British Army Brigadier Paul Tedman, U.S. Space Command’s (SPACECOM) deputy director of Policy and Strategic Partnerships, is committed to strengthening relationships with existing allied and partner nations, attracting new partners in the space domain, and building and maintaining a competitive advantage to deter aggression. Brig. Tedman spoke with Diálogo about [ … ]
Captain María Belén Jara Lovera is the first woman in the Paraguayan Air Force (FAP) to complete the military air pilot training at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, under the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Aviation Leadership Program (ALP). Her training began in May 2011, when she traveled to the United [ … ]
The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort not only changes the lives of patients receiving care in its operating rooms, but also those of its crew members. That is the sentiment of Lieutenant Abraham de Los Santos, a specialist in emergency medicine and critical patient management, and Lieutenant Junior Grade [ … ]
On August 18, 2022, the Brazilian Navy (MB) took command of Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) for the second time, in a ceremony held in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. CTF-151 is a multinational task force that conducts operations to deter, disrupt, and suppress piracy in the Horn of Africa. [ … ]
Rear Admiral John Merlo León assumed command of the Ecuadorian Navy on August 21, 2022. Prior to his appointment, Rear Adm. Merlo was commander of Naval Operations and head of the First Naval Zone in Guayaquil. He was also a naval advisor to the Ministry of Defense, head of the [ … ]
U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), visited the crew of U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort, together with Colombian Defense Minister Iván Velásquez, and General Helder Giraldo, commander of the Colombian Military Forces, on October 14, 2022, in Cartagena. On her tour, she was [ … ]
When the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort departed the Port of Miami on October 23, on its last stateside port of call before setting sails toward Latin America and the Caribbean as part of Continuing Promise, it brought hope to thousands of people who, otherwise, would not have access [ … ]
As the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort sails to Latin America and the Caribbean as part of Continuing Promise 2022, mission commander, U.S. Navy Captain Bryan Carmichael, commodore of Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) Four, makes sure that they accomplish the two-month humanitarian assistance, readiness building, and goodwill mission to help [ … ]
U.S. Navy Captain Kathryn Elliott is the commanding officer of hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) since May 2021. [caption id="attachment_77648" align="alignleft" width="300"] U.S. Navy Captain Kathryn Elliott, commanding officer of hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) (R), checks on a young patient aboard the ship, [ … ]
Partnerships, training, military exchange programs, gender integration, and the professionalization of noncommissioned officers (NCOs) are part of the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) mission. The professional leadership of Brigadier Godfrey Bess, GDF Chief of Staff, who assumed command on July 1, 2020 and pledged to fulfill the institution’s mission, made these efforts [ … ]
Camouflage is part of her life and military vocation. “I am here to serve,” says Joint Command Sergeant Major Consuelo Díaz Álvarez, sergeant major of the Colombian Military Forces, the first female soldier to be promoted to that rank. She proudly remembers the day she joined the Colombian Army in [ … ]
Discipline and hard work were the pillars with which Air Force General Eladio Casimiro González Aguilar, former commander of the Paraguayan Military Forces, led his troops. Following four years of leadership, from October 2018 until his October 13, 2022 retirement, Gen. González can now observe the fruits of his labor. [ … ]
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