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Aug. 11, 2017

USS Chafee crew intercepts 827 kilograms of cocaine

The Pearl Harbor-based Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, USS Chafee (DDG 90), seized more than 800 kilos of illicit narcotics Wednesday, Aug. 2, off the coast of Central America.

Master Sgt. Christopher Bates, 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron fuels management air advisor, trains members from the Belize Defense Force Air Wing on fuels and emergency management techniques. (Courtesy Photo)

Aug. 10, 2017

MSAS Airmen increase Belize Defense Force aviation capability

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A mobile training team of eight Airmen assigned to the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron recently deployed to the Belize Defense Force Air Wing in Ladyville, Belize, July 12-29.

Aug. 8, 2017

Colombian Air Force leads multinational airdrop mission

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — The Colombian Air Force conducted a multinational personnel airdrop mission from their Casa 295 aircraft during Exercise Mobility Guardian Aug. 6.

Navy Chaplain (Lt. Cmdr.) Clifford Rutledge takes a selfie with students at República de Colombia Elementary School in Silin, Honduras, Aug. 1, 2017. Sailors participated in a community relations project as part of Southern Partnership Station 2017, a U.S. Navy deployment focused on subject-matter-expert exchanges with partner-nation militaries and security forces in Central and South America. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Starr

Aug. 8, 2017

Navy Seabees, medical experts help Honduran students

SILIN, Honduras — Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 and medical professionals from the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence participated in a community relations project at the República de Colombia Elementary School in Silin, Honduras.

Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba crewmembers offload more than 3 tons of cocaine in Port Everglades, Florida Monday, Aug. 7, 2017.

Aug. 8, 2017

Coast Guard offloads more than 3 tons of cocaine in Port Everglades

MIAMI — MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba offloaded approximately 3.1 tons of cocaine Monday in Port Everglades worth an estimated $85 million in wholesale value seized in international waters off the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

U.S. Marines prepare their CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter for takeoff from La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Aug. 1, 2017.

Aug. 7, 2017

SPMAGTF-SC aviation Marines arrive in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — U.S. Marines with the Aviation Combat Element, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, kicked off their arrival to Guatemala with a media day at the La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, Guatemala, July 31, 2017.

Aug. 4, 2017

U.S. Army readiness, humanitarian mission go hand in hand

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A team of U.S. Army medical personnel from Brooke Army Medical Center participated in a training exercise in Hospital Escuela and Hospital Maria in Tegucigalpa, Honduras from July 19 – 27, performing complex trauma surgical procedures in a resource limited environment with logistical support from Joint Task Force-Bravo.

Colombian air force Brazilian air force Mobility Guardian

Aug. 4, 2017

Brazilian, Colombian air forces participate in Mobility Guardian

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — The Colombian air force and Brazilian air force conducted their first flights for the Mobility Guardian exercise Aug. 2.

Aug. 3, 2017

Chapel Hike 73: Developing relationships

EL TALADRO, Comayagua — More than 200 soldiers, airman and marines from Joint Task Force-Bravo and the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Southern Command participated in Chapel Hike 73 last Saturday, providing more than 5,000 pounds of donated food for the community of El Taladro in Comayagua, Honduras.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Dustin J. Houghton, an infantry trainer with the Belize Detachment, Ground Combat Element, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, trains service members with the Belize Defence Force in basic combat marksmanship near Ladyville, Belize, July 20, 2017. The training was part of basic infantry skills course taught by the detachment to members of the BDF. The Marines and sailors of SPMAGTF-SC are deployed to Central America from June to November 2017 to conduct security cooperation training and engineering projects with their counterparts in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

Aug. 3, 2017

SPMAGTF-SC Marines conduct security cooperation training across Central America

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — U.S. Marines with the Ground Combat Element, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, are conducting training with host nation militaries while deployed in Central America, June - November, 2017.