Participants from three Honduran partner agencies respond to the first inject during Jaguar Sentinel, a JTF-Bravo led tabletop exercise Feb. 28, 2025, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Jaguar Sentinel is a forum for key players to share experience, capabilities and act as force multipliers during a crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo)

March 7, 2025

Jaguar Sentinel prepares US, Honduran forces for crisis response

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo met with the Permanent Commission on Contingencies (COPECO) during Jaguar Sentinel Honduras, an emergency response tabletop exercise series, Feb. 27-28 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Joint Task Force-Bravo, Costa Rica Emergency Medical Team, and local community members pose for a group photo after a Medical Readiness Training Exercise in Pejibaye, Costa Rica, February 27, 2025.

March 6, 2025

JTF-Bravo medical exercise treats 620 Costa Ricans

PEJIBAYE, Costa Rica — Seventeen Joint Task Force-Bravo members assigned to the 349th Medical Detachment traveled to Pejibaye, Costa Rica, to team up with 46 Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social members to conduct a Medical Readiness Training Exercise and provided medical care to 620 people between February 25-27, 2025.

A military helicopter flies at low altitude over the deck of a navy ship as sailors look on.

March 6, 2025

Trilateral Maritime Exercise Supports Allied Interoperability

CARIBBEAN SEA — Showing the benefits of maritime presence in the Caribbean, three warships and one aircraft from three allied nations conducted a passing exercise (PASSEX) on Mar. 3 designed to increase interoperability and enhance capability.

Logistics, sustainment keeps JTF Southern Guard moving, stocked, fueled

March 4, 2025

Logistics, sustainment keeps JTF Southern Guard moving, stocked, fueled

NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — Nobody wants an outsider coming in and stirring the pot, adding their two cents, or giving advice. While most sections prefer to keep their turf untouched, there’s one team of subject matter experts that everyone wants all in their operational Kool-Aid: the logisticians of Joint Task Force Southern Guard (JTF-SG) J4.

Logistics, sustainment keeps JTF Southern Guard moving, stocked, fueled

March 4, 2025

Logistics, sustainment keeps JTF Southern Guard moving, stocked, fueled

NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — Nobody wants an outsider coming in and stirring the pot, adding their two cents, or giving advice. While most sections prefer to keep their turf untouched, there’s one team of subject matter experts that everyone wants all in their operational Kool-Aid: the logisticians of Joint Task Force Southern Guard (JTF-SG) J4.

Delegates from the U.S.-Ecuador Maritime Staff Talks pose for a group photo at the historic St. Francis Barracks, now headquarters building of the Florida National Guard, in St. Augustine, Fla., February 27, 2025. Maritime Staff Talks (MST) serve as an annual comprehensive engagement venue to program, direct, and coordinate all maritime activities between the U.S. and Partner Nations. The overarching MST objective is to increase coordination and integration across the U.S. maritime services and Partner Nations to plan and conduct theater-level security cooperation in order to provide combatant commanders more effective and efficient maritime force packages. U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet is the trusted maritime partner for Caribbean, Central and South America maritime forces leading to improved unity, security and stability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Steven Khor/Released)

Feb. 28, 2025

U.S. 4th Fleet Conducts Maritime Staff Talks with Ecuador

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Rear Adm. Carlos Sardiello, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet, hosted a delegation from the Ecuadorian Navy (Armada del Ecuador) for Maritime Staff Talks (MST) Feb. 27-28. Discussions focused on upcoming exercises, including Ecuador's participation in UNITAS 2025, which will serve as a key event commemorating the upcoming 250th anniversaries of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth smiles while talking with smiling sailors standing outdoors.

Feb. 26, 2025

Hegseth Visits Guantanamo Bay, Engages With Troops

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth traveled to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he took time to speak to service members who are currently supporting the illegal alien holding operations being led by the Department of Homeland Security.

LIMA, Peru (Feb. 15, 2025) Part of the Navy Medicine Research & Development enterprise, NAMRU SOUTH conducts research on a wide range of infectious diseases of military and public health significance and supports Global Health Engagement through surveillance of those diseases, including dengue fever, malaria, diarrheal diseases and antimicrobial-resistant infections. (U.S. Navy graphic by Naval Medical Research Command/Released)

Feb. 25, 2025

Journal of Infectious Diseases Publishes Article on 40 Years of NAMRU SOUTH Work and Research

LIMA, PERU — LIMA, Peru - U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) SOUTH published a collection of peer-reviewed articles highlighting the command’s ongoing military medical research efforts in The Journal of Infectious Diseases on February 15.The articles cover 40 years of NAMRU SOUTH’s medical achievements in infectious disease surveillance, control and

Sailors aboard USS St. Louis (LCS 19) man the lines as the ship arrives at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, after a deployment to the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.

Feb. 25, 2025

USS St. Louis (LCS 19) Completes Maiden Deployment to Fourth Fleet

MAYPORT, FLORIDA — USS St. Louis (LCS 19), a Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), returned to Naval Station Mayport this week, concluding its maiden deployment to the U.S. Fourth Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR).

The Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2025, led by AFSOUTH Surgeon General, will embed Air Force Reserve Command medical personnel within host nation hospitals and clinics across the Lesser Antilles region and Guyana. These Global Health Engagements enhance military readiness, strengthen partner nation healthcare systems, and foster resilience through expertise sharing and collaboration with local providers.

Feb. 21, 2025

U.S. Military Launches LAMAT ‘25 to Strengthen Readiness, Global Partnerships

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — A Global Health Engagement mission led by U.S. Air Forces Southern, is set to launch its third iteration encompassing four partner nations Feb. 24 – April 11, 2025.

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