Carol Rosenberg
Friday, April 8, 2016 - 06:24
About 700 Florida National Guard troops are headed to the Horn of Africa again to be part of U.S. military operations against al-Qaida and other violent extremists in East Africa, a wing of the war on terror.
Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 06:36
The U.S. military on Wednesday sent home a long-held Mauritanian captive who was cleared for release six years ago.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 07:48
The U.S. sent home to Algeria on Thursday a long-held Guantánamo captive who was cleared for return years ago but for a time sought resettlement elsewhere rather than repatriation to his civil-war stricken homeland.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 08:26
“We are deeply concerned that the life of Mr. Ameziane could be in danger in Algeria,” they said.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 00:00
Policy decisions are made in Washington, then put into action by the outpost here - a campus-style office complex where military planners, intelligence analysts and agents of other federal agencies oversee and coordinate U.S. military activities.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 00:00
With the blessings of the two senior Pentagon officials, Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly took charge of the Southern Command on Monday, then swiftly praised peace talks between Colombia and rebels as better than open warfare.
“Just the fact that they
Friday, July 6, 2012 - 00:00
A decorated Army veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan was killed in an apparent freak accident in Guatemala this week when he was struck by a tree limb while making public affairs videos of Southcom humanitarian relief operations, the military said Thursday.
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 00:00
The $40 million project will put an underwater cable from the base in southeast Cuba through the Windward Passage to an undisclosed link in South Florida.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 00:00
A knot of protesters held signs and greeted military workers bound for Southcom in Doral rush-hour traffic with a message Wednesday morning: Close Guantanamo.
Friday, January 6, 2012 - 00:00
The Obama administration rollout of its new Defense Department strategy says little about Latin America and the Caribbean and does not foreshadow whether cuts are in store for Southern Command, the Pentagon's outpost in Miami.