Arms Transfers
This pdf describes the civil-military assistance mission and objective, focusing on specific programs such as humanitarian assistance, disaster preparedness, civil affairs and humanitarian mine action.
This pdf outlines a brief history of USSOUTHCOM and its regional linkages, security concerns and key initiatives. Specific focus areas include illicit trafficking, military training, peacekeeping operations and humanitarian assistance.
This human rights education pdf highlights reporting procedures, international law, and a brief history of human rights in US foreign policy. Scenarios and questions are presented to encourage soldiers to think about what methods would be most beneficial when responding to human rights violations.
This PDF discusses security challenges in Latin America and what warfighter capabilities can be used to counter these challenges, specifically from a science-based approach. Cooperation and collaboration between USSOUTHCOM and stakeholders is also discussed.
The nominee to head U.S. Southern Command answers questions submitted by the Senate Armed Services Committee.
An evaluation of how the State and Defense Departments are implementing the Defense Department's Section 1206 military aid program, which was new at the time.
Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Indiana) "recently sent Senate Foreign Relations Committee minority staff to 24 countries in Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia and the Middle East to examine how increased funding and new programs are being implemented in the field."
Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Indiana) asked committee staff to travel to several regions to "assess whether the
State and Defense Departments are working together overseas in a way that contributes to overarching U.S. foreign policy goals."
Recommends that the Mérida Initiative aid package to Mexico be increased and focused on building police and judicial capacities.
The regional combatant command's "capstone document" that "serves as our blueprint for enhancing U.S. relationships with, and the capabilities of, our partner nations."