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Sgt. Brad Miller, a medical readiness non-commissioned officer with the West Virginia Army National Guard (WVARNG) medical detachment, provides training on tactical casualty combat care (TCCC) to members of the Peruvian Armed Forces during a hands-on training held July 2, 2019, in Lima, Peru.

July 10, 2019

WVARNG conducts knowledge exchange with Peru's army, police

Members of the West Virginia Army National Guard (WVARNG) conducted hands-on aeromedical evacuation (MEDEVAC) operations training for medical experts of the Peruvian Armed Forces the first week of July in Lima.

May 17, 2019

Past Disasters Amplify Relevance of FA-HUM Exercise

Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias, which in English translates to Humanitarian Allied Forces, is an annual U.S. Army South-sponsored disaster relief exercise where governmental and non-governmental organizations from the United States, host nation and partnering nations coordinate their assets and capabilities to simulate disaster-relief efforts in a large-scale exercise.

Representatives from Dominican Republic governmental and non-governmental agencies, alongside partner-nation military representatives, watch simulated water rescues take place in a river near Bajo Yuna, Dominican Republic May 9, 2019 as part of Fuerzas Humanitarias Humanitarias 2019.

May 13, 2019

Multinational Disaster Response Forces Conduct FA-HUM Training in Dominican Republic

Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias 2019 observed day two of simulated disaster responses, May 9, 2019, in Bajo Yuna, Dominican Republic.

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.

Jan. 10, 2019

WHINSEC leads Interagency Crisis Action Planning course in Honduras

Tegucigalpa, Honduras — Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) instructors partnered with representatives from Joint Task Force-Bravo and Honduran contingency organizations for an Interagency Crisis Action Planning course in Tegucigalpa, Dec. 10 - 14, 2018.

First responders conduct a simulated mass casualty drill.

June 11, 2018

Tradewinds 2018 helps prepare St. Kitts and Nevis Emergency Services

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis – St. Kitts and Nevis emergency agencies were challenged to respond to a simulated airplane crash with mass casualties scattered for approximately 200 yards June 9, 2018.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Jordan Becker, left, a cyber network specialist with Joint Task Force Matthew, offloads a generator from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with the help of the Brazilian service members at Jeremie, Haiti, Oct. 15, 2016. After eight days of supply drop operations JTF Matthew has delivered over 478,000 pounds of supplies utilizing various military aircraft. JTF Matthew, a U.S. Southern Command-directed team comprised of Marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen, is providing critical airlift capabilities during the initial stages of the U.S. Agency for International Development's disaster relief operations in Haiti while the international response builds.

May 22, 2018

Laying the groundwork for a multinational amphibious task force

MIAMI, Fl. — Personnel, aircraft, and equipment from key partner nations working shoulder to shoulder while serving together in a multinational amphibious task force within maritime areas of Latin America and the Caribbean – this is what the future looks like in the minds of Marines and Sailors from U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South and several other regional military forces.

U.S. Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters belonging to Joint Task Force - Leeward Islands take off from Muñiz Air National Guard Base in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Sept. 18, 2017.

Sept. 19, 2017

Joint Task Force - Leeward Islands prepares for Hurricane Maria

U.S. service members with Joint Task Force - Leeward Islands moved their aircraft from San Juan to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Sept. 18, 2017, in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Maria so they can continue their humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission once the storm passes.

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter from JTF-Bravo's 1st Battalion, 228 Aviation Regiment unloads a pallet of equipment and supplies during a deployment readiness exercise of the U.S. Southern Command Situational Assessment Team (SSAT) in Zambrano, Honduras, Feb. 21 through 23. The SSAT is a quick-reaction deployable team comprised of experts that provide the commander of USSOUTHCOM an immediate assessment of conditions and unique Department of Defense requirements which might be needed during a Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Response event within the Central American Area of Responsibility.

Feb. 28, 2017

JTF-Bravo’s quick reaction force executes deployment readiness exercise

ZAMBRANO, Honduras — Eleven personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo’s U.S. Southern Command Situational Assessment Team (SSAT) mobilized in support of a deployment readiness exercise here, Feb. 21 through 23.