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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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May 15 2026

USS Nimitz Trains with Brazilian Navy

The Brazilian and U.S. navies conducted a bilateral maritime engagement as part of the Southern Seas 2026 deployment in the Atlantic Ocean, May 12-13.
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Apr 21 2026

New Autonomous Warfare Command

U.S. Marine Gen. Francis L. Donovan, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), has directed the establishment of the SOUTHCOM Autonomous Warfare Command (SAWC).
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Mar 17 2026

SOUTHCOM Commander Testifies Before Congress

SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee March 19 and the House Armed Services Committee March 17.
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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

Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Trains with Brazilian Navy

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New Autonomous Warfare Command

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SOUTHCOM Commander Testifies Before Congress

News

Strengthening Partnerships | June 9, 2026

U.S., Honduran forces strengthen intelligence partnership during exchang...

U.S. service members assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo conducted a subject matter expert exchange with Honduran counterparts from May 19-21 at the Dirección de Información Estratégica, reinforcing bilateral cooperation and advancing intelligence

Training & Exercises | June 9, 2026

LCF-24 Conducts Simultaneous Joint Air and Sea Operations, Showcasing Ad...

Littoral Combat Force 24 (LCF-24) demonstrated its operational versatility and joint-force interoperability June 4, 2026, executing two highly complex, concurrent training missions spanning from the flight deck of the USS Fort Lauderdale(LPD-28) to

SOUTHCOM Release | June 4, 2026

Gen. Donovan Visits Guatemala

U.S. Marine Corps General Francis Donovan, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), completed a two-day visit to Guatemala today that included meetings with President Bernardo Arévalo; Minister of National Defense, General Henry David Sáenz

Operation Southern Spear | June 3, 2026

Lethal Kinetic Strike, June 3, 2026

On June 3, at the direction of the commander of U.S. Southern Command Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations.

SOUTHCOM Commander

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

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Coast Guard Cutter Valiant interdicts self-propelled semi-submersible in the Eastern Pacific

U.S. Coast Guard PADET Jacksonville

Sept. 23, 2019 | 0:19

A boarding team from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant board a semi-submersible vessel suspected of smuggling cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Sept. 5, 2019. Approximately 500 kilograms of cocaine were removed from the vessel and four suspected smugglers were taken into custody. Several thousand additional kilograms of cocaine estimated to be aboard the vessel could not be removed due to stability and safety problems and the semi-submersible was later sunk as a hazard to navigation.