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NEW HORIZONS personnel volunteer to

Airmen from the 823rd Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron, and Marines from the 271st Marine Wing Support Squadron, 2nd Marine Air Wing, work on the bond beam which will be used
to hold the roof of the new two-room schoolhouse at the Gabriela Mistral primary school site in the village of Ocotes Alto near Trujillo, Honduras, June 22. The building is one of multiple
projects going on in and around Trujillo and Tocoa as part of NEW HORIZONS Honduras 2015 training exercise. NEW HORIZONS was launched in the 1980s and is an annual joint humani-
tarian assistance exercise that U.S. Southern Command conducts with a partner nation in Central America, South America or the Caribbean. The exercise improves joint training readiness
of U.S. and partner nation civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Austin McK- U.S. Air Force Master Sgt.
inney, 12th Air Force assess- Isaiah Maki, 823rd Expedi-
ments officer in charge, helps tionary RED HORSE Squad-
students plant trees during the ron project manager, out of
National Tree Day celebration Hurlburt Field, Fla., hands
at Rafeal Peneda Ponce School a bucket of cement to U.S.
in Trujillo, Honduras, June 19. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dustin
McKinney is a member of the Haycox, 823rd ERHS struc-
NEW HORIZONS Honduras tural craftsman, to create
2015 training exercise which is the bond beam for the roof
providing support throughout of the new two-room class-
the Trujillo and Tocoa regions room at the Gabriela Mistral
of Honduras by building a new school construction site in
two-classroom schoolhouse in Ocotes Alto, Honduras, June
Ocotes Alto, drilling a well in 22. The construction project
Honduras Aguan, and proving is one part of the NEW HORI-
general medical support. NEW ZONS Honduras 2015 train-
HORIZONS was launched in the ing exercise taking place
1980s and is an annual joint throughout Trujillo and To-
humanitarian assistance exer- coa, Honduras. NEW HORI-
cise that U.S. Southern Com- ZONS was launched in the
mand conducts with a partner 1980s and is an annual joint
nation in Central America, humanitarian assistance
South America or the Caribbe- exercise that U.S. Southern
an. The exercise improves joint Command conducts with
training readiness of U.S. and a partner nation in Central America, South America or the Caribbean. The exercise im-
partner nation civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through humani- proves joint training readiness of U.S. and partner nation civil engineers, medical profes-
tarian assistance activities. sionals and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities.