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Lt. Col. Erin Merryweather, deputy commander of clinical services, Utah Medical Command, evaluates a young patient in Ladyville, Belize, April 18, 2017, during a community relations event held as part of Beyond the Horizon 2017. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Fredrick Varney

April 21, 2017

U.S. Troops Visit Children’s Home in Belize

LADYVILLE, Belize — Soldiers are helping others through Beyond the Horizon, a partnership exercise between the government of Belize and U.S. Southern Command, where they are providing free medical services and construction projects throughout Belize.

Pfc. Alfredo Ponce, a carpenter with the 808th Engineer Company, levels a cinder block on the foundation of a new medical clinic April 15, 2017, during a construction project at Double Head Cabbage, Belize as part of Beyond the Horizon 2017. The construction project is one of five scheduled for Beyond the Horizon 2017, a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, Army South-led exercise designed to provide humanitarian and engineering services to local communities in Belize. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Fredrick Varney, 131st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

April 20, 2017

U.S. Army engineers build clinics, school in Belize during Beyond the Horizon 2017

U.S. service members and their Belizean counterparts are working on several different construction projects throughout the country of Belize as part of Beyond the Horizon 2017, which runs from March 25 until June 17.

Spc. Braydon Berger, a combat medic assigned to Utah National Guard Medical Command, prepares to check vital signs on a local Belizean woman during a free medical event held in Ladyville, Belize, April 9, 2017, as a part of Beyond the Horizon 2017. BTH 2017 is an on-going partnership exercise between the Government of Belize and U.S. Southern Command that will provide three free medical service events and five construction projects throughout the country of Belize from March 25 until June 17. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Fredrick Varney, 131st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

April 14, 2017

Beyond the Horizon 2017 provides free medical services event in Belize

LADYVILLE, Belize — U.S. Soldiers and Marines worked together to open a free medical clinic in Ladyville, Belize, April 9, as a part of Beyond the Horizon 2017. BTH 2017 is a partnership exercise between the government of Belize and U.S. Southern Command that will provide three free medical service events and five construction projects throughout the country from March 25 until June 17.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ricardo Sequeira, 628th Medical Operations Support Squadron and 14th Airlift Squadron flight surgeon, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, right, talks to a member of the Honduran air force about flight medicine during an aerospace medicine subject matter expert exchange in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 4. The goal of the global health exchange is to share best practices, enhance relationships, and build partnership capacities.

April 13, 2017

Airmen use special experience to foster relationships during Global Health Engagement

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - — A team of five Airmen, two with a special experience identifier earned through the International Health Specialist (IHS) program, traveled to Tegucigalpa, Honduras to work side-by-side with their Honduran air force counterparts during a subject matter expert exchange here, April 3.

MAYAPO, Colombia (March 24, 2017) - Lt. Andrew Smith, a native of Richmond, Va., assigned to Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Fla., examines a host nation patient at the Continuing Promise 2017 (CP-17) medical site in Mayapo, Colombia. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brittney Cannady)

April 12, 2017

Continuing Promise 2017 Mission Concludes Final Mission Stop in Popoya Playa

POPOYA PLAYA, Colombia (NNS) -- The Continuing Promise 2017 (CP-17) mission made its last mission stop at the Popoya Playa School, from March 25-29, where personnel deployed in support of CP-17 conducted an array of different activities such as infrastructure enhancement, nutrition classes and preventative health tips.

Staff Sgt. José Alequin, Joint Task Force-Bravo Joint Security Forces, shows participants how to properly immobilize a person during a Subject Matter Expert Exchange between JSF and local public forces in Comayagua.

April 11, 2017

La Paz, Comayagua Police force receives training

COMAYAGUA, Honduras — To further strengthen the knowledge of the local police forces, 115 members of the National Police force Comayagua and La Paz participated in a Subject matter Exchange with Joint Security Forces personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo, stationed at Soto Cano Air Base in Palmerola, Comayagua.

NAS JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Apr. 6, 2017) - Aircrewmen assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 8 perform pre-flight procedures aboard a Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime aircraft in preparation to support search and rescue efforts for the missing Republic of Korea cargo ship crew in the FOURTH Fleet Area of Operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clay Whaley/RELEASED)

April 7, 2017

Navy Deploys P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to Search for Missing Republic of Korea Crew

The U.S. Navy deployed a Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime aircraft to Galeão Air Force Base in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Apr. 6 to search for members assigned to a missing Republic of Korea vessel.

Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, commander of U.S. Southern Command, second from left, is briefed on the equipment used by an elite Colombian Army unit in their efforts to disrupt narco-traffickers in the country during a visit to Tumaco, Colombia, Apr. 20, 2016. Photo courtesy of the Colombian Armed Forces

April 6, 2017

U.S. Wants to Remain 'Partner of Choice' in Latin America

WASHINGTON — The United States wants to remain the "partner of choice" in Latin America by providing better options than other entities in the region, Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, said in an interview with DoD News.

Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, addresses an audience of Southcom staff during a commander’s call at the command’s Miami headquarters, Nov. 9, 2016. Southcom photo by Raymond Sarracino

April 6, 2017

Southcom Chief: Command Focuses on Countering Threat Networks

WASHINGTON — Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, discussed issues from countering international threat networks to providing better barracks for service members assigned at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during a Pentagon news conference.

A C-130J taxis on the flightline as part of an 11-ship C-130J formation Oct. 24, 2016, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. Little Rock AFB is home to the largest C-130 fleet in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Grace Nichols)

April 6, 2017

Air Force C-130 Aircraft Deploy to Peru for Flood-Relief Mission

DORAL, Fla. — At the request of the Peruvian government, two U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, flew to Lima, Peru, to support ongoing U.S. disaster assistance to communities devastated by floods resulting from torrential rainfall in the country’s northern region.