The scientific study to identify the new challenges to security forces and the most appropriate responses to each of them needs to start with a geopolitical analysis. The scenario reading needs to be forward-looking. In the last decade, Americans and Europeans have fought in the mountains of Afghanistan; Colombians and [ … ]
Argentine Gendarmerie Seizes More than 4 Tons of Marijuana
On June 21, the Argentine National Gendarmerie (GNA, in Spanish) seized more than 4 tons of marijuana in Misiones province, on the border with Paraguay. Authorities found the marijuana during border control and surveillance operations, the GNA reported in several statements. During the first operation, a patrol of gendarmes located [ … ]
Chilean Police Seizes More than 3 Tons of Drugs
Chile’s Investigations Police (PDI, in Spanish) seized more than 3 tons of drugs during Operation New Era (Operación Nueva Era) in the Santiago Metropolitan region, Sergio Muñoz, PDI general director, and Rodrigo Delgado, Chilean minister of the Interior, said at a press conference on June 22. With this seizure, the [ … ]
Panama Seizes 2.7 Tons of Drugs in Maritime Interdictions
Agents of the Panamanian National Air and Naval Service (SENAN, in Spanish) and Panama’s Regional Center for Aeronaval Operations seized 2,794 kilograms of drugs in different interdictions carried out along the coasts and in waters of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The seizures took place from June 14 to July [ … ]
Dense Urban Environments: The Crucible of Multi-Domain Operations
This article was originally published in the Military Review magazine, English edition (January-February 2021). Multi-domain operations (MDO) and dense urban operations are two significant topics in contemporary Army research. While researchers have looked at these topics in isolation, very little research has been done to demonstrate the challenges and [ … ]
SOUTHCOM Commander Visits Guatemala, Meets with President, Military Leaders
U.S. Navy Admiral Craig S. Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), visited Guatemala July 13-14, where he met with President Alejandro Giammattei and military leaders to discuss security cooperation. Adm. Faller’s contingent included SOUTHCOM’s Civilian Deputy to the Commander Francisco (Paco) Palmieri and Command Senior Enlisted Leader Command Sergeant [ … ]
Brazilian Service Members Stand Out in US Course
Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese) service members achieved great results in the Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development (NCOPD) course at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC). The course, held in Fort Benning, Georgia, concluded on June 24, 2021. EB Staff Sergeants Paulo Henrique Barros, Cássio de Freitas, Erenilson Freitas, Thiago Rebonatto, [ … ]
Colombian Armed Forces: Committed to National Security
Diálogo interviewed Colombian Army General Luis Fernando Navarro Jiménez, commanding general of the Military Forces, during the Central American Security Conference 2021, held in Panama City, June 22-23. Diálogo: What threats are coming from Venezuela, including the growing influx of narcotrafficking that affects stability and security in Colombia? Colombian Army [ … ]
Leveraging Multi-Domain Military Deception to Expose the Enemy in 2035
This article was originally published in the Military Review magazine, English edition (March-April 2021) The operational problem facing the Army in the year 2035 will fundamentally differ from problems it has previously confronted. The legacy challenge for which the Army’s current platforms and doctrine are still optimized was a [ … ]
US and Dominican Republic Strengthen Bonds
The U.S. Navy Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) and the Dominican Navy conducted a passing exercise (PASSEX) July 10, following a three-day port visit to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. During the exercise, Billings worked with two Dominican Navy swiftships, 110-foot patrol boat Canopus (GC-107) and Boston whaler [ … ]
US Donates Patrol Boat to Honduras
The operational capabilities to protect Honduras’ 220,000 kilometers of maritime border and natural resources have been strengthened as of July 9, 2021, thanks to a U.S. donation of coast guard patrol boat “Río Aguán” FNH-8502. “This is a special day that translates into the commitment of soldiers and the daily [ … ]
US Donates 2 Mobile Operations Centers, 5 Defibrillators to Dominican Republic
The U.S. government, through U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), donated two operations centers and five defibrillators to the Dominican Republic’s Emergency Operations Center (COE, in Spanish) on June 30, 2021, to increase the Dominican government’s capacity to provide emergency assistance during disaster response operations or health crises, such as the current [ … ]