Today in Washington, DC, #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Laura Richardson met with President Santiago Peña & discussed current efforts to strengthen the longstanding US-Paraguay security partnership.  MDN Paraguay Embajada de EE.UU. Presidencia Paraguay

#SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Laura Richardson joined @thewilsoncenter today for a discussion with moderator Amb. Mark Green on the state of democracy in Latin America as well as regional security & combatting transnational organized crime.
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NWC faculty & staff leveraged their knowledge & expertise to educate embarked international 🌎 & U.S. Navy personnel in operational planning aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) | USNAVSO_4THFLT, April 29 – May 5.

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#StrengthenPartnerships | #Interoperability

#FuerzasComando2024 | Las unidades que participan del polígono de alta precisión son tiradores capaces de apuntar a objetivos en movimiento y objetivos fijos en simultáneos blancos hasta una distancia de 700 metros en un momento muy preciso.

Check out this video of yesterday's first event of #FuerzasComando2024 !
#FC24 #strengtheningpartnerships #ComandosdelasAmericas

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An F-35C Lightning II lands on USS George Washington in the Atlantic Ocean May 4. The carrier will #StrengthenPartnerships with partner nation maritime forces in South America over the next few months during USNAVSO_4THFLT's #SouthernSeas24 deployment. U.S. Navy

Caribbean security:
Mexican & Dutch marines secure a beachhead during #Tradewinds24 amphibious assault training in Barbados May 13. The #SOUTHCOM -sponsored exercise includes forces from the U.S. & 25 nations focused on Caribbean security. U.S. Army South

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Stayed tuned to facebook.com/USSOCSOUTH and instagram.com/socsouth/ for the latest highlights on Fuerzas Comando 24.
#Fuerzascomando24 #FC24 #ComandosdelasAmericas

Students from the Joint and Combined Warfighting School visited Joint Interagency Task Force South to learn about the mission, interagency collaboration, and multinational coordination in support of regional security.

The President of Barbados and Commander in Chief of the Barbados Defence Force, Her Excellency, The Most Honourable, Dame Sandra Mason, joined the training and experience of Exercise TRADEWINDS 2024.

Her Excellency was joined by US Ambassador to Barbados, His Excellency Roger

Brig. Gen. Omar J. Randall, Deputy Commander of MARFORSOUTH, discusses the importance of standing alongside our South American Allies and cross-combatant command collaboration.
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Coast guardsmen from multiple nations took part in training to counter #IUUFishing during the multinational, Caribbean-focused, training exercise #Tradewinds24 May 9-11. #IUUFishing erodes the environment & regional food sustainability, sovereignty, & security. @ArmySouth U.S. Coast Guard

#StrengtheningPartnerships & improving regional security:
A look at yesterday's opening ceremony for the #FuerzasComando24 Special Ops competition & exercise in #Panama . 17 countries from the Western Hemisphere competing in the challenging skills competition May 12-24. SOCSOUTH

Making A Difference in Honduras!

U.S. Army Advisors with 54th SFAB set up communication equipment in Honduras. Maintaining communication equipment and expertise is a vital skill of a U.S. Army Advisors, regardless of their military specialty.

#Military #SFAB #USArmy

#ICYMI : Today marked the official start of Fuerzas Comando 2024 in Panama. Watch highlights of the opening ceremony here: instagram.com/reel/C667bywux…

17 Country teams are awaiting final scores from today's first official event of #FuerzasComando2024 in Panamá.
Tune into facebook.com/USSOCSOUTH for the official scores. #ComandosdelasAmericas #FC24 #fortaleciandoalianzas

In a historic meeting at the Amapala Naval Base, members of U.S. Coast Guard & Fuerza Naval de Honduras strengthened ties & cooperation in maritime security. It was the first meeting of its kind in the Gulf of Fonseca & included discussions on various topics, from maritime laws to counterdrug ops.

Sailors move an F-35C Lightning II on USS George Washington (CVN 73) in the Atlantic Ocean, May 11. The carrier will conduct passing exercises & ops at sea with partner nation maritime forces in South America during USNAVSO_4THFLT's #SouthernSeas24 deployment. U.S. Navy

Fast Rope Insertion & Extraction System training with a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk during exercise #Tradewinds24 in Barbados, May 8. The Caribbean-focused exercise includes forces from the U.S. & 25 nations. USEmbassy Bridgetown U.S. Army South U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South

📸 by Sgt. Joshua Taeckens

Tune in today at 0900 CST to watch the live feed of the #FuerzasComando24 opening ceremony. instagram.com/protegeryservi…

Competitors from 17 countries will gather in Cerro Tigre, Panama and the surrounding areas to compete in Fuerzas Comando 24, a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored