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Oct. 15, 2018

 USNS Comfort Departs for Medical Assistance Mission in South and Central America 

                                U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, Oct. 10, on an 11-week medical assistance mission to South and Central America where personnel will work closely with host-nation health and government partners in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Honduras.            

Oct. 12, 2018

 Navy Entomologists Team Up to Build Disease Detection Capacity in Honduras 

                                Entomologists from the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6 (NAMRU-6) and the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) partnered with Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element (JTF-B MEDEL) preventive medicine to develop a disease detection capability for the region. This cutting-edge work is supported by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Board-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS).            

Oct. 11, 2018

 U.S. Navy Seabees Complete Well Drilling Operations in Colombia 

                                RIOHACHA, Colombia (NNS) -- Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 completed water-well drilling exploration operations Oct. 3 in the rural community of Riohacha, Colombia as part of Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2018.             

Oct. 9, 2018

 Democracy Providing Stability, Security in the Hemisphere, Mattis Says in Mexico 

                    WASHINGTON —                                                Democracy is succeeding in Latin America and can be a beacon to the rest of the world, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said at the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas in Cancun, Mexico.            

Oct. 8, 2018

 Passing the Decanter, the U.S. Naval Academy Way 

                    WASHINGTON —                                                The reign of the Naval Academy’s Class of 1978 is over as Navy Adm. Kurt Tidd passed the Old Goat Award decanter to Vice Adm. Bill Lescher during a ceremony at the Navy Yard.            

Oct. 3, 2018

 Air advisors begin new partnership with Paraguayan air force 

                                The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron (MSAS) completed a mobile training mission (MTT) with the Paraguayan air force (FAP) in Asuncion, Paraguay from Sept. 17-28, 2018.            

Oct. 2, 2018

 Regional Health Command Central provides pediatric dental services in Honduras 

                    Tegucigalpa, Honduras —                                                The U.S. Army Regional Health Command Central (RHC-C) deployed a Multi-Specialty Surgical Dental team to work with Joint Task Force Bravo Medical Element (MEDEL) personnel at the Catholic University Dental School in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, from the 2nd to the 14th of September, and provided pediatric dental services to school children while enhancing their mission readiness skills and providing humanitarian assistance.             

Oct. 2, 2018

 Army South deploys specialized surgical team to Honduras 

                    Tegucigalpa, Honduras —                                                To enhance response capabilities, the Regional Health Command Central deployed a trauma surgical team to Honduras, part of the Army South area of operations, to conduct pre-hospital care, trauma care, and work side-by-side with host nation surgeons from 11-25 August at the University School Hospital.             

Sept. 28, 2018

 Air advisors partner with Colombian air force during BPC mission 

                                The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron (MSAS) recently conducted a Building Partnerships Capacity (BPC) mission in Bogota, Colombia.            

Sept. 28, 2018

 SPMAGTF-SC welcomes aboard Honduran liaison officer 

                                Marines and sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, welcomed a third partner nation military liaison officer to the unit's command staff during their deployment to Latin America, Sept. 26.             

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## LATEST FROM SOUTHCOM

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