# United States Southern Command Press Releases

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- Exercise CENTAM Guardian 24 begins in Honduras SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Exercise CENTAM Guardian 2024 officially kicked off during a ceremony
- Quote from U.S. Southern Command spokesperson U.S. Southern Command is prepared with a wide range of contingency plans to ensure the safety and security of U.S. Citizens in Haiti.
- Statement: U.S. Marine Fleet-Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST) deployed to maintain strong security capabilities at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti At the request of the Department of State, the U.S. Southern Command deployed a U.S. Marine Fleet-Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST) to maintain strong security capabilities at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and conduct relief in place for our current Marines, a common and routine practice worldwide
- Statement: U.S. military conducts operation to augment security of the U.S. Embassy in Haiti At the request of the Department of State, the U.S. military conducted an operation to augment the security of the U.S. Embassy at Port-au-Prince, allow our Embassy mission operations to continue, and enable non-essential personnel to depart.
- Joint Task Force-Guantanamo Change of Command Army Col. Matthew Jemmott relinquished command of Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) to Army Col. Steven Kane, during a ceremony Feb. 7, 2024, at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.
- Partnership with Costa Rica to Establish Cyber Security   In San Jose, Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves and the Commander of U.S. Southern Command, Gen. Laura Richardson, announced a three-year, $9.8 million U.S. funded security assistance initiative that will strengthen Costa Rica’s cyber defense capacity. The initiative will help Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Security establish a Cyber-Security Operations Center by 2026. The initiative includes state-of-the-art equipment, specialized training and logistical aid. 
- Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benitez meets with U.S. military commanders in Tampa Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez visited U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) March 30, where he met with U.S. Army Gen. Bryan Fenton, SOCOM commander, U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), as well as other senior command and Department of Defense officials.
- SOUTHCOM Donates Cholera Treatment Supplies to Haiti Three-hundred thousand packets of Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS), donated by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), were transferred to Haitian and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) officials Dec. 14, 2022, during an official handover ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 
- SOUTHCOM Commemorates 25th Anniversary of its Human Rights Initiative More than 100 participants representing Western Hemisphere militaries, governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and academia gathered in the Conference Center of the Americas at the headquarters of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Dec. 1 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the command’s Human Rights Initiative (HRI).
- Joint Task Force Guantanamo Change of Command U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Lance Okamura relinquished command of Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) to U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Scott Hiipakka, during a ceremony Oct. 21, 2022, at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.
- U.S. Air Force delivers Haitian National Police equipment to Haiti Today, in response to a request for international assistance from the Haitian government, a U.S. Air Force C-17, based at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., transported vital security equipment, including tactical and armored vehicles, purchased by the Haitian National Police (HNP) from Canadian Forces Base Trenton in Ontario, Canada, to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
- U.S. Hosting 19 Nations for PANAMAX Security Exercise U.S. Southern Command is hosting more than 1,500 U.S. military personnel and nearly 500 security personnel from 19 nations for the multinational command post exercise, PANAMAX 2022, at various locations in the United States.
- Caribbean Nations Security Conference 2022 (CANSEC 22) The Barbados Defence Force and the United States Southern Command will jointly host CANSEC 22. The conference will be held in Barbados during the period 5 - 7 April 2022 at the Hilton Barbados Resort.
- ‘Tradewinds’ Security Exercise Planners Meet In Mexico As Country Readies To Be First-Time Co-Host Defense and public-security planners from the Caribbean, Central America, North America, and Europe met Jan. 31-Feb. 4 in Chetumal, Mexico, to discuss planning details for the annual, multinational, multi-domain exercise Tradewinds.
- SOUTHCOM to host change-of-command ceremony Oct. 29 U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson is scheduled to assume duties as commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) from U.S. Navy Adm. Craig S. Faller during a change-of-command ceremony 1 p.m. Oct. 29 at the command’s headquarters.
- SOUTHCOM Discusses Regional, Cyber and Space Security with South American Defense Leaders U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) hosted its annual South America Defense Conference (SOUTHDEC) at its Doral headquarters Aug. 17, with defense leaders from six South American nations attending in person and five participating virtually.
- U.S. Southern Command Supports U.S. Disaster Assistance to Haiti U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) established Joint Task Force-Haiti Aug. 15 to conduct U.S. military operations in support of U.S. foreign disaster assistance to the people of Haiti.
- U.S. Air Force Delivers SOUTHCOM-Donated Field Hospital to Suriname A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft transported a large mobile field hospital from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, to Suriname July 16 that will be donated to the country’s Ministry of Health to help the South American nation deal with COVID-19 and other health emergencies.
- Guyana Hosts Annual Caribbean-Focused Security Exercise Representatives from the United States and 13 partner nations are participating in the 36th annual Tradewinds exercise, a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored multinational Caribbean-focused exercise.
- U.S. Southern Command Signs Partnership Agreement with Global Fishing Watch New cooperation aims to harness vessel data and analysis to strengthen maritime surveillance and control in Latin America and the Caribbean.