Southern Command
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 00:00
Throughout the Guatemalan subject matter exchanges, Swift crew members welcomed many distinguished visitors aboard including Alvaro Colom, the president of Guatemala.
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 00:00
PANAMAX is one of the largest multinational training exercises in the world, involving more than 30 vessels, a dozen aircraft and 4,500 personnel from 20 nations.
Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 00:00
The mission's primary goal is mission-focused information sharing with navies, coast guards and civilian services throughout the region to enhance regional maritime capabilities and security.
Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 00:00
Swift delivered the supplies as part of the Navy's Project Handclasp program, designed to transport educational, humanitarian and goodwill material on a space-available basis aboard U.S. Navy ships.
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 00:00
Marines of ten different nations joined forces in Peru to learn tactics and techniques pertaining to amphibious operations and the fundamentals to enhance peacekeeping. Part of the exercise included classes instructed by U.S. Navy corpsmen and medics fro
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 00:00
The amphibious ship USS Iwo Jima will visit Miami July 19-21 to conduct final preparations before beginning a four-month humanitarian assistance mission that will include visits to eight countries in the Caribbean, Central and South America.
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 00:00
Service members from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay are deployed with New Orleans in order to facilitate interaction between their navies and the U.S. Navy through subject matter exchanges and interaction.
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 00:00
New Horizons Panama 2010 is a U.S. Southern Command sponsored humanitarian assistance exercise designed to provide medical care and quality-of-life improvement projects for the people of Panama. In total, four schools and two medical clinics will be renov
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 00:00
U.S. Marine reservists from Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 24, setup and established a new and improved COC to oversee and monitor multinational units operating in the area of Salinas and Ancon, Peru-the Peruvian Marines' base.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 00:00
U.S. Marine and Navy forces recently docked in the Pacific port of Manzanillo to train with Marines in Mexico on their way Peru, this year's host nation for POA-10 and SE-10.