texas, interface with local residents of El Coco, El Salvador, during a medical readiness training exercise... More

U.S. Army Spc. Jennifer Donovan a health care specialist,

U.S. Army Spc. Jennifer Donovan a health care specialist,

U.S. Army Spc. Jennifer Donovan a health care specialist, with the 114th Minimal Care Detachment out of San Diego, is trained how to remove an ingrown toenail by Maj. Angelo Carter from Arlington, Texas, with t... More

U.S. Army Maj. Wamence Louis-Goda from Covina, Calif.,

U.S. Army Maj. Wamence Louis-Goda from Covina, Calif.,

U.S. Army Maj. Wamence Louis-Goda from Covina, Calif., with the 349th Combat Support Hospital out of Bell, Calif., organizes the shipment of medication that arrived today for the Medical Readiness Training Exer... More

Chilean Private 2nd Class Valeria Montano, of Santiago,

Chilean Private 2nd Class Valeria Montano, of Santiago,

Chilean Private 2nd Class Valeria Montano, of Santiago, Chile, an engineer and drill instructor with the Chilean NCO Academy, packs cement into the block to increase stability of the wall being built for the ho... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Janet M. Izquierdo from

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Janet M. Izquierdo from

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Janet M. Izquierdo from South Hadley, Mass., with the 439th Forward Support Squadron from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., prepares bacon for breakfast at Comando de Ingenieros de ... More

Sgt. Marcin Witek of Chicago Ridge, Ill., a plumber

Sgt. Marcin Witek of Chicago Ridge, Ill., a plumber

Sgt. Marcin Witek of Chicago Ridge, Ill., a plumber with the 485th Engineer Company out of Arlington Heights, Ill., creates mortar to be used in the school walls being built by using a cement mixer during this ... More

U.S. Army Spc. Samantha B. Desrosier from West Bend,

U.S. Army Spc. Samantha B. Desrosier from West Bend,

U.S. Army Spc. Samantha B. Desrosier from West Bend, Wis., with the 485th Engineer Company from Arlington Heights, Ill., smooths mortar to prevent water from collecting in the pores for a classroom wall here Ap... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Nuhu Kashalla and Pfc. Brady Minthorne,

U.S. Army Sgt. Nuhu Kashalla and Pfc. Brady Minthorne,

U.S. Army Sgt. Nuhu Kashalla and Pfc. Brady Minthorne, both medics from the 437th Ground Ambulance Unit out of Riverside, Calif., demonstrate the proper application of a tourniquet for a group of Salvadoran sol... More

Salvadoran soldiers provide security for U.S. service

Salvadoran soldiers provide security for U.S. service

Salvadoran soldiers provide security for U.S. service members conducting humanitarian and civic assistance during Beyond the Horizon 2015. The BTH mission lasts several months, and provides construction and med... More

Capt. Gavino Rivas, from Houston, a civil affairs officer

Capt. Gavino Rivas, from Houston, a civil affairs officer

Capt. Gavino Rivas, from Houston, a civil affairs officer with the 451st Civil Affairs Battalion also in Houston, talks with Salvadoran army Capt. Alvaro Martinez, the host nation civil affairs liaison for Beyo... More

Children play outside a makeshift school has been the

Children play outside a makeshift school has been the

Children play outside a makeshift school has been the learning center for children in the area since the previous school was destroyed by an earthquake 13 years ago. U.S. and Salvadoran army engineers began con... More

150428-A-JF456-0001: ESTANZUELAS, El Salvador - U.S.

150428-A-JF456-0001: ESTANZUELAS, El Salvador - U.S.

150428-A-JF456-0001: ESTANZUELAS, El Salvador - U.S. Air Force Sgt. Dennis Wilson from Greensboro, North Carolina, with the 567th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers out of Sey... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Brian Hernandez with the 4th Civil

U.S. Marine Sgt. Brian Hernandez with the 4th Civil

U.S. Marine Sgt. Brian Hernandez with the 4th Civil Affairs Group out of Miami, helps students of Centro Escolar Haciendas out of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on display on April 30 as part of Beyond the Horiz... More

First Lt. Ellen Poeschel, from La Crosse, Wis., an

First Lt. Ellen Poeschel, from La Crosse, Wis., an

First Lt. Ellen Poeschel, from La Crosse, Wis., an engineer officer with the 327th Engineer Company in Onalaska, Wis., receives a bucket of cement from Salvadoran army Pvt. Jose Guillermo Cortez, while laying b... More

