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Earlier in June, U.S. Army Colonel Jonathon R. Moelter, chief of U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) Communications Systems Directorate (J-6) and co-chairman to the U.S.-Colombia Command, Control, and Interoperability Board (CCIB), led a 13-member U.S. delegation to Bogota, Colombia and the first ever U.S.-Colombia CCIB.
At the invitation of the Chilean Army’s Ground Operations Command (COT), a delegation from the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), South Pacific Division, visited Chile for the first time to conduct training activities based on its Urban Search and Rescue Program, which the Military deploys in emergencies and disasters.
U.S. Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), and a delegation of senior U.S. government officials were in Cartagena on June 24th to participate in a minister-level dialogue on defense and security in Central America’s Northern Triangle.
Members of the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Religious Affairs Team and clergy from 14 different partner nations in the Americas recently participated in the 2016 Religious Affairs Symposium in Bogotá, Colombia.
For three days, from June 13th-15th, partner nation participants from 19 countries in the Americas gathered in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago to discuss the role of women in the armed forces.
SOUTHCOM’s Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) built the Regional Complex for Disaster Preparation and Response in the region of La Libertad.
The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) School for Command Preparation welcomed a student delegation from the Colombian Sergeant's Major Academy from May 15th-26th.
Uruguayan Vice Minister of Defense Jorge Menéndez Corte recently met his Chilean counterpart, Undersecretary of Defense Marcos Robledo Hoecker, for the first political and strategic dialogue between Undersecretaries of Defense for the two countries in Santiago, Chile.
Colombia, along with other regional partner nations, provided quick and effective aid immediately after a deadly earthquake struck Ecuador in mid April. On April 25th, Ecuadorean Navy Vice Admiral Osvaldo Zambrano Cueva, Chief of the Joint Staff of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces, thanked his Colombian counterpart, General Juan Pablo Rodríguez Barragán, for the humanitarian aid and support the Colombian Armed…
The commander of the U.S. Southern Command also attended the Fuerzas Comando 2016 military exercises at the Marine Corps base in Ancón. Peruvian Defense Minister Jakke Valakivi received U.S. Admiral Kurt W. Tidd, commander of the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), at Peru's Army Headquarters in Lima on May 9th. The two discussed bilateral relations in the defense sector, as well…
The System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces (SICOFAA) responded quickly and robustly when Ecuador requested its help after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Andean nation on April 16th.
