Regional defense experts analyze how to combat transnational organized crime with a united front. From June 5-9, 2018, Panama City hosted the Central American Regional Seminar on Countering Transnational Threat Networks. The event, sponsored by the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, convened 70 experts, including officers of [ … ]
International Relations
Peruvian Army Welcomes Inter-American Defense College
Visitors learned about Peruvian efforts to combat illegal mining and related crimes. The Peruvian Army shared its knowledge and experiences about security and defense with a group of 140 students from the Inter-American Defense College (IADC), a top academic institution operating under the Organization of American States through the Inter-American [ … ]
Navies of Chile and Argentina Combat Crime in the High Seas in Tabletop Exercise
The Chile-Argentina Bilateral Crisis Game serves as a forum to promote mutual understanding of operational procedures. The exercise didn’t involve warlike actions, but a rather misunderstood transnational crime: illegal fishing. Under this theme, the navies of Chile and Argentina met to explore how to carry out a combined operation against [ … ]
SOUTHCOM Returns to El Salvador with Humanitarian Assistance
Service members improved schools’ facilities during Beyond the Horizon 2018. The Salvadoran Armed Force (FAES, in Spanish) and U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) launched the combined military exercise Beyond the Horizon 2018 in the municipality of Zacatecoluca, May 31, 2018. Service members focus on improving schools and providing health services to [ … ]
Air Advisors Conduct First-Ever BPC Mission in Costa Rica
The U.S. Air Force’s 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron recently conducted their first-ever mission to Costa Rica. The U.S. Air Force’s 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron recently conducted their first-ever mission to Costa Rica. The nine-member team executed a three-week building partner capacity mission with the country’s Air Surveillance Service [ … ]
Brazilian Navy to Incorporate HMS Ocean Helicopter Carrier
The helicopter carrier purchased from the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom can operate up to seven aircraft simultaneously. Brazilian Navy (MB, in Portuguese) service members traveled to England for the incorporation of the HMS Ocean, a helicopter carrier of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. MB designated its [ … ]
U.S. Airmen Teach Aircraft Recovery to Chilean Air Force Partners
Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern) sent a Mobile Training Team to Chile. Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern) sent a Mobile Training Team (MTT) to Chile to conduct training with the Chilean Air Force (FACh, in Spanish) on crash damaged disabled aircraft recovery (CDDAR), May 13 to June 8, [ … ]
Kentucky National Guard Maintenance Team visits Ecuadorean Military
Ecuador and the Kentucky Army National Guard are State Partnership Program partners. The Ecuadorean military hosted a team of soldiers from the Kentucky National Guard, June 3-9, 2018, during a military-to-military event through the State Partnership Program (SPP). The event focused on vehicle maintenance procedures, involved a visit to maintenance [ … ]
Colombian and Peruvian Navies Complete 12th Rural Aid Campaign
A combined team of specialists provides medical and legal assistance and humanitarian aid to 60 communities along the Putumayo and Amazon rivers. The 12th edition of the Colombia-Peru Binational Development Assistance Campaign kicked off May 19, 2018. Vessels set sail from the Peruvian Navy’s Southern Naval Force in Puerto Leguizamo, [ … ]
Brazilian Army Military Academy Trains Foreign Cadets
About 50 cadets from partner nations study at the Brazilian Army’s Agulhas Negras Military Academy in Rio de Janeiro. The Agulhas Negras Military Academy (AMAN, in Portuguese), a college-level institution that trains officers for the Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese), also trains foreign officers from partner nations. At the bicentennial [ … ]
Southern Command Chief Says South American Allies ‘Got Game’
In 1988, Colombia looked like it was on its way to being a failed state. Drug cartels operated with impunity. The rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, in Spanish) controlled vast swathes of the nation and was working hand in glove with the drug lords. Assassinations were so [ … ]
Brazil Hosts Portuguese-Speaking Countries
The event brought together Joint Chiefs of Staff from the armed forces of nine countries to outline future defense activities. In late April 2018, Brazil hosted the 20th Meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces (CEMGFA, in Portuguese) of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP, in [ … ]