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Admiral Holsey visits illegal aliens holding operations center at Guantanamo Bay
February 14, 2025 — U.S. Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, commander of U.S. Southern Command, visited Operation Southern Guard at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 5, to assess ongoing illegal alien holding operations... MORE

SOUTHCOM commander visits U.S. Army South headquarters
January 17, 2025 — Adm. Alvin Holsey, commander of U.S. Southern Command, along with his wife, Dr. Stephanie Holsey, and the command’s senior enlisted leader, Sgt. Maj. Rafael Rodriguez, visited U.S. Army South headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on Jan. 15, 2025. This marked Holsey’s first visit to the headquarters as the SOUTHCOM commander... MORE

Exercise Tradewinds 2025 initial planning conference sets stage for regional security cooperation
November 18, 2024 — Approximately 200 military and civilian exercise planners from across the Western Hemisphere gathered this week for the Tradewinds 2025 (TW25) initial planning conference (IPC), marking a significant step in the coordination of this large-scale multinational exercise, at the University of Trinidad and Tobago Chaguaramas Campus, Nov. 4-9... MORE

U.S. Army South, U.S. Southern Command spearhead intelligence subject matter expert exchange in El Salvador
July 30, 2024 — In an effort to bolster interoperability and operational capabilities, U.S. Army South G2 and U.S. Southern Command J26 led the Central American Regional Enhanced Domain Awareness subject matter expert exchange, in San Salvador, El Salvador, July 8-12. ... MORE

Army South hosts TRADEWINDS 2024 Scenario Development Conference
December 8, 2023 — Planners from across the region concluded the TRADEWINDS 2024 Scenario Development Conference held at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from Dec. 5-7... MORE

Transforming lives, one eye at a time: Local medical personnel take part in ophthalmology mission, Panamax Alpha 2023
September 11, 2023 — In July 2023, a team of 32 members from the Air Force, Army, and Navy embarked on an Ophthalmology Medical Readiness Training Exercise, or MEDRETE, to Regional Hospital Dr. Luis "Chicho" Fabrega in Santiago de Veraguas, Panama... MORE

Two Ophthalmologists and a medical technician stand around a patient who received cataract surgery at Regional Hospital Dr. Luis "Chicho" Fabrega in Santiago de Veraguas, Panama, July 17, 2023.

Multinational exercise Tradewinds 2023 begins in Guyana
July 17, 2023 — The Caribbean-focused exercise, Tradewinds 2023 (TW23), officially commenced with an opening ceremony that took place July 15 at Camp Ayanganna. Tradewinds is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored annual exercise designed to strengthen partnerships and interoperability, promote human rights, as well as increase all participants' training capacity and capability to mitigate, plan for and respond to regional crises and security threats. ... MORE

PANAMAX provides opportunity to build coalition force efficiency
September 7, 2022 — Nations spanning across Latin America and the Caribbean sent members of their security forces to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston to build and strengthen partnerships during a week-long training exercise in August... MORE

Exercise PANAMAX 22 kicks off across the U.S.
August 8, 2022 — U.S. Army South is hosting a portion of PANAMAX 2022, a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored multinational command post exercise aimed at reinforcing and enhancing the long-term security of the Panama Canal and the Western Hemisphere, through Aug. 12 at bases in Texas, Florida, Virginia and Arizona... MORE

SOUTHCOM Commander: 'This Is Our Neighborhood'
July 25, 2022 — Americans often get wrapped up in East-West concerns, but U.S. Southern Command "is our neighborhood," said Army Gen. Laura Richardson, commander, U.S. Southern Command — at the Aspen Security Forum held in Aspen, Colorado July 19-22... MORE

Army South departs Honduras concluding deployment exercise
May 24, 2022 — U.S. Army South finished a contingency command post deployment exercise at Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras May 19, to increase readiness for upcoming contingencies in the U.S. Southern Command’s area of operations... MORE

Army South begins deployment exercise in Honduras
May 13, 2022 — U.S. Army South Soldiers arrived in Honduras May 12 for a nine-day deployment exercise with more than 60 Soldiers to set up a contingency command post in preparation for future forward operations in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility... MORE

U.S. Army South seeks to increase integration with partner nations
April 7, 2022 — U.S. Army South held the Joint Synchronization Symposium at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston March 28-April 1 to synchronize and expand engagements to maintain or increase the U.S. presence in the Western Hemisphere... MORE

Army South Contingency Command Post conducts deployment readiness exercise
September 17, 2021 — Army South personnel learned pallet loading and securing at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex Sept. 14 as part of the Army South Contingency Command Post during a level II deployment readiness exercise... MORE

Army South personnel learn pallet loading and securing at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex Sept. 14.

Army South hosts 2nd Operation Alamo Shield Mission Prep for rotating Security Force Assistance Teams
September 7, 2021 — U.S. Army South hosted the second pre-deployment training seminar, Operation Alamo Shield Mission Prep, at their headquarters Aug. 31-Sept. 1 to prepare teams assigned to the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade for future training and advising missions in Colombia, Honduras and Panama... MORE

U.S., Chilean armies finalize 16th bilateral army-to-army staff talks
August 23, 2021 — U.S. Army South and the Chilean Army held virtual bilateral staff talks Aug. 19-20 to formally agree upon security cooperation activities from 2022-2024... MORE

U.S. Army South welcomes new commanding general
July 7, 2021 — U.S. Army South conducted a change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston on June 30. Adm. Craig S. Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command, presided over the ceremony in which Maj. Gen. Daniel R. Walrath relinquished command to Brig. Gen. William L. Thigpen... MORE

Army South strengthens cooperation in Jamaica with humanitarian assistance, disaster relief response
May 11, 2021 — Brig. Gen. Alcides V. Faria, U.S. Army South deputy commanding general for interoperability, represented the U.S. Army and conducted a walk-through of the second field hospital donated to Jamaica by the U.S. through U.S. Southern Command... MORE

Mobile paint simulator helps expand training to partner nation students
May 11, 2021 — With just a few clicks, a spray gun and virtual reality goggles, instructors at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland are using new software to teach proper painting techniques – in the classroom here and across partner nation countries – without wasting a drop of paint... MORE

Staff Sgt. Julia Reyna, 318th Training Squadron Structures and Corrosion Instructor, uses the paint simulator during a demonstration at Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland, Texas, April 28, 2021. The newly acquired software allows mobile training teams to travel with the equipment and provide instruction to partner nation members with real-time results while eliminating expenses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Vanessa R. Adame)

Army South Soldiers return from Central America hurricane humanitarian assistance deployment
December 5, 2020 — With two major hurricanes hitting the Central and South American region less than two weeks apart from each other, nations in the area were dealing with the devastation of a humanitarian crisis. U.S. Southern Command immediately coordinated disaster relief efforts, pushing elements from U.S. Army South to support Joint Task Force-Bravo in responding to the emergency in the aftermath of Hurricanes Eta and Iota. ... MORE

Maj. Gen. Daniel R. Walrath, U.S. Army South commanding general and Command Sgt. Maj. Trevor C. Walker, U.S. Army South command sergeant major greeted Army South personnel Dec. 3, 2020 returning from Honduras in support of the multinational disaster relief efforts following Hurricanes Eta and Iota.