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Volunteers Supporting Continuing Promise 22

Volunteers Supporting Continuing Promise 22

Doctors, nurses, pre-medical and dental students, translators, professionals with expertise in worldwide operations, to include humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR), Medevac procedures, preventive medicine, climate change, disaster scenario training, etc., came together to get the mission done. They took time from their practices, studies, jobs, and lives, to provide quality care. They are volunteers from non-federal entities (NFEs), including…

December 21, 2022
Argentine and Chilean Military Train for Potential Natural Disasters

Argentine and Chilean Military Train for Potential Natural Disasters

Exercise Solidarity (Solidaridad), held November 7-10 in the Argentine province of Mendoza, provided the Argentine and Chilean armed forces with an opportunity to strengthen and improve their humanitarian assistance response capability in the event of emergencies. “It was a civil protection exercise, where troops trained to be prepared for a natural catastrophe, such as a major earthquake with severe consequences,”…

December 20, 2022
US Donates Helicopters to El Salvador for Peacekeeping Missions

US Donates Helicopters to El Salvador for Peacekeeping Missions

The U.S. government donated four MD-530F helicopters and utility vehicles to the Salvadoran Armed Force (FAES) to strengthen its participation in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), the Salvadoran Ministry of Defense announced. In addition to the helicopters, a fire truck, a water tanker, a forklift, and electric generators were also delivered, the U.S. Embassy in…

December 13, 2022
United States Provides Another Donation of Emergency Hurricane Relief Assistance to Belize

United States Provides Another Donation of Emergency Hurricane Relief Assistance to Belize

The U.S. Embassy is working closely with the government of Belize to provide critical humanitarian aid to Belizean communities devastated by Hurricane Lisa. On behalf of the American people, Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Belmopan, a.i. Leyla Moses-Ones met in mid-November with Chair of the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) Foreign Assistance Committee Ambassador Amalia Mai and NEMO…

December 09, 2022
SOUTHCOM Commemorates 25th Anniversary of Its Human Rights Initiative 

SOUTHCOM Commemorates 25th Anniversary of Its Human Rights Initiative 

More than 100 participants representing Western Hemisphere militaries, governments, nongovernmental organizations, and academia gathered in the Conference Center of the Americas at the headquarters of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) December 1 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of SOUTHCOM’s Human Rights Initiative (HRI).  Rooted in SOUTHCOM’s efforts to promote a culture of respect for human rights, the HRI was established in 1997…

December 05, 2022
USAF, Navy Integrate for Bomber Task Force MineX

USAF, Navy Integrate for Bomber Task Force MineX

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers from the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, integrated with U.S. Naval forces in the Indo-Pacific region to conduct a naval mine exercise (MineX) off Okinawa during a training mission originating from Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, October 24. The B-1 bombers arrived at Guam on October 18 for a…

December 02, 2022
NY Air Guardsman Graduates from Brazil’s Jungle Training School

NY Air Guardsman Graduates from Brazil’s Jungle Training School

For New York Air National Guard Technical Sergeant Jeremy Miter, adapting to the heat and humidity of the Amazon basin was the toughest part of the six weeks he spent at Brazil’s jungle warfare School from late September until mid-November 2022. “Once we got into the jungle it was a whole other level of heat,” Tech. Sgt. Miter said. “The…

December 01, 2022
Chile Hosts Multinational Air Exercise Salitre 2022 

Chile Hosts Multinational Air Exercise Salitre 2022 

The Salitre combined multinational air exercise is one of the largest and most important in South America. Its objectives are to increase interoperability of participating forces under North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) regulations, exchange experiences in the conduct and execution of assets in combined operations, and strengthen ties of friendship.  “Salitre 2022 was an exercise that marks an acceptance, understanding,…

December 01, 2022
USS Milwaukee and Dominican Republic Navy Work Together in Bilateral Maritime Interdiction Exercise

USS Milwaukee and Dominican Republic Navy Work Together in Bilateral Maritime Interdiction Exercise

The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) and two Dominican Republic Navy ships conducted a bilateral maritime interdiction exercise off the coast of Santo Domingo, 10 November 10, 2022. During the exercise, the two nations’ naval forces worked together to find, track, and intercept a simulated drug smuggling vessel through a practice series of tactical shipboard movements, formations,…

November 30, 2022
Hospital Ship USNS Comfort in Cartagena: Brothers Helping Brothers 

Hospital Ship USNS Comfort in Cartagena: Brothers Helping Brothers 

Those who think that because the hospital ship USNS Comfort belongs to the U.S. Navy, its crew — which includes doctors, dentists, surgeons, and other members of the health care field, among others — is composed only of U.S. professionals and military personnel are mistaken. You don’t have to look far to find many Latinos who are proudly part of…

November 21, 2022
Colombian Navy Leads International Riverine Operations Training 

Colombian Navy Leads International Riverine Operations Training 

The Colombian Navy, with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), held an international training course in Riverine Operations at the facilities of the International Center for Advanced Riverine Excellence (CIEAF), in Turbo, Antioquia. Twenty-four members of the security forces of Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Mozambique, and four Colombians attended the 25-day, September training.  The…

November 18, 2022
Building Good Relations, a Regional Security Solution

Building Good Relations, a Regional Security Solution

 “Improvisation never succeeds” could sum up the Caribbean Basin Coastal Surveillance and Maritime Security Summit (CABSEC) and the South American Security Summit (SAMSEC) 2022. Rear Admiral Exón Ascencio, deputy chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Salvadoran Armed Forces, made the statement during his presentation at the event held November 8-9, in Doral, Florida, referring to the fight…

November 15, 2022