Feb. 10, 2018
            
                 SOUTHCOM officials conduct annual METOC conference 
            
            
                
                
                    DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. —
                
                
                Officials from the U.S. Southern Command held their annual SOUTHCOM Meteorological and Oceanographic conference here, Feb. 6. The 2-day-long gathering brought meteorology and oceanography specialists together from various sections of the Department of Defense to discuss operations, lessons learned from 2017, and ways to move forward in the future.