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The Coast Guard and members of multiple partner agencies participate in Integrated Advance 2019 exercise at the Miami-Dade County Emergency Operations Center, April 12, 2019. Integrated Advance provides an opportunity for the Coast Guard, SOUTHCOM and its component commands, and multiple partners from varying levels in the Federal, State, and local governments, to exercise the whole of government response to a maritime mass migration scenario in the Caribbean. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Murray.
190412-G-JQ423-1001
Coast Guardsmen participate in Integrated Advance 2019 exercise at the Miami-Dade County Emergency Operations Center, April 12, 2019. Integrated Advance provides an opportunity for the Coast Guard, SOUTHCOM and its component commands, and multiple partners from varying levels in the Federal, State, and local governments, to exercise the whole of government response to a maritime mass migration scenario in the Caribbean. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Murray.
/ Published April 15, 2019
Integrated Advance provides an opportunity for SOUTHCOM and its component commands to exercise working closely with various federal agencies, as well as state and local governments, in the case of a humanitarian crisis. This year’s exercise will focus on preparing for a maritime mass migration in the Caribbean, but is unrelated to any specific real-world event.
The Department of Homeland Security is the lead federal agency responsible for mass migration operations. SOUTHCOM trains every year in order to be able to support Homeland Security Task Force-Southeast’s mass migration operations plan, Operation Vigilant Sentry.
For more information on Operation Vigilant Sentry or Homeland Security Task Force-Southeast, contact LCDR Ryan Kelley at ryan.p.kelley@uscg.mil. For information on this or other SOUTHCOM exercises, contact LCDR Rebecca Haggard at rebecca.b.haggard.mil@mail.mil.
