Latin American partner nations continue to curb transnational organized crime with cooperation and intelligence exchange. Representatives of armed forces of 18 nations met at Cartagena Naval Base, Colombia, on May 8 to deliver the results of the Orión Naval and Riverine Campaign III carried out in the first quarter of [ … ]
Capacity Building
SD Guard, Suriname Partner Together to Provide Medical, Dental Services
More than 700 people from the eastern region of Suriname benefited from the humanitarian mission. Soldiers from the South Dakota Army National Guard (SDARNG) traveled to the South American country of Suriname to provide medical and dental services to the local population of Albina, April 10-12. The mission was part [ … ]
Central American, Caribbean Air Forces Join to Curb Narcotrafficking
Combined operations speed up tasks to neutralize illicit traffic and clandestine airstrips used to move drugs to the northern part of the hemisphere. The Salvadoran Air Force organized the first Surveillance and Airspace Control against Illicit Forces Seminar on March 25-April 5, 2019, in Ilopango. Elements from the five member [ … ]
Brazilian Navy Special Operators Train with US Navy SEALs
The Joint Combined Exchange Training took place in Rio de Janeiro, April 16-May 16. The Joint Combined Exchange Training, or JCET, consists of exercises designed to provide training opportunities to special operators from the United States and partner nations. JCETs are always held in countries with which the U.S. Special [ … ]
Central American Firefighters: Prepared to Confront Regional Threats
Central American firefighters standardize knowledge and strengthen capabilities thanks to exercise CENTAM SMOKE. Central American firefighters demonstrated their capabilities during a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise carried out through Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-Bravo). Firefighters put their skills to the test at Soto Cano Air Base, headquarters of JTF-Bravo in Comayagua, Honduras, [ … ]
Belize Provides Educational Alternative for the Youth
The Belize Defence Force partnered with the Louisiana National Guard to help at-risk youth change their lives. Through the window of the juvenile detention center, Delrick Sankey watched as students executed military drills at the Belize Youth Challenge Program (BYC) across the street, and wished to be among them. He [ … ]
Colombia Takes Part in Exercise Red Flag 19-2
The Colombian Air Force 811th Tanker Squadron strengthened its air refueling capacity and led a mission during the exercise. The Colombian Air Force (FAC, in Spanish) took part in international exercise Red Flag 19-2, March 6-23, at U.S. Air Force Nellis Air Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. Conducted several times [ … ]
Salvadoran Special Forces and US Military Practice Air Insertions
The Salvadoran Armed Force’s Special Forces Command increased its helicopter assault and surprise capabilities. Units of Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo) and the U.S. Army led an air instruction program for the Salvadoran Armed Force’s (FAES, in Spanish) Special Forces Command (CFE, in Spanish). During the March 4-7, 2019 training [ … ]
Colombia Trains Guatemalan Marines
Guatemalan service members strengthen their amphibious assault capabilities to conduct operations against criminal organizations in any scenario. Guatemalan service members concluded the Amphibious Assault Course Colombian Navy instructors taught at the Guatemalan Marine Corps Naval Training Center (CANIM, in Spanish), in Puerto Barrios, Izabal, March 11, 2019. The objective was [ … ]
Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Promotes Youth Programs
The Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force promotes youth programs to help young men and women at risk of falling prey to crime, drugs, and radicalization change their lives. The Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) leads two youth programs as part of broader national effort to provide opportunity for underprivileged [ … ]
US, Brazil Share Experiences during Exchange
Psychological operations experts from the Brazilian and U.S. Army’s special operations units conducted an exchange to share best practices. U.S. and Brazilian service members from Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH) and the Brazilian Army’s (EB in Portuguese) Special Operations Command’s 1st Psychological Operations Battalion (1º B Op Psic, in Portuguese), [ … ]
Cooperative Security Location Comalapa at the Forefront of Combating Narcotrafficking
The Cooperative Security Location works with different agencies to counter transnational criminal organizations. The combined fight partner nations and the United States undertake against narcotrafficking never lets up. The Cooperative Security Location (CSL) Comalapa, in El Salvador, highlights regional efforts to disrupt narcotrafficking groups that travel across Central America from [ … ]