U.S. Department of Defense
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 00:00
The New Mexico National Guard transported several Costa Rican dignitaries, including the vice minister of public security and the U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, via UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter yesterday so they could observe the progress of exercise Fuer
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 00:00
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton got a first-hand look yesterday at the humanitarian assistance a military, interagency and nongovernmental team is providing here as she toured a medical clinic set up during Continuing Promise 2009.
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
Several dozen pallets stretched across a docking area here yesterday – a fraction of those waiting to be loaded onto trucks for distribution throughout Haiti -- providing a tangible symbol of evolving partnerships officials call key to Continuing Promis
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 00:00
I just hosted my counterparts in the Mexican military last week up here. We worked through several areas where we're going to start to cooperate in ways that we have not done in the past
Monday, March 30, 2009 - 00:00
Another former captive, Marc Gonsalves, added that seeing an American for the first time upon their rescue brought an overwhelming emotion of pride
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 00:00
Admiral James Stavridis, who currently heads Southern Command, is being recommended to lead European Command. Air Force General Douglas Fraser, currently the deputy at Pacific Command, is being recommended to lead Southern Command.
Friday, March 13, 2009 - 00:00
As President Barack Obama considers deploying National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to control escalating violence, Arizona's governor has requested about 250 more National Guard troops on its border with Mexico, and the Texas governor is consid
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 00:00
Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took time from a busy schedule of meetings with Mexican military and naval leaders yesterday to visit the Mexico City National Cemetery
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 00:00
The combined capabilities and military cooperation between Mexico and the United States can defeat the drug cartels that plague both countries, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in Mexico City yesterday.
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 00:00
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and President Barack Obama discussed the situation in Mexico and the military capabilities that could assist the country in a March 7 conversation.