First Lt. Ellen Poeschel (left), the Task Force Northstar

First Lt. Ellen Poeschel (left), the Task Force Northstar

First Lt. Ellen Poeschel (left), the Task Force Northstar safety officer, and platoon leader with the 327th Engineer Company out of Onalaska, Wis., taps a block with a hammer as a Salvadoran army engineer check... More

Maj. Jose Reyes, from Austin, Texas, commander of C

Maj. Jose Reyes, from Austin, Texas, commander of C

Maj. Jose Reyes, from Austin, Texas, commander of C Company, 2-149th General Aviation Support Battalion in San Antonio, and Lt. Col. Hector Marroquin, a Salvadoran air force Huey pilot, observe aviation operati... More

U.S. Army medics from the 396th Combat Support Hospital

U.S. Army medics from the 396th Combat Support Hospital

U.S. Army medics from the 396th Combat Support Hospital in Vancouver, Wash., train Salvadoran soldiers in basic first aid during Beyond the Horizon 2015. BTH is a humanitarian and civic assistance mission that ... More

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Lt. Col. Hector Marroquin,

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Lt. Col. Hector Marroquin,

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Lt. Col. Hector Marroquin, a helicopter pilot with the Salvadoran air force, exchanges best practices with Chief Warrant Officer 3, Pedro Vargas-Lebron, a Black Hawk helicopter pilot... More

Homecoming - A man in a military uniform talking to a group of children

Homecoming - A man in a military uniform talking to a group of childre...

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Danilo E. Figueroa from Houston, with the 451st Civil Affairs Battalion out of Houston, interacts with students of Centro Escolar Hacienda El Coco, April 30, during a community relation... More

U.S. Army Spc. Kirk Stone from Columbia, Mo., with

U.S. Army Spc. Kirk Stone from Columbia, Mo., with

U.S. Army Spc. Kirk Stone from Columbia, Mo., with the 1135th Combat Engineer Company (Clearance) out of Richmond, Mo., bolts in a truss during construction of a school in Estanzuelas, El Salvador, May 3, as pa... More

Staff Sgt. Adam Owings from Mankato, Minn., a construction

Staff Sgt. Adam Owings from Mankato, Minn., a construction

Staff Sgt. Adam Owings from Mankato, Minn., a construction supervisor with the 492nd Engineer Company also out of Mankato, hands a local child a package of crayons during this year's Beyond the Horizon mission.... More

Spc. Jacob Haflund from Minneapolis, a supply specialist

Spc. Jacob Haflund from Minneapolis, a supply specialist

Spc. Jacob Haflund from Minneapolis, a supply specialist with the 492nd Engineer Company out of Mankato, Minn., assembles a metal truss during this year's Beyond the Horizon mission. BTH is a humanitarian and c... More

Spc. Eric Siversten, a radio operator with the 56th

Spc. Eric Siversten, a radio operator with the 56th

Spc. Eric Siversten, a radio operator with the 56th Signal Battalion out of Fort Sam Houston, Texas, calls in a nine-line CASEVAC request for an injured local national. Sgt. Jacob Dailey, a nurse with the 396th... More

Staff Sgt. Jospeh Findley from Tulsa, Okla., a supply

Staff Sgt. Jospeh Findley from Tulsa, Okla., a supply

Staff Sgt. Jospeh Findley from Tulsa, Okla., a supply sergeant with the 492nd Engineer Company out of Mankato, Minnesota, pours concrete into a clinic wall being built during this year's Beyond the Horizon miss... More

Truss placement - A man in a hard hat working on a machine

Truss placement - A man in a hard hat working on a machine

Second Lt. Anthony Brausch, from Cheyenne, Wyo., an assistant engineer with Task Force Northstar, steadies a truss being lifted onto the wall of a clinic being built during this year's Beyond the Horizon missio... More

Spc. Jacob Halflund from Hutchinson, Minn., a supply

Spc. Jacob Halflund from Hutchinson, Minn., a supply

Spc. Jacob Halflund from Hutchinson, Minn., a supply specialist with the 492nd Engineer Company out of Mankato, Minn., poses for a photograph after a long day of building walls for a clinc during this year's Be... More

