U.S. Southern Command
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 09:00
Over the last eight years, the South Dakota National guard and Suriname Armed Forces have conducted nearly 100 military exchanges build capacity for peacekeeping operations, enhance regional access and advance security sector reform.
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 08:56
The frigate has left Key West to begin patrols of the Caribbean as part of Operation Martillo, a multinational effort targeting illicit trafficking routes in coastal waters along the Central American isthmus. On her previous patrol in the region, Argyll seized nearly £75m of drugs in the Pacific and captured three traffickers in the Caribbean.
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 08:46
Military Sealift Command joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) is scheduled to return to Belize to reload and transport service members to Guatemala to continue the SPS-JHSV 14 mission.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 06:54
There are some in officialdom who argue that not 100 percent of the violence today is due to the drug flow to the U.S., and I agree, but I would say that perhaps 80 percent of it is.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 13:42
The U.S. Navy has deployed the joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead to Latin America and the Caribbean to conduct subject matter expert exchanges with partner nation militaries and security forces from May - October 2014. Countries visited will be Belize, Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras.
Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 11:24
“According to statistics, Colombia ranks first in the world, outside of Afghanistan and Iraq, in Improvised Explosing Device (IED) incidents,”
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 09:31
As improvised explosive devices spread far beyond the conflict zones in the Middle East, U.S. Southern Command and the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization are working with Colombia to defeat what some consider a soldier’s worst nightmare.
Friday, June 27, 2014 - 08:30
Joint Task Force-Bravo operates on the Honduran military installation, Soto Cano Air Base, in central Honduras and is comprised of more than 600 U.S. military personnel and more than 650 U.S and Honduran civilians.
Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 13:52
The mission was part of Operation Martillo.
Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 13:50
The interdictions were part of Operation Martillo.