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Aug. 13, 2018

Mattis Thanks Brazilian Officials for Leadership in Defense Cooperation

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary James N. Mattis met with Brazil’s defense leaders in Brasilia to reaffirm the defense relationship between the United States and Brazil.

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis sits and speaks to people standing around him.

Aug. 13, 2018

Mattis, Brazil’s Foreign Minister Meet to Reaffirm Bilateral Relationship

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes of Brazil met at the Itamaraty Palace in Brazil to reaffirm the long-standing bilateral relationship between their nations.

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.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis conducts a news conference at the Pentagon. DoD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith

April 19, 2018

Mattis, Brazilian Counterpart Discuss Defense Relationship

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary James N. Mattis spoke with Brazilian Defense Minister Joaquim Silva e Luna to discuss the strategic defense relationship between the United States and Brazil.

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, bids farewell to Vice Adm. Edmar da Cruz Areas

March 23, 2018

Navy surgeon general strengthens Navy Medicine’s ties with Brazil

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, met with senior officials and toured Brazilian Navy medical facilities during a visit to Brazil March 11-14.

Doctors diagnose an elderly woman on her houseboat near a remote village along the Amazon River.

Dec. 16, 2017

US Navy doctors return from humanitarian mission in Amazon

U.S. Navy doctors recently returned from a month-long humanitarian mission along the Amazon River in Brazil.

A team of five U.S. Navy doctors travel in a boat to a remote village along the Amazon River in Brazil.

Dec. 1, 2017

US Navy doctors bring medical care to Amazon

U.S. Navy doctors recently embarked aboard the Brazilian Navy hospital ship NAsH Soares de Meirelles (U-21) and began a month-long humanitarian mission that will take them deep into the Amazon. These doctors will be working closely with the Brazilian Navy to deliver healthcare to some of the isolated peoples in the world.

Nov. 2, 2017

Brazilian Training Frigate Brasil to Visit Mayport

MAYPORT, Fla. (NNS) -- The Training Ship Brasil (U27) makes a scheduled port call to Naval Station Mayport as part of a deployment designed to train Brazilian midshipmen, Nov 8-12.

Colombian air force Brazilian air force Mobility Guardian

Aug. 4, 2017

Brazilian, Colombian air forces participate in Mobility Guardian

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — The Colombian air force and Brazilian air force conducted their first flights for the Mobility Guardian exercise Aug. 2.

U.S. and Brazilian delegates participate in a work group July 24. Topics were broken out for further discussion such as personnel issues, logistics, engineering, science and technology, medical, international affairs, doctrine, training and operations, command and control, cyber, electronic warfare and intelligence, among others.

Aug. 1, 2017

Brazil, U.S. armies reach agreement

Army South and Brazilian delegates reached consensus on 43 agreed to actions, called ATAs for short, during army-to-army staff talks in Brasilia, Brazil July 26.