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Aug. 16, 2021

 JTF-Bravo Deploys Assets in Support of U.S. Disaster Assistance to Haiti 

                    Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras —                                                At the request of U.S. Southern Command, service members assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, will deploy to Haiti in support of relief efforts and deliver critical supplies to the people of Haiti who were affected by the recent earthquake on Aug. 14, 2021.             

Aug. 13, 2021

 SOUTHCOM Commander Strengthens Partnerships During Visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados 

                                U.S. Navy Adm. Craig S. Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command, visited Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados Aug. 10-13 to meet with leaders and regional organizations to discuss continued partnership in efforts to counter security threats and strengthen regional humanitarian and disaster response.            

Aug. 3, 2021

 Army South develops medical evacuation rehearsals with Colombian combat medics 

                    TOLEMAIDA AIR BASE, Colombia —                                                U.S. Army South personnel and 82nd Airborne Division medics joined Colombian military partners to conduct medical evacuation rehearsals July 24, preceding a combined Dynamic Force Employment airborne exercise at Tolemaida Air Base, Colombia.            

Aug. 2, 2021

 IAAFA team shines at professional development program 

                    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas —                                                The language skills of the Inter-American Air Forces Academy team were front and center during Programa Integral para Suboficiales de Alta Jerarquía, a professional development training engagement conducted with U.S. Army South and the Colombian Army June 14-25.             

July 28, 2021

 Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane Crewmembers Interdict $16 Million Worth of Illicit Drugs 

                                The Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane returned home to their homeport in Portsmouth, after a 72-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea, Sunday. The Harriet Lane’s crew performed counter-drug and migrant interdiction operations in support of the Coast Guard 7th District and Joint Interagency Task Force-South.            

July 26, 2021

 JTF-Bravo Logistics Support Enables Colombian Global Health Engagement 

                    SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras —                                                Medical personnel with the Medical Element, Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B), have a unique set of responsibilities when planning to conduct a Global Health Engagement across Latin America and the Caribbean, but their main focus is always patient care.            

July 26, 2021

 Army South participates in Dynamic Force Employment exercise in Colombia 

                    TOLEMAIDA AIR BASE, Colombia —                                                U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers arrived at Tolemaida Air Base, Nilo, Colombia, July 21 for a Dynamic Force Employment exercise with members from the Colombian army, navy, marines and air force.            

July 22, 2021

 Commanding Generals from U.S. Army South, Colombian Army Meet in Bogotá 

                    BOGOTA, Colombia —                                                Brig. Gen. William L. Thigpen, U.S. Army South commanding general, met with Gral. Eduardo Enrique Zapateiro Altamiranda, Colombian National Army commanding general, July 21 in Bogotá for the first time as Thigpen recently took command of U.S. Army South in late June.             

July 19, 2021

 Rebuilding together: Colombia, JTF-Bravo Global Health Engagement concludes on Providencia Island 

                    PROVIDENCIA, Colombia  —                                                U.S. military service members and civilian providers with Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B), a U.S. Southern Command unit based out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, in coordination with the Colombian Ministry of Health, military, government, and non-government organizations, conducted a Global Health Engagement July 14-16.            

July 15, 2021

 Strengthening Partnerships for Disaster Readiness 

                    TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras  —                                                U.S. military and civilian personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Honduran Armed Forces, Permanent Contingency Committee (COPECO) and Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Services (INSEP), conducted a joint training to enhance disaster response readiness, July 12 – 14.              

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## LATEST FROM SOUTHCOM

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