Soldiers from Task Force Northstar unwind in the pool

Soldiers from Task Force Northstar unwind in the pool

Soldiers from Task Force Northstar unwind in the pool at Comando de Ingenieros de la Fuerza Armada’s near Olympic-size pool, in San Salvador, El Salvador, May 6, during Beyond the Horizon 2015. BTH15 is a human... More

Local children color at a table set up during a community

Local children color at a table set up during a community

Local children color at a table set up during a community relations event May 7 as part of Beyond the Horizon 2015. BTH is a humanitarian assistance exercise lasting several months providing engineering and med... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. David Smith, a civil affairs

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. David Smith, a civil affairs

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. David Smith, a civil affairs officer with the Marines, gives a brief to local volunteers at a community relations event during this year's Beyond the Horizon mission. BTH is a humanitari... More

Local nationals gather for a preventive medicine briefing

Local nationals gather for a preventive medicine briefing

Local nationals gather for a preventive medicine briefing before receiving various types of needed medical care, May 11, at Beyond the Horizon’s Medical Readiness Training Exercise B1 site. BTH and Task Force N... More

U.S. Army Maj. Christopher Fauver, a dentist with Task

U.S. Army Maj. Christopher Fauver, a dentist with Task

U.S. Army Maj. Christopher Fauver, a dentist with Task Force Northstar, performs a dental procedure on a local man, May 11, during Beyond the Horizon’s Medical Readiness Training Exercise at Ciudad Arce. The ME... More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Gabriel Torres (left), from

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Gabriel Torres (left), from

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Gabriel Torres (left), from Denver, and a project manager with the 994th Engineer Company, ensures a truss is level during construction of a medical lab in San Juan Opico, El Salvador, ... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Joseph V. Dermenjian, commander

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Joseph V. Dermenjian, commander

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Joseph V. Dermenjian, commander of Task Force Northstar, speaks with the local media about Beyond the Horizon 2015 and the partnership TF Northstar has with the Salvadoran army’s TF San Andre... More

Spc. Tim Saucerman, from Olathe, Kan., a mechanic with

Spc. Tim Saucerman, from Olathe, Kan., a mechanic with

Spc. Tim Saucerman, from Olathe, Kan., a mechanic with the 891st Forward Support Company, sets a brick during construction of a school in Consumidero, El Salvador, May 17. The construction project is part of Be... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Joseph Dermenjian (left), commander

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Joseph Dermenjian (left), commander

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Joseph Dermenjian (left), commander of Task Force Northstar, visits with Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte (right), U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, May 18, during her visit to the Task Force’s op... More

Staff Sgt. Patricia Hightower, from Elmwood, Ill.,

Staff Sgt. Patricia Hightower, from Elmwood, Ill.,

Staff Sgt. Patricia Hightower, from Elmwood, Ill., a heavy equipment operator with the 411th Engineer Company, guides a skid steer during construction of a school in Estanzuelas, El Salvador, May 19. The constr... More

Salvadorans sing their national anthem, May 21, during

Salvadorans sing their national anthem, May 21, during

Salvadorans sing their national anthem, May 21, during a community relations event held to raise awareness of the Beyond the Horizon’s 2015 mission of providing civic and humanitarian assistance to the people o... More

Soldiers pose before a flight in a UH-60 Black Hawk

Soldiers pose before a flight in a UH-60 Black Hawk

Soldiers pose before a flight in a UH-60 Black Hawk at Comando de Ingenieros de las Fuerza Armada, El Salvador on May 25. Aboard the Black Hawk, Pfc. Christian Jones (third from the left), a combat engineer fr... More

U.S. Army Spc. Jonathan Macias, a carpentry and masonary

U.S. Army Spc. Jonathan Macias, a carpentry and masonary

U.S. Army Spc. Jonathan Macias, a carpentry and masonary specialist, with the 302nd Engineer Company (Vertical) out of San Antonio, Texas, bows his head in prayer during the Memorial Day service on May 25 at Co... More

A Salvadoran boy takes a selfie while getting a tooth

A Salvadoran boy takes a selfie while getting a tooth

A Salvadoran boy takes a selfie while getting a tooth extracted by a member of the medical team supporting Beyond the Horizon 2015 at a free medical event in Nejapa on May 25. BTH is a joint humanitarian and ci... More

