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May 31, 2024

 Disaster Preparedness with El Salvador  

                    NEJAPA, El Salvador —                                                Joint Task Force-Bravo and U.S. Agency for International Development along with 25 participates from El Salvador’s Civil Protection, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Public Works, Red Cross, National Police, firefighters, and more from emergency services came together for exercise Sentinel Watch at the El Salvador General Directorate of Civil Protection in Nejapa, El Salvador, May 21-22, 2024.            

May 31, 2024

 Resolute Sentinel 2024 tests rapid blood transport to Peru 

                    LIMA, Peru —                                                Exercise Resolute Sentinel 2024 tested the ability of the U.S. military to rapidly transport blood from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, to Lima, Peru, on May 30, 2024. A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to 167th Airlift Wing transported the units, marking the first-time blood was delivered into Peru for exercise Resolute Sentinel, now in its third iteration.            

May 31, 2024

 Peru, US partner for aeromedical evacuation training at Resolute Sentinel 2024 

                    LIMA, Peru —                                                Peruvian and U.S. Airmen, along with Peruvian Coast Guardsmen, participated in a joint aeromedical evacuation training on May 30, 2024, in Lima, Peru.            

May 31, 2024

 Gen. Richardson Visits Colombia 

                                U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command, visit Colombia May 28 - 31.            

May 29, 2024

 Multinational military exercise Resolute Sentinel 2024 kicks off 

                    LIMA, Peru —                                                The multinational military exercise Resolute Sentinel 2024 officially began May 27, 2024, at Grupo 4 in La Joya, Peru, after an opening ceremony and unveiling of the 2024 exercise partnership emblem. RS24, which will continue through the next three weeks, is sponsored by U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) and marks the beginning of a comprehensive joint training opportunity aimed at enhancing regional security and interoperability among Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil, France and the United States.            

May 29, 2024

 U.S., Central American military leaders reaffirm their commitment to regional security, partnership 

                    SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador —                                                U.S. and Central American military leaders gathered in El Salvador, May 21, to reaffirm their shared commitment to regional security and to renew partner-nation engagement and training opportunities for the upcoming years. The multinational forum, hosted by U.S. Army South, served as the 19th edition of the U.S.-El Salvador army-to-army staff talks and the fifth Central American Working Group, which was designed to enhance interoperability amongst American, Salvadoran, Guatemalan, and Honduran armies.            

May 24, 2024

 Gen. Richardson visits Brazil, Panama 

                                U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, visited Brazil and Panama May 20-24.            

May 24, 2024

 Austin Welcomes Kenya's President to Pentagon Amid Long Strides in Defense Ties 

                                Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III emphasized the close ties between the U.S. and Kenya while meeting with Kenyan President William S. Ruto.            

May 21, 2024

 Snapshots of Service: JTF-Bravo's Global Health Engagement in Guatemala  

                    LIVINGSTON, Guatemala —                                                Joint Task Force-Bravo with the support from Arkansas National Guard’s 188th Air Wing and the Guatemalan military, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food conducted a Global Health Engagement in remote villages near Livingston, Guatemala, May 13-16, 2024. During the 4-day GHE, JTF-Bravo and its partners delivered care to over 500 patients and 1,500 animals. Services provided were medical, dental, pharmacy, veterinary, public health and surgery.            

May 20, 2024

 70th Anniversary of the United States and Honduras’ partnership 

                    SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras  —                                                It was on this day 70 years ago — May 20, 1954, that the United States and Honduras signed a bilateral military assistance agreement at Tegucigalpa, Honduras.             

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