Capacity Building

On August 5, the National Service for Industrial Learning Integrated Manufacturing and Technology Center (SENAI CIMATEC) inaugurated the first Ballistic Testing Laboratory in northern northeastern Brazil. The initiative has the support of the Brazilian Army, through the 6th Military Region, the Army Evaluation Center, and the Brazilian Armor Association. SENAI CIMATEC, located in Salvador, capital of Bahia state, is one of the most advanced technology and innovation centers in Brazil, specialized in developing research and solutions for the military/security industry.

Forces assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. Fourth Fleet (USNAVSO/4THFLT), U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South (MARFORSOUTH), and II Marine Expeditionary Force conducted exercise Caraibes 2022, June 7-17.

The Human Rights Initiative (HRI) is a program U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) launched in 1997, which seeks to bring together representatives of the military and security forces of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to institutionalize human rights (HR). The program, which will turn 25 years old in 2022, focuses on four areas: policy and doctrine, education and training, internal control systems, and cooperation with civilian authorities.

Soldiers from the West Virginia National Guard’s 115th Engineer Company, 1092nd Engineer Battalion, recently arrived in Flores, Guatemala, to provide support to Operation Resolute Sentinel 22.

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force co-hosted the annual Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium (PALS) 2022 event, in Tokyo, Japan, June 13-16.

Personnel from Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo), the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA), the Guatemalan National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED), and Guatemalan military representatives conducted a two-day humanitarian assistance and disaster relief tabletop exercise, Sentinel Watch, June 8-9.