June 14, 2024

Multinational CENTAM Guardian 24 Exercise Completed

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — CENTAM Guardian Phase II concludes after two weeks with a closing ceremony at Costa Rica’s National Fire Academy, San Jose, Costa Rica, June 14, 2024.

May 29, 2024

U.S., Central American military leaders reaffirm their commitment to regional security, partnership

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — U.S. and Central American military leaders gathered in El Salvador, May 21, to reaffirm their shared commitment to regional security and to renew partner-nation engagement and training opportunities for the upcoming years. The multinational forum, hosted by U.S. Army South, served as the 19th edition of the U.S.-El Salvador army-to-army staff talks and the fifth Central American Working Group, which was designed to enhance interoperability amongst American, Salvadoran, Guatemalan, and Honduran armies.

April 29, 2024

Multinational Firefighting Teams Train Together During CENTAM Smoke

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras  — The multinational exercise CENTAM SMOKE ended with a closing ceremony awarding the five participating countries’ firefighters at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, April 26, 2024.

April 26, 2024

El Salvador sends the first female firefighter to participate in CENTAM SMOKE

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A female firefighter from the Fire Department of El Salvador was the first to participate in CENTAM SMOKE at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, from April 22-26, 2024.

April 22, 2024

Gen. Richardson meets with Guatemalan leaders, Central American security chiefs in Guatemala

Army Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), visited Guatemala April 15-18, meeting with President Bernardo Arévalo and senior defense leaders as well as taking part in the Central American Security Conference 2024 (CENTSEC).

April 22, 2024

Guatemala Hosts Central American Security Conference, Focuses on Cyber Security

For this year’s Central American Security Conference (CENTSEC), defense and public-security leaders from the United States and Central America discussed the central theme to the conference which was utilizing innovations to protect borders in all domains.

Aug. 4, 2023

U.S. 4th Fleet Announces Continuing Promise 2023 Deployment

CARTAGENA, Colombia — The U.S. Navy expeditionary fast transport USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) will deploy to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations over the next two months as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet's Continuing Promise 2023 mission.

July 31, 2023

Tradewinds 23 Exercise Highlights Multinational Partnerships

Tradewinds 23, a two-week multinational exercise supporting the security of the Caribbean and Central America, wrapped up with a closing ceremony July 27. The training exercise involved 21 nations and more than 1,500 people from all branches of the U.S. military, civilians, and law enforcement across the partner nations.

March 19, 2023

CENTAM Guardian 23 kicks off with an opening ceremony

Soldiers and interagency partners conducting the exercise will employ specific occupational skills such as special operations, naval warfare, military intelligence, K-9 handlers, cyber warfare, medics, civil affairs, aviation and support personnel, to employ real world based scenarios for partner nation militaries to exercise, assess, and update tactics and procedures.

Feb. 28, 2023

Joint Task Force-Bravo Attends Action on Disaster Relief 2023 Conference in Panama

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA — Joint Task Force-Bravo, a task force under the United States Southern Command, had the opportunity to attend and participate in the 8th annual Action on Disaster Relief 2023 conference in Panama City, Panama 21 February- 24 February.