Sept. 13, 2026

153rd Public Affairs Detachment Arrives in Peru, Participates in Southern Vanguard 26

SAUCE, Peru — U.S. Army Soldiers from the 153rd Public Affairs Detachment, Joint Forces Headquarters, West Virginia National Guard, arrived at the Peruvian Army Jungle School (Escuela de Selva) in Sauce, Peru, on September 7, 2026, to provide public affairs support for Southern Vanguard 2026.

Sept. 13, 2026

Southern Vanguard 2026 turns Peru's jungle into a classroom for U.S. Soldiers

SAUCE, Peru — The jungle has a way of making even simple things complicated. Movement slows. Equipment gets heavier. Water becomes an obstacle instead of a landmark. The environment quietly strips away assumptions about how quickly a formation should move or how easily a Soldier can accomplish a familiar task. For U.S. Soldiers training alongside Peruvian and Chilean forces during Exercise Southern Vanguard 26 (SV26), that friction is exactly the point.

Sept. 13, 2026

Peruvian Army hosts U.S., Chile, Argentina for SV26 in the Amazon Jungle

SAUCE, Peru — Nearly 400 warfighters from Peru, the United States, Chile, and Argentina joined together on Sept. 7 in Sauce, Peru to train together in the Amazon Jungle for Exercise Southern Vanguard 2026 (SV26).

Sept. 12, 2026

Peruvian Army hosts U.S., Chile, Argentina for Amazon Jungle exercise

SAUCE, Peru — As the flags of Peru, the United States, Chile, and Argentina wave in the warm breeze, nearly 400 multinational soldiers stood in formation by unit, taking in the opening moments of Exercise Southern Vanguard 2026 (SV26).

Sept. 3, 2026

USAWHC, Chile strengthen geospatial partnership in the Western Hemisphere

SANTIAGO, Chile — Soldiers from U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command’s 512th Engineer Detachment Geospatial Planning Cell, G-37 Engineer Directorate, and G-2 Intelligence Directorate, conducted a Geospatial Tactical Workshop and Subject Matter Expert Exchange Sept. 1-3 at the Instituto Geográfico Militar in Santiago, Chile, as part of a bilateral engagement with the Chilean Army.

Sept. 2, 2026

Officials Provide Progress Update on Major Operation 1 Year After its Launch

Officials spoke to the media regarding the successful progress of Operation Southern Spear, the large-scale counter-narco-terrorism campaign in the Western Hemisphere, one year after the operation launched in September 2025.

Aug. 31, 2026

DARPA Transports a SIT Radiator To Combat New World Screwworm In The U.S. With The Help of Panamanian Partners

PANAMA PACIFICO, Panama — A sterile insect technique irradiator arrived in Panama and was redirected in response to support the U.S. in the New World Screwworm threat under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on July 8, 2026 in the Panama Canal, Panama.

Aug. 21, 2026

Georgia Guard Soldiers Endure Jungle Operations Training

MARIETTA, Ga — High heat, constant humidity, heavy rainfall, dense vegetation, dangerous animals and countless insects are what Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 54th Security Force Assistance Brigade endured at the Combined Jungle Training Center-South in Panama from June 13 through July 3.

Aug. 20, 2026

Constructing Interoperability: Massachusetts National Guard engineers bolster State Partnership Program renovation mission in Paraguay

ASUNCION, PARAGUAY — More than 50 Soldiers and Airmen from the Massachusetts National Guard conducted a joint engineering mission with the Paraguayan Armed Forces to renovate critical infrastructure at military training sites near Asunción, Paraguay, July 13-26, 2026.

Aug. 19, 2026

Strengthening Hemispheric Security: DASA Patrick Mason Highlights UAS/CUAS Marketplace

Today, in a major effort to accelerate defense modernization and strengthen security cooperation across the Western Hemisphere, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Defense Exports and Cooperation (DASA (DEC)), Mr. Patrick Mason, and his delegation visited U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters in Doral, Florida, to consult with General Francis Donovan.