The ophthalmology center at the Port Mourant Hospital was established to provide aid to the Guyanese population by screening and selecting patients to receive cataract and pterygium surgery in support of NH19. Many of the Guyanese patients have been waiting years to receive either cataract or pterygium surgery to regain [ … ]
Capacity Building
JTF-B Assess, Educates Honduran Community
Medics from Joint Task Force - Bravo’s Medical Element (MEDEL) and 1st Battalion 228th Aviation Regiment partnered to help assess the needs of Florida de San Jose, a small community of La Paz, Honduras, during a Pediatric Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE), May 22-23. “We were assessing and managing malnutrition [ … ]
Beyond the Horizon 2019 Is in Guatemala
U.S. and Guatemalan service members provide health and education services to indigenous communities in western Guatemala. One thousand U.S. Army units teamed up with 350 Guatemalan service members to improve the quality of life of the people in Huehuetenango department, on the border with Mexico, as part of exercise Beyond [ … ]
Multinational task force begins deployment during hurricane season to Latin America, Caribbean
Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Southern Command (SPMAGTF-SC) officially kicked off its 2019 deployment with an opening ceremony at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 21. Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández and U.S. Navy Admiral Craig S. Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command, attended to welcome the SPMAGTF-SC multinational team [ … ]
Colombian Navy Boosts Tactical Land Mobility
U.S. multi-purpose vehicles increase humanitarian and military transport capability in critical areas of Colombia. The U.S. government presented the Colombian Navy with 12 Humvee vehicles, two of which are ambulance-type, to strengthen their humanitarian aid capabilities. The delivery was made on May 5, 2019, at the 1st Marine Corps Mobility [ … ]
Super Tucanos Participate in Combined Exercise out of Brazil for the First Time
The aircraft and 70 service members of the Brazilian Air Force participated in Green Flag, held May 31-June 14. Six A-29 aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB, in Portuguese) flew from Brazil to the U.S. West Coast to participate in aerial exercise Green Flag-West. The aircraft, known as Super [ … ]
Colombia, Guatemala Block Air Narcotrafficking Routes
Combined work as part of air interdiction exercise COLGUA II The Colombian Air Force (FAC, in Spanish) and the Guatemalan Air Force (FAG, in Spanish) conducted the binational air interdiction exercise COLGUA II in the Caribbean. The exercise, which combines aerial capabilities of both forces, neutralized three aircraft, captured two [ … ]
Inter-American Air Forces Academy Welcomes Partner Nations
Transnational threats were the main topic of the IV Western Hemisphere Exchange Symposium. The U.S. Inter-American Air Forces Academy (IAAFA) hosted an event for military officers and delegates from Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and [ … ]
Argentina, US Airmen Exchange Experiences
The training was based on techniques and procedures for night flights and airdrops. U.S. airmen exchanged experiences involving the Hercules C-130 aircraft with their Argentine counterparts in Buenos Aires province for 10 days. The exchange was conducted as part of the State Partnership Program (SPP) of the U.S. Department of [ … ]
Colombian NCOs PISAJE Program Continues To Be a Success
Senior NCOs from Colombia and Brazil visit the U.S. NCO Academy. For two weeks, noncommissioned officers (NCOs) from the Colombian Army — as well as four from Brazil — attended the bi-annual PISAJE program held in the United States. PISAJE (a Spanish acronym for Senior NCOs Integral Program) is a [ … ]
Colombia, Panama, US Block Maritime Narcotrafficking Routes
Interagency forces seized more than 2 tons of cocaine off Colombia’s Pacific coast. In two combined operations, Colombia, Panama, and the United States seized more than 2 tons of cocaine off Colombia’s Pacific coast in early April. Interoperability work among the Colombian Navy, U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Interagency Task Force [ … ]
Brazilian Armed Forces Prepare for UNITAS Exercise
Divided in two phases in the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic, the U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise UNITAS is the longest running multinational maritime exercise in the Americas. Brazil and Chile will host the 60th edition of the multinational maritime exercise UNITAS. The exercise, organized by U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. [ … ]