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Nov. 21, 2023

 U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba returns home to Portsmouth, Virginia, after interdicting $102 million worth of illegal narcotics 

                                The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba returned home to Portsmouth, Monday, following a 51-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Escanaba’s crew disrupted illegal narcotics smuggling, interdicting 3,520 kilograms of cocaine valued at more than $102 million.            

Nov. 20, 2023

 U.S. 4th Fleet Conducts Inaugural Maritime Planning Symposium 

                    CALLAO, Peru —                                                CALLAO, Peru - Twenty-five naval officers from eight partner nations recently completed the first-ever U.S. 4th Fleet Maritime Planning Symposium at the Peruvian Naval War College (Escuela Superior de Guerra Naval) in Callao, Peru.            

Nov. 20, 2023

 U.S., Brazilian armies complete Southern Vanguard exercise in Brazil 

                                As the final salute echoed through the air, the closing ceremony of Southern Vanguard 24 signified a note of triumph and unity. After almost three weeks of training, the U.S. and Brazil armies stood together one final time in Oiapoque, Brazil, Nov. 16.The ceremony not only celebrated the successful completion of the exercise but also highlighted            

Nov. 13, 2023

 Soldiers bridge the communications gap at Southern Vanguard 24 

                    MACAPA, Brazil —                                                In support of the Army’s priority of engineering support to readiness, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command developed the radio interoperability capability – universal, or RIC-U, voice bridge. The RIC-U allows direct communications between U.S. Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System and partner nations’ ground tactical radios.            

Nov. 13, 2023

 ARSOUTH Soldier and Drill Sergeant reunited at Southern Vanguard 24 

                    MACAPA, Brazil —                                                Soldiers that graduate from Army basic combat training typically don’t want to see their drill sergeants after going through a rigorous 10-week training, but that wasn’t the case for Spc. Joshua Taeckens, who bumped into his old drill sergeant Sgt. 1st Class Ronnie Lewellen in the middle of the Amazonia River in Brazil.            

Nov. 9, 2023

 USS Farragut Going Full Speed Ahead Making Multiple Drug Busts 

                    Caribbean Sea —                                                USS Farragut (DDG 99) has found success in stopping alleged illicit drug traffickers in the Caribbean, with four drug busts in October.            

Nov. 7, 2023

 Southern Vanguard 24 officially begins 

                    MACAPA, Brazil —                                                Standing under the beaming Brazilian sun, Soldiers assigned Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) stood at close interval in formation as Brazilian Army Gen. Luciano Ghuilherme, the Military Command Northern commander, officially declared the start of Southern Vanguard 24, the morning of Nov. 6, 2023.            

Nov. 6, 2023

 U.S. Marine Corps and Brazilian Naval Infantry Strengthen Strategic Partnership 

                                The Operational Naval Infantry Committee brought together U.S. Marines from Marine Corps Forces, South, and the Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais do Brasil (Brazilian Marine Corps) recently for the annual planning conference in Brazil.            

Nov. 6, 2023

 1-228th Aviation Regiment trains on UMARK 

                    SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras —                                                The 1-228th Aviation Regiment trained on rigging a Unit Maintenance Aerial Recovery Kit to an Alpha Company's UH-60 Blackhawk on Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Nov. 2, 2023.             

Nov. 6, 2023

 New York National Guard Medics Attend Brazilian Jungle Course 

                                Four New York Army National Guard combat medics assigned to the 466th Medical Company, Area Support (MCAS), completed a Brazilian jungle familiarization and academics course with U.S. Army South, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 7th Special Forces Group and 1st Security Forces Assistance Brigade Soldiers Nov. 1-4.            

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