The Inter-American Air Forces Academy celebrated its 75th anniversary.The Inter-American Air Forces Academy (IAAFA) offers a unique environment. Students receive an education focused on technical, operational, and professional instruction, while at the same time creating lasting alliances and strengthening solidarity among the U.S. Air Force and the air and security [ … ]
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Peruvian Army: Ready to Take on New Threats
The Peruvian Army prepares to face new challenges to national security with instruction, training, and equipment. General César Augusto Astudillo Salcedo, general commander of the Peruvian Army, is very well acquainted with the fight against terrorism. In 1997, he participated in Operation Chavín de Huántar, a hostage-rescue operation the military [ … ]
Command Sergeants Major, a Reality in the Brazilian Army
The role of command sergeant major is nascent in the Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese). It was established in 2015 to grant more authority and responsibility to noncommissioned officers (NCOs) by allowing them to participate in decision-making and advising the command of military units. Before its implementation, EB tested the [ … ]
Proficiency Confers Legitimacy
María Inés Uriarte hails from a large family. The oldest of nine siblings, she was born September 1, 1954, in the small Argentine town of Lamarque, in the southern province of Río Negro, Patagonia. Her mother was a teacher and the principal of the local elementary school. Her father worked [ … ]
Strategic Planning with Interagency Focus
The Chilean Joint Chiefs of Staff focuses its efforts on strategic planning to meet the challenges of the future. The Chilean Armed Forces began 2018 with positive results. Strategic planning, defense policy modernization, joint and peacekeeping operations, disaster response, and humanitarian aid are some of the activities that keep the [ … ]
Maritime Spaces Sealed Off to Narcotrafficking
The Colombian National Navy cracks down hard on international criminal organizations attempting to transport drugs from Colombia’s Caribbean shores to the United States via Panama. This was evident in Operation Amphitrite (Anfitrite), the first binational operation between the Colombian Navy and the Panamanian Air and Naval Service (SENAN, in Spanish). [ … ]
Ready for Interoperability
The Pacific Operations General Command is ready to assume the operational challenges of the Peruvian Navy. Planning, conducting, and evaluating operational missions are the duties Vice Admiral Fernando Raúl Cerdán Ruíz has as general commander of the Peruvian Navy's Pacific Operations (COMOPERPAC, in Spanish). Since assuming command in January 2017, [ … ]
Cooperation across Borders
The Belize Defence Force works closely with neighboring nations to dismantle narcotrafficking networks and their transnational connections. Belize, a diverse and multicultural country with English, Belizean Creole, and Spanish as official languages, has strong ties with Central America and the Caribbean. Like its regional neighbors, Belize faces traditional and non-traditional [ … ]
Restructured Brazilian Air Force Vies for a Successful Future
General Nivaldo Luiz Rossato, commander of the Brazilian Air Force, speaks to Diálogo about the administrative and operational reforms implemented within the institution.
Securing Borders on Land and at Sea
When Commissioner Michel-Ange Gédéon assumed his position as director general of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) on April 8, 2016, he promised to keep working to professionalize the 15,000 members of the institution. After 20 months in office, he continues to work on his pledge. Commissioner Gédéon participated at [ … ]
Guyana Halts Caribbean Gateway for Illegal Activities
Brigadier General Patrick West, chief of staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), was pleased to co-host the Caribbean Nations Security Conference (CANSEC) for the first time. The event took place in Georgetown, Guyana, from December 6–7, 2017, bringing together military and security representatives from 16 nations to analyze the [ … ]
Caribbean Commitment against Illicit Networks
Commodore Hayden Pritchard, chief of Defence Staff, Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF), is concerned with the maintenance of the rule of law in the face of gang activity, potential youth recruitment for terrorism, and delinquency of youth. As a Caribbean regional partner, Commodore Pritchard is working to build networks [ … ]