CENTAM Guardian 2023 (CG23) officially kicked-off with an opening ceremony including Guatemalan, Honduran, Salvadoran, and U.S. Forces on March 18 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. CENTAM Guardian is an annual U.S. Army South-led, joint, multinational exercise which takes place at various locations in Central America and the Caribbean. The exercise addresses [ … ]
On January 4, the United Nations (U.N.) appointed Brazilian Army (EB) Lieutenant General Otávio Rodrigues de Miranda Filho, as commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). He replaces Lieutenant General Marcos de Sá Affonso da Costa, also from Brazil, who ended his [ … ]
U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos del Toro reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to Caribbean nations in their fight against what he called the “existential threat” of climate change. “The United States stands by you, with you, combatting this threat,” Del Toro said during a meeting with officials, students, and professors at [ … ]
U.S. Army advisors assigned to 4th Battalion, 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (1st SFAB), traveled to La Guajira region of Colombia alongside the Colombian Army’s Fire Support Command, in mid-December 2022, to assess their procedures and technical prowess in planning and executing field artillery missions using 155mm Howitzer cannons. It [ … ]
U.S. Special Operations Forces consisting of Special Forces, Civil Affairs, and Psychological Operations service members participated in a new initiative named Embassy on the Road with U.S. Ambassador to Panama Mari Aponte, in Chiriquí. [caption id="attachment_80589" align="alignleft" width="373"] U.S. Ambassador to Panama Mari Aponte talks with locals in Chiriquí during [ … ]
The Brazilian Navy and 32 countries from the American, African, and European continents participated in the 12th iteration of Obangame Express, the largest multinational maritime exercise in West and Central Africa, conducted by U.S. Naval Forces in Africa (NAVAF), and sponsored by U.S. Africa Command. Nigeria hosted the January 23-February [ … ]
The U.S. government donated a Cessna Caravan 208 aircraft to Belize’s Ministry of National Defence and Border Security at a handover ceremony March 2 at the Williamson Hanger Complex in Ladyville. U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) donated the aircraft through the U.S. Foreign Military Financing program. The handover ceremony included remarks [ … ]
USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) arrived in the port of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for a scheduled visit, March 7. The visit is Stone’s second stop in Brazil as the cutter continues its multi-mission deployment in the South Atlantic Ocean, exhibiting the U.S. Coast Guard’s partnership with Brazil and strengthening the [ … ]
U.S. Special Operations Forces consisting of Civil Affairs, Psychological Operations, and Special Forces service members that make up Cross Functional Team-Guyana, facilitated the donation of medical equipment, February 3, to a hospital in Linden, Guyana. Through the U.S. Department of Defense’s Humanitarian Assistance Program, the U.S. Embassy and Cross Functional [ … ]
The United States’ Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT), in partnership with Guyana’s Ministry of Health, performed surgical operations and provided dental services, and also conducted professional knowledge exchanges from February 20 through March 3 as part of U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM’s) Enduring Promise mission. LAMAT is a medical team [ … ]
The Space Operations Center (COPE) is a unit under the Brazilian Air Force’s Aerospace Operations Command (COMAE), with facilities in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro. COPE monitors all military satellite operations. The center’s operations are conducted jointly with the Brazilian Army and Navy through a multidisciplinary team. Its commander, Brazilian [ … ]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced on February 15 an additional $42.5 million in humanitarian assistance for the people of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The sum “will help enable our United Nations (U.N.) and NGO partners to reach an additional 182,000 people across the region with [ … ]
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