April 16, 2024

Commander of U.S. Southern Command Visits Guatemala for Meetings With Guatemalan and Regional Leaders

U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), will arrive in Guatemala City, Monday, April 15, marking her first official visit to the country. 

March 19, 2023

CENTAM Guardian 23 kicks off with an opening ceremony

Soldiers and interagency partners conducting the exercise will employ specific occupational skills such as special operations, naval warfare, military intelligence, K-9 handlers, cyber warfare, medics, civil affairs, aviation and support personnel, to employ real world based scenarios for partner nation militaries to exercise, assess, and update tactics and procedures.

Jan. 23, 2023

Joint Task Force – Bravo conducts medical engagement in Olancho, Honduras

Joint Task Force – Bravo received a unique request during U.S. Southern Command’s Health Engagements Assistance Response Team HEART 2022 mission to work alongside partner nation medical professionals to provide surgical and medical services to communities in Guatemala and Honduras.

Nov. 1, 2022

USNS Comfort Completes First Mission Stop of Continuing Promise 2022 in Guatemala

CARIBBEAN SEA — U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) completed its first mission stop of Continuing Promise 2022 in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, Oct. 31, 2022.

Oct. 31, 2022

Arkansas Air Guardsmen Provide Medical Care in Guatemala

PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala — Arkansas Air National Guard members helped provide medical care in Guatemala alongside U.S. and foreign military, government and civilian personnel during the Continuing Promise 2022 mission Oct. 26-31.

Oct. 28, 2022

USNS Comfort Commences Continuing Promise 2022 in Guatemala

PUERTO BARRIOS, GUATEMALA — Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) anchored off the coast of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, in support of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet's Continuing Promise 2022 (CP22) mission, Oct. 26.

Aug. 18, 2022

U.S. Military Health Team will visit Guatemala in August

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The 2022 Health Engagements Assistance Response Team (HEART 22) will visit hospitals in Guatemala City and Quetzaltenango in mid-August 2022. HEART 22 is a team of U.S. Army and Air Force medical and support personnel assigned to the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). Approximately 25 members will travel to Guatemala.

June 22, 2022

Resolute Sentinel 22: Sharing Knowledge and Building Partnerships

U.S. military medics arrived in San Salvador, El Salvador June 5, 2022, to integrate with the El Salvadoran military and medical staff at Hospital Militar Central for Operation Resolute Sentinel 22. Resolute Sentinel 22 provides joint training and improved readiness for U.S. civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities in El Salvador.

June 16, 2022

WVNG Joins Operation Resolute Sentinel in Guatemala

Soldiers from the West Virginia National Guard’s 115th Engineer Company, 1092nd Engineer Battalion, are in Flores, Guatemala, to support Operation Resolute Sentinel 22.

June 13, 2022

Sentinel Watch prepares Guatemala and U.S. military for regional disasters

Guatemala City, Guatemala — Personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo, the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA), the Guatemalan National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) and Guatemalan military representatives conducted a two-day humanitarian assistance and disaster relief tabletop exercise, Sentinel Watch, June 8-9.