Brig. Gen. Rodney Boyd, Assistant Adjutant General -Army and Commander of the Illinois Army National Guard, and Colombian Army Brig. Gen. Hernando Garzon Rey, U.S. Army South Deputy Commanding General - Interoperability, receive an operations brief of Exercise Southern Vanguard 23 on Nov. 8, 2022 at Tolemaida Military Base, Colombia. Exercise Southern Vanguard 23, involves Soldiers from U.S. Army South and the U.S. Army National Guard training alongside Colombian Army soldiers in varying terrain while conducting weapon familiarization lanes culminating in a bilateral military training operation. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Alan Brutus)