Army Spc. Ben Martinez from the 302nd Engineer Company

Army Spc. Ben Martinez from the 302nd Engineer Company

Army Spc. Ben Martinez from the 302nd Engineer Company (Vertical) located in San Antonio, precisely places string to help ensure the construction of an annex is level during Beyond the Horizon 2015 in San Juan ... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Hancock from the 302nd Engineer

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Hancock from the 302nd Engineer

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Hancock from the 302nd Engineer Company (Vertical) located in San Antonio and Chilean Army Sgt. Carasro, a combat engineer, work together to construct an annex during Beyond the Horizon 2... More

Cabo 1st Ricando Moyano Sanhueza, a combat engineer,

Cabo 1st Ricando Moyano Sanhueza, a combat engineer,

Cabo 1st Ricando Moyano Sanhueza, a combat engineer, with III Briaco "La Concepcion" from Antofagasta, Chile, adds water to a mortar mixer in support of Beyond the Horizon 2015. BTH15 is a joint SOUTHCOM and Go... More

Sgt. Omar Anwar, a crew chief with Charlie Company,

Sgt. Omar Anwar, a crew chief with Charlie Company,

Sgt. Omar Anwar, a crew chief with Charlie Company, 1-108th Air Assault out of Austin, Texas, provides visual clearance as his UH-60 Black Hawk lifts off May 26. The Texas National Guard is supporting Beyond th... More

Spc. Garan Davidson, a satellite communication technician

Spc. Garan Davidson, a satellite communication technician

Spc. Garan Davidson, a satellite communication technician from the 50th Signal Battalion (Expeditionary) located in Fort Bragg, N.C., was promoted mid-flight on a UH-60 Black Hawk during Beyond the Horizon 2015... More

U.S. Army Cadet Audrey Arroyo, with the Reserve Officers'

U.S. Army Cadet Audrey Arroyo, with the Reserve Officers'

U.S. Army Cadet Audrey Arroyo, with the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., participates in the administrative intake of a Salvadoran woman and her daughter for a... More

Spc. Christopher Griffetts, a combat engineer with

Spc. Christopher Griffetts, a combat engineer with

Spc. Christopher Griffetts, a combat engineer with the 772nd Engineer Company out of Pittsburg, Kan., who hails from Carbondale, Kan., places primer on a wall at a school building project in Sitio Del Niño on M... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Elizabeth McCourt, a dentist from

U.S. Air Force Capt. Elizabeth McCourt, a dentist from

U.S. Air Force Capt. Elizabeth McCourt, a dentist from the 56th Dental Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., extracts a Salvadoran woman's tooth during a medical campaign as a part of Beyond the Horizon 2015 ... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Daniel Galle, an optometrist from

U.S. Air Force Capt. Daniel Galle, an optometrist from

U.S. Air Force Capt. Daniel Galle, an optometrist from the 559th Medical Group located in San Antonio, Texas, checks a Salvadoran woman's vision during a medical campaign as a part of Beyond the Horizon 2015 in... More

SITIO DEL NIÑO, El Salvador – Sgt. Rachael Force, a

SITIO DEL NIÑO, El Salvador – Sgt. Rachael Force, a

SITIO DEL NIÑO, El Salvador – Sgt. Rachael Force, a masonry and carpentry specialist with the 226th Engineer Company out of Augusta, Kan. and hailing from Wichita, Kan., removes nails from wood previously used ... More

Spc. Janet Nguyen, a supply specialist from the 302nd

Spc. Janet Nguyen, a supply specialist from the 302nd

Spc. Janet Nguyen, a supply specialist from the 302nd Engineer Company (Vertical) located in San Antonio, paints an extension of a school house during Beyond the Horizon 2015 in Chalchuapa, El Salvador, May 31.... More

Pfc. Esteban Mirales, a masonry and carpenter specialist

Pfc. Esteban Mirales, a masonry and carpenter specialist

Pfc. Esteban Mirales, a masonry and carpenter specialist with 302nd Engineering Company (Vertical) located in San Antonio, Texas, paints an extension of a newly constructed room that is part of a schoolhouse pr... More

Chilean army engineer Ricardo Morjano with the 3rd

Chilean army engineer Ricardo Morjano with the 3rd

Chilean army engineer Ricardo Morjano with the 3rd Briaco "La Concepcion" out of Chile, prepares a stucco wall for painting at a medical clinic construction site on June 1 during Beyond the Horizon 2015. BTH15 ... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patricia Hightower, a heavy equipment

