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U.S. Army Col. Brian Marzan, Division Chief of U.S. Army South Training and Exercises and co-director of Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias 2019, answers media questions at the opening ceremony of FA-HUM 19.

May 8, 2019

U.S. Army South conducts multinational humanitarian assistance/disaster relief exercise for the Dominican Republic

Over 300 military forces and humanitarian assistance/disaster relief personnel gathered for the opening ceremony for Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias, May 6, 2019, at the Ministry of Defense in Santo Domingo.

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan stands at the top of steps with the Colombian Vice President; service members stand on each side.

May 8, 2019

Colombian Vice President's Pentagon Visit Highlights Bilateral Relationship

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan hosted Colombian Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez at the Pentagon to reaffirm the close partnership between the United States and Colombia and to discuss the ongoing political and economic crisis in Venezuela.

The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) anchors off the coast of Colombia.

May 8, 2019

Navy Hospital Ship Deploying to Help Venezuelan Refugees

The U.S. is sending a hospital ship to aid in the refugee crisis resulting from instability in Venezuela. At the annual Washington Conference on the Americas at the State Department, Vice President Mike Pence announced the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort will deploy to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations next month.

The 45,000-square-foot Conference Center of the Americas sits next to the U.S. Southern Command headquarters building in Doral, Florida. Work is now complete on a $2.5 million modernization project for a suite of facility communication distribution systems throughout the facility, a job managed by the Huntsville, Alabama-based U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center. Spearheading the effort was the team from Huntsville Center’s Communications Infrastructure and Systems Support, or CIS2, a program under the Facility Technology Integration branch.

May 6, 2019

CIS2 team’s conference center upgrades bolster SOUTHCOM capabilities

Work is complete on a $2.5 million modernization project for U.S. Southern Command’s 45,000-square-foot Conference Center of the Americas in Doral, Florida.

Air advisors from the 571 Mobility Support Advisory Squadron, and Guatemalan air force students practice loading a litter patient into the partner nation’s UH-1 aircraft during a mobile training mission at Aurora Air Base in Guatemala. The students are part of the first aeromedical evacuation unit in the Guatemalan air force. (Courtesy Photo)

May 6, 2019

Air Advisor mission leaves lasting impression with the Guatemalan armed forces

A team of 13 members from the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron completed training from February 13 through April 11 with the Guatemalan air force at Aurora Air Base and Mariscal Zavala Army Base in Guatemala City.

April 30, 2019

United States, Republic of Peru sign historic agreement to enhance search and rescue capabilities

WASHINGTON -- The governments of the United States and the Republic of Peru entered into the U.S.-Peru Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) Agreement in a signing ceremony held April 29, 2019, at the Peruvian Foreign Ministry in Lima, Peru.Peruvian Foreign Minister Néstor Popolizio Bardales and U.S. Ambassador to Peru Krishna R. Urs

U.S. Navy Adm. Craig Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command, meets with Ecuador's Minister of Defence, General Oswaldo Jarrín.

April 26, 2019

SOUTHCOM Commander Visits Colombia, Ecuador

U.S. Navy Adm. Craig Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), visited Colombia and Ecuador Apr. 22 – 25 and met with top leaders in both countries to discuss regional security and strengthen cooperation.

SOCSOUTH service members discuss past operations with the Brazilian Army 1st Psychological Operations Battalion during a subject matter expert exchange held in Goiânia, Brazil, April 15-19, 2019.

April 25, 2019

USA, Brazil Share Experiences During SMEE

U.S. service members assigned and attached to Special Operations Command South and the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion from the Command of Special Operations of the Brazilian Army, participated in a subject matter expert exchange April 15-19, 2019, in Gioânia, Brazil.

U.S. Army dentists Lt. Col. Eric Unkenholz, Col. Murray Thompson, and Maj. Kevin Donlin and Staff Sgt. Samantha Wempe, dental technician, all with the South Dakota National Guard, perform dental work and tooth extractions on adults and children in Albina, Suriname, April 10, 2019. A SDARNG medical/dental team partnered with Suriname military and civilian medical personnel to assist with ongoing efforts of improving systemic and oral health in the region.

April 25, 2019

S.D. Guard, Suriname join to provide medical, dental care

Soldiers from the South Dakota Army National Guard traveled to the South American county of Suriname to provide medical and dental services to the population of Albina, April 10-12.

Belize Youth Challenge Program cadre mentor YCP cadets during the agriculture class at the Belize YCP near Belize City, Belize. The Belize YCP is a two-phase program designed to teach 15-17 year old at risk males how to be productive members of their communities. The program in Belize is modeled after the Louisiana National Guard's YCP.

April 25, 2019

La. Guard trains Belize Defence Force YCP Cadre

The Louisiana National Guard’s Youth Challenge Program welcomed staff from Belize’s Youth Challenge Program to attend the Challenge Program Instruction Course at Gillis W. Long Center in Carville, March 31 - April 13.