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Archive: 2018

Crash Damaged Disabled Aircraft Recovery Mobile Training Team

June 14, 2018

US Airmen teach aircraft recovery to Chilean Air Force partners

ANTOFAGASTA, Chile (AFNS) — Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern) sent a Mobile Training Team to Chile to conduct training with the Chilean Air Force on Crash Damaged Disabled Aircraft Recovery, May 13 to June 8, 2018.

Publio Gonzalez, a biologist with the Gorgas Institute, holds a bat in Meteti, Panama, June 6, 2018. Gonzalez and U.S. military doctors were participating in an Emerging Infectious Diseases Training Event, in which they received informational lectures from Panamanian infectious disease experts and field studies of possible virus-carrying wildlife and insects. The event took place during Exercise New Horizons 2018, which is a joint training exercise where U.S. military members conduct training in civil engineer, medical, and support services while benefiting the local community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dustin Mullen)

June 11, 2018

Emerging infectious disease training event bolsters medical readiness

PANAMA CITY, Panama — A team of U.S. military doctors, public health specialists and members of various other career fields participated in a week-long Emerging Infectious Diseases Training Event June 4-8. The event, aimed at enhancing attendee cultural competencies and professional knowledge, consisted of briefings, lectures, and a day of field study.

Two members of the Coast Guard work on a ship.

June 11, 2018

Coast Guard Participates in Caribbean Disaster Response Exercise

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis — U.S. service members and more than 20 Caribbean partner nations’ governments, industrial and civic organizations are taking part in Exercise Tradewinds 2018 in the West Indies.

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. and Peruvian Naval leaders meet around a table.

June 8, 2018

4th Fleet Hosts Staff Talks with Peruvian Naval Delegation

Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet, Rear Adm. Sean Buck, and staff hosted Peruvian Chief of Staff of General Command of Pacific Operations, Rear Adm. Alberto Alcala Luna and his staff for Maritime Staff Talks (MST), June 4-6.

Forces from Grenada train with U.S. Marines.

June 8, 2018

US, Caribbean partners train to enhance security during Tradewinds 2018

U.S. forces, along with more than 20 Caribbean partner nations, are in St. Kitts taking part in exercise Tradewinds 2018 June 4-13, to enhance regional security and disaster response capabilities.

Sgt. 1st Class Héctor Guillén, West Virginia National Guard State Partnership Program coordinator and Peru native, poses with members of the U.S. Army South Non-commissioned officer (NCO) professional development team and Peruvian Army June 1, 2018 in Lima, Peru. Guillén provided training in Spanish on NCO leadership and development to the Peruvian Army.

June 7, 2018

WVNG Soldier provides influence for NCO development in Peruvian Army

LIMA, Peru — The U.S. Army South (ARSOUTH) and a member of the West Virginia National Guard’s (WVNG) State Partnership Program (SPP) conducted a combined workshop in Lima, Peru from May 28 through June 1, 2018, with Peruvian Army (PERAR) officers and NCOs in order to provide a foundation for institutional change to education and leader development within the PERAR NCO corps.

Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd shakes hands with Colombia's defense minister in a wood-paneled room.

June 7, 2018

Southern Command Chief Says South American Allies ‘Got Game’

WASHINGTON — Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Brazil are all important partners for the United States, with capable militaries that have taken on broader security responsibilities, the commander of U.S. Southern Command said.

May 31, 2018

PRNG and Honduras Exchange Knowledge and Skills Through State Partnership Program

Officers of the Puerto Rico National Guard visited the Honduras Emergency Operation Center (COPECO) facilities in Honduras May 14 to 18. The purpose of the visit was to share techniques and procedures to be applied during emergency events caused by natural disasters such as the most recent Hurricane Maria event which hit the island of Puerto Rico eight months ago.

Air advisors from the 571st Air Mobility Advisory Squadron oversee students from the Dominican Republic Air Force as they practice weight and balance positions on a helicopter at the San Isidro Air Base, Dominican Republic, May 3. The MSAS team trained members of the FARD on aircraft weight and balance, corrosion control, hazardous materials management and radio communications. They also conducted an assessment of vehicle maintenance and operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Heather Flitcroft)

May 29, 2018

571st MSAS builds partnership capacity in the Dominican Republic

The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron (MSAS) completed training with the Dominican Republic Air Force (FARD) near Santo Domingo from April 18 through May 5, 2018.