The Department of Defense is providing support to the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti.
The 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment (1-14 FAR) deployed to the Atacama Desert with the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) to conduct artillery training operations with the Chilean army during Southern Fenix 24.
The Chilean navy hosted this year's UNITAS, which featured 17 vessels, 2 submarines, 20 aircraft and more than 4,300 personnel from 24 partner nations.
In Chile Aug. 27-29, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Charles Q. Brown, and Gen. Laura Richardson joined with senior South American defense leaders to discuss leveraging new technologies to help confront regional threats.

LATEST NEWS AND RELEASES

SOUTHCOM to host change-of-command ceremony Nov. 07
Official shield of U.S. Southern Command.
Oct. 15, 2024 - U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Alvin Holsey is scheduled to assume duties as commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) from U.S. Army Gen. Laura J. Richardson during a change-of command ceremony 1 p.m. Nov. 7, 2024, at the command’s headquarters.

Honduran Minister of Defense Visits SOUTHCOM
U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), and Honduran Minister of Defense Rixi Moncada Godoy, walk to the entrance of the command's headquarters as honors are rendered. The minister visited SOUTHCOM in Miami to meet with command leaders to discuss regional security and the longstanding U.S.-Honduran security partnership. (Photo by Erica Bechard, U.S. Southern Command Public Affairs)
Oct. 7, 2024 - Honduran Minister of Defense Rixi Moncada Godoy visited U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Oct. 7 to meet with SOUTHCOM commander, U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, and command leadership to discuss security cooperation.

U.S. Southern Command Donates Two Mobile Clinics to the People of Trinidad and Tobago
Sept. 19, 2024 - On September 18, the United States Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) Humanitarian Assistance Program through the U.S. Embassy Port of Spain donated two mobile medical units, known as “Clinics in a Can,” valued at US$490,534 to the people of Trinidad and Tobago through the Ministry of Health.

Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Navy offload $44.2 million worth of drugs in San Diego
U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Timothy Lavier and Lt. Jared F. Mihalcik meet with the command of the HMCS Yellowknife, while moored in San Diego, Sept. 12, 2024.  The Royal Canadian Navy worked on patrol with a Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment to support the counter-narcotics mission. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Uranga/Released)
Sept. 12, 2024 - The Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy offloaded $44.2 million worth of cocaine in San Diego, Thursday morning. The crew aboard Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Yellowknife (706) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment team interdicted more than 3,100 lbs. of cocaine approximately 430 miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, September 5.

Air Forces Southern welcomes new commander, activates to Service Component Command
Maj. Gen. David Mineau, right, accepts a guidon from U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, left, during a Change of Command ceremony at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Sep. 11, 2024. At the direction of the Secretary of the Air Force, Air Forces Southern was elevated to a Service Component Command.  The Air Force is organizing its major commands, or MAJCOMs, into Institutional Commands, responsible for organizing, training, and equipping Airmen, and Service Component Commands, responsible for preparing Airmen for warfighting in a combatant command’s area of responsibility. The changes are part of the Department of the Air Force’s Great Power Competition initiative. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rachel Maxwell)
Sept. 11, 2024 - Maj. Gen. David Mineau accepted command of the newly activated Air Forces Southern from U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin during a Change of Command ceremony at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Sept. 11, 2024.

Coast Guard offloads more than $54 million in illegal narcotics interdicted in Caribbean Sea
Crew members form U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 111 and British Royal Navy team embarked aboard HMS Trent (P244) interdicts a semi-submersible drug smuggling vessel in the international waters of the Caribbean Sea, Aug. 26, 2024. Three suspected smugglers and 1,239 pounds of illegal narcotics from this interdiction were transferred to federal custody for prosecution by the U.S. Department of Justice. (Courtesy image from United Kingdom Royal Navy)
Sept. 10, 2024 - The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence offloaded more than 4,125 pounds of cocaine with an assessed street value of approximately $54 million in Port Everglades, Monday. 

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