CENTAM Guardian 24: Strengthening Interoperability with Central American Partner Nations

U.S. and Honduran Naval Infantry discuss their roles in a simulated assault during a culminating exercise as part of CENTAM Guardian 2024, at Puerto Castilla, Honduras, April 8, 2024. CENTAM Guardian is an annual, multinational exercise designed to strengthen interoperability, domain awareness, information sharing, and counter-threat capabilities between the United States and participating Central American partner nations. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Gabriel Durand)

A 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Multipurpose Canine Detachment (MPC-D), handler guides a multipurpose canine during obstacle training, April 3, 2024. The MPC-D conducted a subject matter expert exchange with Honduran military dog handlers as part of CENTAM Guardian 24 phase one. (Photo: U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Bermudez)

A patient receives dental treatment during a medical training and readiness exercise (MEDRETE) in Choluteca, Honduras, April 3, 2024. The MEDRETE also included members of the Honduran Ministry of Health, Honduran Armed Forces medical personnel, the program Ciudad Mujer, and local civic leaders who conducted general and preventive medicine education, dentistry treatment, and special care for women and children as part of exercise CENTAM Guardian 24 phase one. (Photo: Joint Task Force-Bravo)

Members of Honduras Special Forces demonstrate a training evolution for Exercise CENTAM Guardian 24 phase one participants in La Venta, Honduras, April 11, 2024. (Photo: Erica Bechard/SOUTHCOM Public Affairs)

U.S. Marines assigned to 3rd Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, provide overwatch during a training event as part of exercise CENTAM Guardian 24, in Puerto Castilla, Honduras, April 9, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Bermudez)

A Honduran teacher and student, a U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa official, a member of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), and a member of the 410th Civil Affairs Battalion cut a ribbon during a ceremony commemorating a donation of school equipment in La Venta, Honduras, April 11, 2024. SOUTHCOM and 410th Civil Affairs Battalion facilitated and integrated Global Aid Consultants to donate new desks, chairs, and equipment to the school as part of exercise CENTAM Guardian 24 phase one. (Photo: Erica Bechard/SOUTHCOM Public Affairs)