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Honduras

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14 platform lines · 16 mapped sites · 9 deployable units

Personnel & posture

Active personnel
20k
Reserve / mobilization pool
60k
Mobilization window
~14 days to full field army
Alliance
US security partner
GDP (est.)
$34B

Order of battle

Bases & infrastructure (16)

  • Secretaría de Defensa Tegucigalpa

    hub

    Honduran Armed Forces HQ.

    command

  • Soto Cano Air Base (JTF-Bravo)

    airport

    US Southern Command forward node.

    air

  • Puerto Cortés

    port

    Caribbean's largest Central American port.

    trade

  • La Ceiba coastal garrison

    military base

    Caribbean patrol sector.

    army

  • Comayagua air base

    airport

    Honduran Air Force operations.

    air

  • Gracias Lempira border

    military base

    El Salvador frontier.

    army

  • Roatán island patrol

    military base

    Bay Islands maritime security.

    naval

  • US JTF-Bravo headquarters

    hub

    Humanitarian and security hub.

    command

  • Toncontín Airport sector

    airport

    Capital air access.

    air

  • Choluteca southern border

    military base

    Nicaragua frontier.

    army

  • Trujillo Caribbean coast

    port

    Coastal smuggling beaches.

    trade

  • Catacamas Olancho hub

    military base

    Eastern jungle infiltration.

    army

  • Siguatepeque central garrison

    military base

    Interior highway node.

    army

  • Palmerola International Airport

    airport

    New civilian-military hub.

    air

  • San Pedro Sula gang zone

    hub

    Industrial city violence epicenter.

    covert

  • Soto Cano JTF-Bravo

    airport

    US security hub.

    air

Deployable units (9)

  • AH-1F Cobra attack helicopterair · US-supplied gunships
  • F-5E Tiger II squadronair · Legacy interceptor
  • TIGRE special forcesarmy · Counter-narcotics elite
  • Coast Guard patrol squadronnavy · Caribbean interdiction
  • JTF-Bravo liaison detachmentfacility · US rotational presence
  • Gang containment battalionarmy · San Pedro Sula ops
  • Naval infantry companynavy · Amphibious patrol
  • Cartel facilitation cellarmy · Olancho transit
  • Migration interdiction platoonarmy · Northern exodus routes

Theater glossary

JTF-Bravo
US Joint Task Force Bravo — Soto Cano, Honduras since 1983.
Soto Cano
Palmerola area air base — US Southern Command hub.
TIGRE
Honduran special forces — counter-narcotics and CT.
Puerto Cortés
Largest port in Central America — Caribbean trade.
Northern Triangle
Guatemala–Honduras–El Salvador security crisis.
San Pedro Sula
Industrial city — highest homicide rates in region.
Palmerola
New international airport at Soto Cano — dual-use expansion.
Olancho
Cocaine transit province — jungle landing strips.
Caribbean coast
Trujillo and La Ceiba — maritime smuggling beaches.
Mérida Initiative
US-Honduras security cooperation program.
Xiomara Castro
President — security reform and US partnership.
Chokepoint
Narrow sea or land passage where trade or military traffic can be blocked.
Rare earth
Elements used in magnets, motors, and precision weapons — China dominates refining.
SPR
Strategic Petroleum Reserve — emergency crude stockpile.
TSMC
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing — advanced logic fab cluster.
Hormuz
Strait of Hormuz — ~20% of global oil transits.
Malacca
Strait of Malacca — busiest shipping lane between Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Suwałki corridor
Poland–Lithuania land bridge — NATO logistics vulnerability.
Cobalt belt
DRC–Zambia mining corridor — battery supply chain.
Lithium triangle
Chile–Argentina–Bolivia brine deposits — EV battery input.
Grain corridor
Black Sea / Danube export routes — global food security.
Red Sea corridor
Bab el-Mandeb through Suez — Houthi interdiction risk.
Taiwan Strait lane
Kaohsiung–Busan chip & container sea lane under blockade exercise.
Black Sea grain lane
Odesa/Danube export routes under missile and mine threat.
Horn access lane
Djibouti–Massawa–Assab Red Sea port competition axis.