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Friday, June 27, 2008 - 00:00
USS Boxer returned to port yesterday after a two-month humanitarian and civic assistance mission to Latin America.
Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 00:00
Two dozen Sailors from guided-missile Destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98), guided-missile Destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) and guided-missile Frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59) joined members of the Chilean, Colombian, Ecuadorian and Peruvian navies to refur
Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 00:00
The Coast Guard International Training Division conducted a seminar to exchange knowledge with Navies from Ecuador, Chile and Peru on hand-to-hand combat and Vehicle Boarding Search and Seizure during UNITAS Pacific Phase 49-08.
Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 00:00
Continuing in their effort to provide relief to underprivileged Peruvians, U.S. service members here Monday kicked off the medical mission of New Horizons - Peru 2008, a U.S. and Peruvian humanitarian initiative scheduled through Aug. 31.
Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 00:00
For the first time, Joint Task Force-Bravo fire department personnel are providing a subject matter expert exchange for fire inspectors and investigators which may lead to a uniform system of fire prevention in Honduras.
Monday, June 23, 2008 - 00:00
UNITAS 49-08, an annual multinational exercise conducted to enhance interoperability and mutual cooperation between navies, began off the coast of Callao, Peru on June 21.
Monday, June 23, 2008 - 00:00
The exercise, Silent Forces Exercise 2008 (SIFOREX) consisted of 4 days of intense, structured ASW practice, followed by an 18-hour “scenario phase,” an unscripted event in which units simulated a real-world ASW situation.
Monday, June 23, 2008 - 00:00
I did an interview on Friday that appeared in El Pais on Sunday that noted that obviously from our point of view we are not rushing to embrace a government that we consider to be still trapped in a dictatorship, but we recognize and understand the interes
Friday, June 20, 2008 - 00:00
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack says the United States and the European Union want Cuba to embrace freedom, democracy and universal human rights -- unconditionally.
Friday, June 20, 2008 - 00:00
A 14-person medical team from Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, completed a two-week medical readiness training mission in Honduras June 19 after performing numerous ear, nose and throat procedures.