U.S. Southern Command
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Dive and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 Company 23, concluded a two-week training evolution with multinational Caribbean divers in Barbados, June 17.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
The competitors in the Fuerzas Comando competition faced an "Integrated Assault" challenge June 21, completing the last event of this year’s competition.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
The task force is a Louisiana National Guard-led humanitarian exercise sponsored by U.S. Southern Command.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
The divers from MDSU 2 and the Armada de Chile shared knowledge and tactics on salvage diving, anti-terrorism force protection dive operations, basic dive medicine and recompression chamber operations.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
Fuerzas Comando was established in 2004 as a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored special operations skills competition and senior-leader seminar featuring nations from Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
The ships' visit focused on building relationships between the navies of the U.S. and Chile through ship tours, sports and personal interaction events.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
Brazil and Panama went target for target and forced a draw as the two-day Critical Tasks Evaluation event of Fuerzas Comando 2011 wrapped up June 18 at the Shangallo Range here.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
"We try to minimize the exposure of the weapons," Army Maj. Wynn Nugent, operations officer for Task Force Bon Voizen, said. "It sends a bad message, especially being here on a humanitarian exercise."
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
Two-man sniper teams from 19 different countries competed in the "Angle Shooting" and "Shooting from Unknown Distances" events during the Fuerzas Comando competition June 19-20.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
This award represents the first time a U.S. Air Force unit has been recognized by the USIC.