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As the first and only female flag officer/general officer in the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Commodore Antonette Wemyss-Gorman hopes to inspire women to follow in her footsteps. The child of a single mother, Cmdre. Wemyss-Gorman grew up with her grandparents in rural Jamaica, yet made the surprising choice of joining [ … ]

The oil spill that affected more than 1,243 miles of the Brazilian coast in August 2019 called for a more robust monitoring system of the area known as Blue Amazon. The Brazilian Navy (MB, in Portuguese) named the vast 1.3-million-square-mile maritime space after the rainforest to raise public awareness about [ … ]

Launched in March 2018 in the state of Roraima, Operation Shelter seeks to welcome, shelter, and relocate immigrants who flee the Venezuelan crisis. The operation has become Venezuelans’ main gateway into Brazil. To mark the second anniversary of the most important civil-military engagement in the history of the Brazilian Armed [ … ]

The Brazilian Navy’s (MB, in Portuguese) Secretariat of the Interministerial Commission for Sea Resources celebrated 40 years in December 2019. Its mission includes promoting the sustainable exploration of living and non-living resources in Antarctica. Brazil is among the countries with a physical presence on the frozen continent. Its base, which [ … ]

Brazilian Marine Corps Major General Paulo Sergio Castello Branco Tinoco Guimarães, deputy chief of Defense Intelligence, visited U.S. Southern Command the first week of December 2019 to outline the processes for collaboration and experience exchange in the Defense Intelligence sector of both countries. Maj. Gen. Tinoco also visited U.S. Special [ … ]

January 10 interview with U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major Alexander Aguilastratt, Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo) senior enlisted leader How would you describe the state of JTF-Bravo today? U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major Alexander Aguilastratt, Joint Task Force Bravo: I would say, in one word: relevant. JTF-Bravo has been around [ … ]

January 10 interview with U.S. Army Colonel Steven Barry, Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo). How would you describe the state of JTF-Bravo today? U.S. Army Colonel Steven Barry, commander of Joint Task Force Bravo: Long-term, the task force has been here as an established organization for well over 30 years, [ … ]

In May 2017, Colombia became the first Latin American nation to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty signed on April 4, 1949. Colombia, however, is a NATO global partner, not a member. To find [ … ]

Diálogo interviewed U.S. Air Force Colonel Michael Ingersoll, secretary general of the System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces (SICOFAA, in Spanish), during a visit to the institution’s headquarters at Davis-Monthan Air Base in Tucson, Arizona. Diálogo: What is SICOFAA’s operational focus? U.S. Air Force Colonel Michael Ingersoll, secretary [ … ]

General Pablo Paredes González, commander of the Paraguayan Air Force (FAP, in Spanish) spoke with Diálogo during his participation at the South American Air Chiefs Conference, held in Tucson, Arizona, November 4–8.  Diálogo: What is your main challenge as commander of FAP? General Juan Pablo Paredes González, commander of the [ … ]

Diálogo interviewed Lieutenant General Mauricio Campuzano Núñez, commander of the Ecuadorean Air Force (FAE, in Spanish), during his participation in the South American Air Chiefs Conference, held in Tucson, Arizona, November 4-8. Diálogo: What’s FAE’s greatest contribution in its 100 years of existence? Lieutenant General Mauricio Campuzano Núñez, commander of [ … ]