Joint Task Force-Bravo: A Case Study in Military Operations Other Than War

摘要

This case study examines the unappreciated role played by Joint Task Force-Bravoin accomplishing the national strategic security objectives for Honduras and the Central American region beginning in the 198Os through present day operations. United States national security objectives were to contain communism in the region and to reestablish and maintain stability, establish and support democratic governments, and to develop and sustain economic development. The ways to accomplish these ends involved a combined use of diplomatic, economic, and military instruments of power. The military means employed was the creation of Joint Task Force-Bravo. The joint task force achieved the regional stability objective through multinational exercises, training of the Honduran and other Central American militaries, and operations which kept the Honduran borders secure from Nicaraguan attacks and conducted counterinsurgency operations securing Honduran internal control and stability. JTF-B assisted in the