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patricia Hightower, a heavy equipment

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patricia Hightower, a heavy equipment operator with the 411th Engineer Company located in Iowa City, Iowa, guides 1st Lt. Paul Stratton, the officer in charge of the Beyond the Horizon 2015... More

Spc. Gage Fuchs, a plumber from the 945th Engineer

Spc. Gage Fuchs, a plumber from the 945th Engineer

Spc. Gage Fuchs, a plumber from the 945th Engineer Detachment located in Bismarck, N.D., uses a board to level concrete during Beyond the Horizon 2015 in Chalchuapa, El Salvador, June 2. Task Force Northstar's ... More

Connecting the mind with the body

Connecting the mind with the body

U.S. Air Force Capt. Sheontee Frank, licensed social worker, with the 81st MDOS, Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss., talks with a Salvadoran patient about how to cope with stressors at a free medical campaig... More

Dora explores at a free medical campaign in Nejapa, El Salvador

Dora explores at a free medical campaign in Nejapa, El Salvador

A Salvadoran girl hits a Dora pinata while waiting on patient intake at a free medical campaign during Beyond the Horizon 2015 on June 4 in Nejapa, El Salvador. BTH15 is a joint SOUTHCOM and Government of El Sa... More

Local Salvadoran school children from the Joya De Ceren

Local Salvadoran school children from the Joya De Ceren

Local Salvadoran school children from the Joya De Ceren school hold up the Beyond the Horizon 2015 poster at their school for a group photo. Beyond the Horizon is a U.S. Southern Command sponsored, U.S. Army So... More

Informing the community

Informing the community

Spc. Eric Rodriguez Gallardo (left), an interpreter for Task Force Northstar hailing from San Francisco, and Spc. Rolando Ortiz (right), an information operation specialist from the 304th Information Operations... More

Spc. Eric Rodriguez Gallardo (left), an interpreter

Spc. Eric Rodriguez Gallardo (left), an interpreter

Spc. Eric Rodriguez Gallardo (left), an interpreter for Task Force Northstar hailing from San Francisco and Spc. Rolando Ortiz (center), an information operation specialist from the 304th Informations Operation... More

Salvadoran children celebrate the opening of a school

Salvadoran children celebrate the opening of a school

Salvadoran children celebrate the opening of a school in Estanzuelas as well as the closing of Beyond the Horizon 2015. Two school buildings were built at Estanzuelas during Beyond the Horizon 2015 in addition ... More

U.S. service members from the Army and the Air Force

U.S. service members from the Army and the Air Force

U.S. service members from the Army and the Air Force render a salute during the Salvadoran national anthem at the opening ceremony of the new school in Consumidero, El Salvador. The school was built as part of ... More

Members of the Salvadoran Air Force touch down the

Members of the Salvadoran Air Force touch down the

Members of the Salvadoran Air Force touch down the UH-1 Huey on the parade field during the closing ceremony at the Commando de Ingenieros de las Fuerzas Armadas in La Libertad, El Salvador. This ceremony marks... More

U.S. Army Capt. Heather M. Hauser from Anaheim, Calif.,

U.S. Army Capt. Heather M. Hauser from Anaheim, Calif.,

U.S. Army Capt. Heather M. Hauser from Anaheim, Calif., with the 349th Combat Support Hospital out of Bell, Calif., hands prescription glasses to a local citizen having trouble seeing at the Medical Readiness T... More

Pfc. Kevin Becker, of Cortland, Ill., a technical engineer

Pfc. Kevin Becker, of Cortland, Ill., a technical engineer

Pfc. Kevin Becker, of Cortland, Ill., a technical engineer with the 313th Engineer Detachment out of Darien, Ill., sets up the tripod for his survey equipment. Becker is here supporting this year's Beyond the H... More

First Lt. Joshua Tauer, a UH-60 Black Hawk pilot for

First Lt. Joshua Tauer, a UH-60 Black Hawk pilot for

First Lt. Joshua Tauer, a UH-60 Black Hawk pilot for 2nd Battalion 149th Aviation Regiment out of San Antonio, prepares his helicopter for a flight in support of this year's Beyond the Horizon exercise here. Be... More

