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West Virginia Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Robert Kincaid, Assistant Adjutant General – Army, and West Virginia Army National Guard State Command Sergeant Major Aaron T. Kincaid pose with the 153rd Public Affairs Detachment after the opening ceremony for Southern Vanguard 2026. The 153rd starts coverage of the training exercise in support of U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command. SV26 brings together approximately 400 warfighters to execute a field training exercise and command post exercise in a demanding austere jungle environment. The training includes combined operations designed to simulate real-world contingencies in the complex terrain of the Amazon Jungle hills of Sauce, Peru.
153rd Public Affairs Detachment Arrives in Peru, Participates in Southern Vanguard 26
By Capt. Celesthe Montes | Sept. 13, 2026
U.S. Army Soldiers from the 153rd Public Affairs Detachment, Joint Forces Headquarters, West Virginia National Guard, arrived at the Peruvian Army Jungle School (Escuela de Selva) in Sauce, Peru, on September 7, 2026, to provide public affairs support for Southern Vanguard 2026.
Soldiers from the Peruvian Army demonstrate an amphibious assault for U.S., Peruvian, and Chilean training audiences during Southern Vanguard 26 in Sauce, Peru, Sept. 10, 2026. The demonstration displayed the skills and tactics training audiences honed during the exercise. SV26 brings together approximately 400 warfighters to execute a field training exercise and command post exercise in a demanding austere jungle environment. The training includes combined operations designed to simulate real-world contingencies in the complex terrain of the Amazon Jungle hills of Sauce, Peru.
Southern Vanguard 2026 turns Peru's jungle into a classroom for U.S. Soldiers
By Staff Sgt. Mickey Miller | Sept. 13, 2026
The jungle has a way of making even simple things complicated. Movement slows. Equipment gets heavier. Water becomes an obstacle instead of a landmark. The environment quietly strips away assumptions about how quickly a formation should move or how easily a Soldier can accomplish a familiar task. For U.S. Soldiers training alongside Peruvian and Chilean forces during Exercise Southern Vanguard 26 (SV26), that friction is exactly the point.
Chilean, Peruvian and U.S. soldiers gather around for instruction on Jungle Survival Tactics during Exercise Southern Vanguard, Sauce, Peru, Sept. 12, 2026. SV26 is a multilateral training exercise hosted by the Peruvian Army (Ejército del Perú) in coordination with the U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command at the Jungle School (Escuela De Selva) this month. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Grace Wajler)
Peruvian Army hosts U.S., Chile, Argentina for SV26 in the Amazon Jungle
By Sgt. Grace Wajler | Sept. 13, 2026
Nearly 400 warfighters from Peru, the United States, Chile, and Argentina joined together on Sept. 7 in Sauce, Peru to train together in the Amazon Jungle for Exercise Southern Vanguard 2026 (SV26).
Peruvian Army 5th Amazon Jungle Protection Brigade Commanding General Brig. Gen. Jose Chuquillanqui Narvarte, Peruvian Army Land Operations Command Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Kenneth Valverde Virhuez, and U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command representative Brig. Gen. Robert Kincaid, attend the opening ceremony of Exercise Southern Vanguard in Sauce, Peru, Sept. 8, 2026. SV26 is a multilateral training exercise hosted by the Peruvian Army (Ejército del Perú) in coordination with the U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command at the Jungle School (Escuela De Selva) this month. SV26 brings together approximately 400 warfighters to execute a field training exercise and command post exercise in a demanding austere jungle environment. The training includes combined operations designed to simulate real-world contingencies in the complex terrain of the Amazon Jungle. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Grace Wajler)
Peruvian Army hosts U.S., Chile, Argentina for Amazon Jungle exercise
By Sgt. Grace Wajler | Sept. 12, 2026
As the flags of Peru, the United States, Chile, and Argentina wave in the warm breeze, nearly 400 multinational soldiers stood in formation by unit, taking in the opening moments of Exercise Southern Vanguard 2026 (SV26).
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command and Chilean Army personnel participate in a geospatial tactical workshop and subject matter expert exchange at Chile’s Instituto Geográfico Militar in Santiago, Chile, Sept. 2, 2026. The three-day engagement strengthened interoperability, information sharing and geospatial capabilities between the U.S. and Chilean armies. (Chilean Army photo by Lucia Alvarez Gomez)
USAWHC, Chile strengthen geospatial partnership in the Western Hemisphere
By | Sept. 3, 2026
Soldiers from U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command’s 512th Engineer Detachment Geospatial Planning Cell, G-37 Engineer Directorate, and G-2 Intelligence Directorate, conducted a Geospatial Tactical Workshop and Subject Matter Expert Exchange Sept. 1-3 at the Instituto Geográfico Militar in Santiago, Chile, as part of a bilateral engagement with the Chilean Army.
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