March 23, 2018

Navy surgeon general strengthens Navy Medicine’s ties with Brazil

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, met with senior officials and toured Brazilian Navy medical facilities during a visit to Brazil March 11-14.

March 23, 2018

Preventive Medicine, Saving Lives

PUERTO CORTES, Honduras (NNS) -- The ability to shower in a remote campground, or shave every morning in a plastic storage container or walk on dry sand because of proper drainage are all luxuries made possible by the Continuing Promise 2018 (CP18) Forward Deployed Preventive Medicine Unit.

March 9, 2018

Training boosts US response capabilities in the Americas

U.S. Special Forces personnel with SOCSOUTH and their Panamanian security counterparts culminated a month-long training exchange last month held throughout Panama.

March 9, 2018

SOUTHCOM, DOD Recognize Technicians Assisting Caribbean

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) recognized a team of subject-matter experts providing technical assistance to maritime-security forces in the Caribbean March 8 after the team earned a Department of Defense award for “excellence in maintenance training, advice, and assistance of foreign security forces.”

March 5, 2018

Admiral Highlights Southcom’s Strengthened Partnerships

WASHINGTON — U.S. Southern Command is strengthening interagency cooperation as well as partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbean to address evolving security threats, Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, commander of U.S. Southern Command, said.

Feb. 22, 2018

W. Va. Guard leaders meet with Peruvian counterparts

LIMA, Peru - West Virginia National Guard senior leaders and members of the State Partnership Program met with Peruvian military leadership in Lima, Peru recently to develop a path forward for future engagements in the coming months and years.

Feb. 21, 2018

Army South hosts Soldiers from El Salvador

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — U.S. Army South recently hosted a delegation from the Armed Forces of El Salvador for a series of staff talk steering committee meetings. The delegation from El Salvador was led by Col. Angel Lima.

Feb. 21, 2018

Joint Task Force-Bravo volunteers visit Villages of Comayagua and La Paz

Comayagua, Honduras — After walking twelve kilometers uphill, carrying a backpack containing 25 pounds of food, a total of 200 members of Joint Task Force-Bravo arrived in the community of Las Minitas, Ajuterique in the department of Comayagua, to carry out the 75th Chapel Hike, Saturday, February 3, 2018.

Feb. 16, 2018

Southcom Commander: Modest Investments Needed to Build Security Network

WASHINGTON — U.S. Southern Command has focused on building a “regional security network of principled, inclusive partnerships,” Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, Southcom’s commander, told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Feb. 12, 2018

12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) Air Force Section Chief Theater Security Cooperation Workshop

TUCSON, Ariz. — The workshop brought key personnel together to discuss strategy and to plan fiscal years 2019-2021 events in 12th Air Force’s (Air Forces Southern) Area of Responsibility. Seventeen Air Force Section Chiefs, fourteen National Guard Bureau State Partner Program representatives, as well as, air advisors from the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron, officials from U.S. Southern Command and Secretary of the Air Force International Affairs joined members of 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) for the workshop.