Spc. Wesley Barksdale, a technical engineer out of

Spc. Wesley Barksdale, a technical engineer out of

Spc. Wesley Barksdale, a technical engineer out of Chicago with the 313th Engineer Detachment out of Darien, Ill., conducts survey operations in support of this year's Beyond the Horizon mission with Task Force... More

U.S. Army soldiers simulate a CASEVAC during this year's

U.S. Army soldiers simulate a CASEVAC during this year's

U.S. Army soldiers simulate a CASEVAC during this year's Beyond the Horizon mission with Task Force Northstar on March 30 here. Beyond the Horizon is a humanitarian and civic assistance exercise that lasts for ... More

Jose Monterosa, a carpenter with the El Salvadoran

Jose Monterosa, a carpenter with the El Salvadoran

Jose Monterosa, a carpenter with the El Salvadoran Army, saws a plywood board while a U.S. Army soldier observes during this year's Beyond the Horizon mission with Task Force Northstar on March 30 here. Beyond ... More

Sgt. 1st Class Hernando Butron, from Miami, a linguist

Sgt. 1st Class Hernando Butron, from Miami, a linguist

Sgt. 1st Class Hernando Butron, from Miami, a linguist with the 377th Military Intelligence Battalion out of Orlando, Fla., translates for El Salvadoran electrician Oscar Molina, March 31 here. The U.S. militar... More

El Salvadoran soldier Oscar Molina and Sgt. 1st Class

El Salvadoran soldier Oscar Molina and Sgt. 1st Class

El Salvadoran soldier Oscar Molina and Sgt. 1st Class Hernando Butron, from Miami with the 377th Military Intelligence Battalion out of Orlando, Fla., work together to move a pallet at a school construction sit... More

Members of Task Force Northstar show Salvadoran engineers

Members of Task Force Northstar show Salvadoran engineers

Members of Task Force Northstar show Salvadoran engineers how to cut rebar for concrete footers, April 2, here. The U.S. military and elements of the El Salvadoran military have partnered up for this year's Bey... More

Spc. Dustin J. Mattos, an interior electrician from

Spc. Dustin J. Mattos, an interior electrician from

Spc. Dustin J. Mattos, an interior electrician from Fort Collins, Colo., and Spc. Phillip E. Cody, a plumber from Croton, N.Y., both with the 409th Engineer Company from Fort Collins, Colo., carry a rebar struc... More

Army Sgt. Justin Hultz, a water treatment specialist

Army Sgt. Justin Hultz, a water treatment specialist

Army Sgt. Justin Hultz, a water treatment specialist with the 14th Quartermaster Company out of Greensburg, Pa., attaches a hose onto a water purification unit during Beyond the Horizon 2015. The 14th is provid... More

Spc. Michael Boyce from Brighton, Colo., a heavy equipment

Spc. Michael Boyce from Brighton, Colo., a heavy equipment

Spc. Michael Boyce from Brighton, Colo., a heavy equipment operator with the 409th Engineer Company out of Fort Collins, Colo., digs a pit April 5 for the latrine that will be constructed here in support of thi... More

Salvadoran and U.S. engineers work together to place

Salvadoran and U.S. engineers work together to place

Salvadoran and U.S. engineers work together to place reinforcement wire mesh on rebar cages April 6, for an addition being built to the medical clinic here. The U.S. military and elements of the Salvadoran mili... More

Army Pfc. Steven J. Cloutier, a carpentry and masonry

Army Pfc. Steven J. Cloutier, a carpentry and masonry

Army Pfc. Steven J. Cloutier, a carpentry and masonry specialist from Sioux Falls, S.D., with the 409th Engineer Company from Fort Collins, Colo., checks the alignment of the reinforcement wire mesh at a clinic... More

Sgt. 1st Class Brad Mudge from Joplin, Mo., a platoon

Sgt. 1st Class Brad Mudge from Joplin, Mo., a platoon

Sgt. 1st Class Brad Mudge from Joplin, Mo., a platoon sergeant with the 276th Engineer Company out of Pierce City, Mo., pours concrete into the forms on April 6, for the school being built here during this year... More

Capt. Alvaro Martinez a civil affairs officer and Spc.

Capt. Alvaro Martinez a civil affairs officer and Spc.

Capt. Alvaro Martinez a civil affairs officer and Spc. Stephanie Reyes-Molina, a civil affairs specialist with the 451 Civil Affairs Battalion out of Houston, render a salute April 9, for the playing of the Uni... More

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