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Archive: 2022

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopter assigned to Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 773 hovers above the landing pad of the San Antonio class dock landing ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) in the North Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 16, 2022.

Sept. 1, 2022

U.S. Maritime Forces Arrive for UNITAS LXIII hosted by Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Navy and Marine forces are set to arrive in Rio de Janeiro in support of UNITAS LXIII, the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise scheduled to take place Sept. 8-22.

Army Gen. Laura Richardson, speaks during a Guyana-led regional conference focused on implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security initiative

Sept. 1, 2022

SOUTHCOM Commander Visits Guyana, Suriname

The commander of U.S. Southern Command, U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, completed a 4-day visit to Guyana and Suriname where she met with senior leaders to reaffirm U.S. support of the security partnership with each nation.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Francis Evon, left foreground, the Connecticut adjutant general, shakes hands with a Uruguayan Army soldier during a visit to the National Peace Operations Training School of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug. 10, 2022. The school is where Uruguayan military and police forces train to prepare to deploy in support of U.N. peacekeeping operations.

Sept. 1, 2022

Connecticut National Guard Leaders Build Bonds in Uruguay

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Francis Evon, the Connecticut adjutant general, and other Connecticut Army National Guard officers visited Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug. 6-10, to strengthen bonds with the Uruguayan Armed Forces.

New York Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing maintenance team member Master Sgt. Jordan Butler, HH-60 crew chief, speaks with Brig. Gen. Denise Donnell, the commander of the New York Air National Guard, and Col. Shawn Fitzgerald, the 106th Rescue Wing commander and Exercise TÁPIO American mission commander. The combined Brazilian-U.S. exercise occurred in and near Campo Grande, Brazil, Aug. 29, 2022.

Aug. 31, 2022

New York National Guard, Brazil Conduct Exercise TAPIO

One hundred and five New York Air National Guard members participated in the fifth annual Brazilian Joint Exercise TAPIO Aug. 20-31.

Aug. 30, 2022

Brazilian Army leadership lauds opportunity to train with U.S. Army at JRTC

FORT POLK, Louisiana — Prior to his soldiers arriving to the Joint Readiness Training Center, or JRTC, at Fort Polk, Louisiana, to take part in a bilateral training exercise, Gen. Estevam Cals Theophilo, commander, Brazilian Army Land Operations Command, emphasized the importance of his troops being ready for the next conflict.

Two service members talk as they stand over a patient.

Aug. 30, 2022

New York Guard Trains With Brazilian Military

One hundred New York National Guard airmen, including 80 from the 106th Rescue Wing, are participating in exercises with their Brazilian air force counterparts.

Air Force Capt. Leah Elsbeck, center, and Senior Airman Dhruva Poluru, members of the New York Air National Guard’s 222nd Command and Control Squadron, watch as members of the Brazilian military’s space control team solve a problem during the U.S. Space Command’s Global Sentinel exercise at Vandenberg Space Force Base in July 2022. Elsbeck and Poluru, along with Capt. Victoria Whelan, served as mentors during the exercise.

Aug. 24, 2022

NY Guard Space ops Experts Mentor at Space Command Exercise

The Global Sentinel exercise, which began in 2014 with seven nations, allows U.S. allies to practice the skills to ensure that satellites used by their militaries for communications, navigation and reconnaissance keep functioning, according to U.S. Space Command.

U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, Commander, U.S. Southern Command, left, speaks with Argentine navy Rear Adm. Marcelo Fernandez during exercise PANAMAX 2022

Aug. 19, 2022

Former Argentine Liaison Officer to SOUTHCOM Returns to Command Naval Component during PANAMAX

With PANAMAX ‘22 wrapping up last week, military personnel from participating nations began to make their way back to their respective homes after two weeks of working throughout various locations in the United States. For Argentine Rear Admiral Marcelo Fernandez, who served as the Naval component lead for the exercise, the two weeks spent in Mayport, Florida brought back fond memories.

Aug. 18, 2022

U.S. Military Health Team will visit Guatemala in August

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — The 2022 Health Engagements Assistance Response Team (HEART 22) will visit hospitals in Guatemala City and Quetzaltenango in mid-August 2022. HEART 22 is a team of U.S. Army and Air Force medical and support personnel assigned to the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). Approximately 25 members will travel to Guatemala.

Exercise PANAMAX 22 kicks off across the US

Aug. 15, 2022

PANAMAX 2022 Command Post Exercise Concludes

From Aug. 1-12, 2022, 1,500 U.S. military personnel along with nearly 500 security personnel from 19 nations participated in the multinational command post exercise, PANAMAX 2022, hosted at various locations in the United States by U.S. Southern Command.