U.S. Southern Command
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 00:00
March 8 was the second day of pressure-point training run by members from both Coast Guard Training Teams East and West. Law enforcement experts are supporting Exercise Tradewinds 2011, providing instruction to multi-national classes.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 00:00
From a U.S. military perspective, non-lethal training encompasses training with techniques or weapons, such as tasers or batons, that can be used to stun, subdue or capture an enemy combatant or criminal without any loss or life or permanent injury.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 00:00
On Saturday March 5, crewmembers of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Diligence participated in a subject-matter exchange with Coast Guardsmen from the Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force, Trinidad and Tobago and the Dominican Republic.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 00:00
During the engagement, U.S. Sailors and Marines worked side-by-side with Honduran army engineers performing electrical rewiring, plumbing pipe replacement and constructing a Southeast Asia hut (SEA hut) at an elementary school.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 00:00
The riot is simply training for the U.S. and Caribbean service members and police assembled at the Antigua and Barbuda Royal Police Force's training school, but it's a subject the participants could easily find themselves tested on in the near future.
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 00:00
USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) and embarked Security Cooperation Task Force (SCTF) completed their Amphibious Southern Partnership Station 2011 (A-SPS 11) deployment March 5, following stops in Central and South America.
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 00:00
United States and Dominican Republic security forces will be conducting a military exercise named Fused Response 2011 from March 7 - 11.
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 00:00
U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, Robert J. Callahan officially turned over a disaster relief warehouse and emergency operations center to Nicaraguan officials Feb. 28 as part of U.S. Southern Command's efforts to contribute to the region's disaster relief pr
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 00:00
U.S. Marines and 21 partner nation coast guard, law enforcement and ground forces gathered at Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force's Camp Blizzard for a short ceremony March 1, to celebrate the start of exercise Tradewinds 2011.
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 00:00
More than 30 Joint Task Force-Bravo members conducted a Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) in El Salvador Feb. 25-27 and provided aid to 1,600 people.