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Archive: 2023

As students were served by dental technicians from the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team, other members of LAMAT were able to engage with them through various games and activities.

Feb. 17, 2023

LAMAT Dental Team First to Treat Patients at New Redi Doti Dental Clinic

REDI DOTI, Suriname — The dental team of the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) was the first to see patients in a newly opened dental clinic in Redi Doti, Suriname on Monday. The Youth Dental Care Foundation’s (JTV) Redi Doti clinic will serve patients in rural communities, making dental services and preventative care more easily accessible.

Feb. 15, 2023

USS Farragut (DDG 99) Arrives in the 4th Fleet AOR

The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) arrived in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations for a scheduled deployment, Feb. 15. Embarked with the ship is U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 406 to conduct counter narcotic operations in the region.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jenson Kokou, left, a boom operator assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild AFB, Washington, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas Thurman, a maintainer assigned to the 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, sign their names on the back of a lithograph in Perth, Australia, Jan. 27, 2023. During each stop of Operation Vespucci, local community members were presented with lithographs to recognize and enhance partnerships with numerous countries in the Southern Hemisphere. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Kristin Nielsen)

Feb. 9, 2023

Operation Vespucci demonstrates global reach during Southern Hemisphere tour

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — A KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base and the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., successfully circumnavigated the Southern Hemisphere in an endurance mission covering more than 23,000 nautical miles Jan. 23-30.

Group photo of the senior Multinational leaders taking part in the Central American Security Conference (CENTSEC) 2023.

Feb. 9, 2023

Defense and Public Security Leaders Gather in Costa Rica for Central American Security Conference, SOUTHCOM Commander announces $13.7 million security assistance donation to Costa Rica

Regional collaboration opportunities to address 21st century challenges was the theme this year as defense and public-security leaders from the United States and Central America took part in the Central American Security Conference (CENTSEC) Feb. 8.

Feb. 3, 2023

Army South helps with planning TRADEWINDS 23 exercise

Planners from U.S. Army South Mobility, 167th Theater Sustainment Command, and U.S. Northern Command met with Guyanese port operations personnel Feb. 3 to discuss inbound and outbound operations at the seaport of debarkation to ensure rapid movement of logistics during the upcoming TRADEWINDS23 exercise to take place in the summer of 2023.

Lt. Col. Gentry Mobley, Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team Mission Commander, provides a briefing at U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Miami on Jan. 26, 2023.

Feb. 1, 2023

SOUTHCOM Provides Medical Assistance to Lesser Antilles

Following in the wake of the United States Naval Ship Comfort's recent deployment for operation Continuing Promise, U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) has kicked off operation Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) this week beginning with the arrival of U.S. Military personnel at USSOUTHCOM headquarters in Miami Florida, January 25, 2023

Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), center, and distinguished guests break ground during a ceremony for the future site of the new military housing complex supporting SOUTHCOM's service members and their families.

Jan. 30, 2023

Southern Command holds groundbreaking ceremony for new military housing complex

U.S. Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), welcomed distinguished guests from Washington, D.C., the Department of Defense, and leaders from Miami-Dade County to the groundbreaking ceremony for the future site of the new military housing complex supporting the command.

U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command, and the General Commander of the Colombian Military Forces, Gen. Helder Giraldo, walk to the entrance to the command's headquarters.

Jan. 25, 2023

Colombia's Gen. Helder Giraldo Visits SOUTHCOM

U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command, hosted the General Commander of the Colombian Military Forces, Gen. Helder Giraldo, at the command's headquarters in Miami today.

Joint Task Force Bravo conducted a medical engagement in Olancho, Honduras to provide humanitarian assistance and medical services at the request of the government of Honduras.

Jan. 23, 2023

Joint Task Force – Bravo conducts medical engagement in Olancho, Honduras

Joint Task Force – Bravo received a unique request during U.S. Southern Command’s Health Engagements Assistance Response Team HEART 2022 mission to work alongside partner nation medical professionals to provide surgical and medical services to communities in Guatemala and Honduras.

Capt. Franca Jones, commanding officer, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU)-6, greets attendees at the command’s 40th anniversary celebration at the U.S. Embassy Campus. NAMRU-6 hosted several visitors and guests from the U.S. and Peru at the event, to include U.S. Ambassador to Peru Lisa Kenna, Rear Adm. Jorge Enrique Andaluz Echevarría, Surgeon General of the Peruvian Navy, Rear Adm. Guido F. Valdes, commander, Naval Medical Forces Pacific and Capt. William Denniston, commander, Naval Medical Research Center. Visitors provided remarks celebrating the history of the command and its ongoing mission. NAMRU-6, part of the Naval Medical Research & Development enterprise, supports Global Health Engagement through surveillance of a wide range of infectious diseases of military or public health significance, including dengue fever, malaria, diarrheal diseases, and sexually transmitted infections.

Jan. 19, 2023

NAMRU-6 Celebrates 40 Years of Medical Research

LIMA, Peru — LIMA, Peru -- Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU)-6 hosted a 40th birthday celebration at the U.S. Embassy campus to recognize the accomplishments and mission of the command on Jan. 19.