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Sept. 29, 2025
AMISTAD 2025 closes in Panama with a legacy of care, partnership
DAVID, Panama — U.S. and Panamanian officials, health professionals and military members gathered to mark the closing of AMISTAD 2025 at Hospital José Domingo de Obaldía in Panama, Sept. 25, 2025.
July 2, 2025
Argentina Increases Military Ties to the United States
Argentina and the United States will continue to build on their more than 200-year relationship, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
May 16, 2025
Airmen Test Combat Readiness During Caribbean Exercise
Special operations airmen tested resiliency, adaptiveness and ability to integrate logistics with other nations during Exercise Tradewinds 25 in Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua, Martinique and Puerto Rico.
May 5, 2025
Hegseth says deterring China important for hemispheric security
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosted an enhanced honor cordon and meeting, welcoming Peruvian Defense Minister Walter Astudillo and Peruvian Foreign Affairs Minister Elmer Schialer to the Pentagon.
April 21, 2025
LAMAT 2025 culminates in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFNS) — The Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team 2025 mission concluded two weeks of intensive medical collaboration between U.S. military personnel and their Guyanese counterparts.
April 16, 2025
Hegseth Welcomes Salvadoran Counterpart, Praises Relationship Between Countries
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed Salvadoran Defense Minister René Francis Merino Monroy to the Pentagon as part of a bilateral engagement in which the secretary praised the bond shared between the two countries.
April 9, 2025
Hegseth Says U.S. Partnering With Panama to Secure Canal, Deter China
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced an expanded partnership between the U.S. and Panama to secure the Panama Canal in order to counter "China's maligned influence" in the region.
April 4, 2025
U.S. Special Ops Conduct Combined Training With Panama, Formalize Commitment
Recent security engagements between U.S. and Panamanian forces culminated in the first official U.S.-Panama special operations forces talks, underscoring a decades-long bilateral partnership.
Nov. 7, 2024
Austin Highlights Critical Role of Partnerships at Southcom Change of Command
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III underscored the power of U.S. partnerships in bolstering shared values throughout the Western Hemisphere as he presided over Southcom's change of command ceremony at the combatant command's headquarters in Doral, Fla.
Aug. 9, 2024
US Air Forces Southern hosts 11 nations for Exercise PANAMAX 2024
DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — PANAMAX 2024 is underway at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. bringing together partner nations from 11 countries across the Americas to integrate and build upon their capabilities to plan and execute multinational operations, Aug. 5-16.