U.S. Southern Command
Friday, June 21, 2013 - 00:00
The airplanes and crews will be operating out of El Salvador flying detection and monitoring missions along with aircraft and surface units from partner nations, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 00:00
Under the leadership of Rear Adm. Michel, JIATF-S commenced Operation Martillo.
Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 00:00
Both leaders agreed that one of the key vehicles to deepening defense cooperation is an updated defense cooperation agreement that the United States and Peru began working on following then-Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta's visit to Lima last year
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 00:00
Throughout the four-month mission, U.S. soldiers and airmen trained in a broad range of specialties worked hand in hand with medical professionals from Panama's Health Ministry, delivering care to about 13,000 people
Friday, June 7, 2013 - 00:00
Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly noted that the command grew out of President John F. Kennedy's vision of a Western Hemisphere that served as a "beacon of freedom, opportunity and equality"
Friday, June 7, 2013 - 00:00
Conducted by engineering, medical, dental and veterinary professionals from the U.S., El Salvadoran, Colombian, Chilean and Canadian militaries
Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 00:00
Southcom's motto, 'Partnership for the Americas,' is fitting, the deputy defense secretary said, given the command's range of responsibilities and activities
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 00:00
A team of personnel from more than six partner nations boarded a suspect vessel Wednesday in a simulated counter-drug operation led by U.S. Coast Guardsmen in Saint Lucia
Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 00:00
Uniformed service members and maritime police officers from four partner nations bolstered their maritime enforcement capabilities in a live-fire gunnery exercise off the coast of Saint Lucia
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 00:00
Crew members launched a bright, green buoy into the Caribbean Sea and the crew of the Dominican Republic's GC 109 Orion took turns firing at the target from Oak's forecastle.