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Three small boats are ablaze in ocean as a white coast guard ship sails in the background.

May 14 2026

Disrupting Narco-Terrorist Networks

Latest news and information on SOUTHCOM efforts to work with partners to detect, disrupt, and dismantle cartels and narco-terrorist networks.
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Aug 18 2026

Support to Colombia Earthquake Relief

U.S. military forces support Department of State-led U.S. disaster assistance to the people of Colombia in the aftermath of the August 10, 2026, earthquake.
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks at a lectern on a stage to a seated audience.

Aug 13 2026

Changing the Game

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told members of the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition that the U.S. is firmly committed to working alongside them to dismantle dangerous transnational criminal drug cartels.
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U.S. Marines offload disaster assistance supplies from a Landing Craft

Jun 29 2026

Support to Venezuela Earthquake Relief

U.S. military forces supported Department of State-led U.S. disaster assistance to the people of Venezuela in the aftermath of the June 24, 2026, earthquakes.
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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma crew members conduct interdiction operations in the Gulf of America, May 8, 2026. Tahoma’s crew, alongside a deployed Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron aircrew, stopped three suspected smuggling vessels carrying narcotics during a maritime patrol approximately 90 miles off Cartagena, Colombia. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Disrupting Narco-Terrorist Networks

Support to Colombia Earthquake Relief

Changing the Game

Support to Venezuela Earthquake Relief

News

State Partnership Program | Nat'l Guard | Aug. 21, 2026

Georgia Guard Soldiers Endure Jungle Operations Training

High heat, constant humidity, heavy rainfall, dense vegetation, dangerous animals and countless insects are what Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 54th Security Force Assistance Brigade endured at the Combined Jungle Training Center-South in Panama

State Partnership Program | Nat'l Guard | Aug. 20, 2026

Constructing Interoperability: Massachusetts National Guard engineers bo...

More than 50 Soldiers and Airmen from the Massachusetts National Guard conducted a joint engineering mission with the Paraguayan Armed Forces to renovate critical infrastructure at military training sites near Asunción, Paraguay, July 13-26, 2026.

SOUTHCOM Imperatives | Aug. 19, 2026

Strengthening Hemispheric Security: DASA Patrick Mason Highlights UAS/CU...

Today, in a major effort to accelerate defense modernization and strengthen security cooperation across the Western Hemisphere, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Defense Exports and Cooperation (DASA (DEC)), Mr. Patrick Mason, and his

SOUTHCOM Release | Aug. 18, 2026

Gen. Donovan Visits Ecuador

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Commander of U.S. Southern Command, completed his third official visit to Ecuador today, which included high-level dialogue meetings with Ecuadorian Minister of Defense Gian Carlo Loffredo Rendon

Commander

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Francis L. Donovan is the Commander of U.S. Southern Command. Gen. Donovan assumed command Feb. 5, 2026

GEN. DONOVAN'S BIO

Four Imperatives

SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan has developed four imperatives to posture the U.S. military to confront the threats facing the Western Hemisphere.

Strengthen hemispheric command and control.
Impose total systemic friction on drug cartels and terrorist organizations.
Develop and field cost-effective, modernized forces tailored for the mission.
Deny adversary footholds and undue influence in the Western Hemisphere.

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LCF-24: USS San Antonio Straddles the Caribbean Sea and Pacific in Panama

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Aug. 1, 2026 | 4:02

San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17), transits through the Panama Canal, Aug. 1, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in support of Department of War-directed operations, and the President’s priorities.  (U.S. Marine Corps video) 