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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.            

April 29, 2024

 Multinational Firefighting Teams Train Together During CENTAM Smoke 

                    SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras   —                                                The multinational exercise CENTAM SMOKE ended with a closing ceremony awarding the five participating countries’ firefighters at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, April 26, 2024.            

April 26, 2024

 El Salvador sends the first female firefighter to participate in CENTAM SMOKE  

                    SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras  —                                                A female firefighter from the Fire Department of El Salvador was the first to participate in CENTAM SMOKE at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, from April 22-26, 2024.             

April 22, 2024

 Gen. Richardson meets with Guatemalan leaders, Central American security chiefs in Guatemala 

                                Army Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), visited Guatemala April 15-18, meeting with President Bernardo Arévalo and senior defense leaders as well as taking part in the Central American Security Conference 2024 (CENTSEC).            

April 22, 2024

 Guatemala Hosts Central American Security Conference, Focuses on Cyber Security 

                                For this year’s Central American Security Conference (CENTSEC), defense and public-security leaders from the United States and Central America discussed the central theme to the conference which was utilizing innovations to protect borders in all domains.            

Aug. 4, 2023

 U.S. 4th Fleet Announces Continuing Promise 2023 Deployment 

                    CARTAGENA, Colombia  —                                                The U.S. Navy expeditionary fast transport USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) will deploy to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations over the next two months as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet's Continuing Promise 2023 mission.            

July 31, 2023

 Tradewinds 23 Exercise Highlights Multinational Partnerships 

                                Tradewinds 23, a two-week multinational exercise supporting the security of the Caribbean and Central America, wrapped up with a closing ceremony July 27. The training exercise involved 21 nations and more than 1,500 people from all branches of the U.S. military, civilians, and law enforcement across the partner nations.            

March 19, 2023

 CENTAM Guardian 23 kicks off with an opening ceremony 

                                Soldiers and interagency partners conducting the exercise will employ specific occupational skills such as special operations, naval warfare, military intelligence, K-9 handlers, cyber warfare, medics, civil affairs, aviation and support personnel, to employ real world based scenarios for partner nation militaries to exercise, assess, and update tactics and procedures.            

Feb. 28, 2023

 Joint Task Force-Bravo Attends Action on Disaster Relief 2023 Conference in Panama 

                    PANAMA CITY, PANAMA —                                                Joint Task Force-Bravo, a task force under the United States Southern Command, had the opportunity to attend and participate in the 8th annual Action on Disaster Relief 2023 conference in Panama City, Panama 21 February- 24 February.            

July 28, 2022

 Department of Defense Engagement in the Western Hemisphere 

                                This fact sheet is released on the occasion of the XV Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA), which convened on July 25-29, 2022, in Brasilia, Brazil, hosted by the Brazilian Ministry of National Defense.  CDMA is the premier hemispheric defense ministerial for strategic-level engagement with the top defense officials of the Americas, and convenes every two years.  U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry established and hosted the first CDMA in 1995.  U.S. Secretaries of Defense have attended every CDMA since its inception.  Chile’s Ministry of National Defense hosted the last CDMA virtually in 2020.            

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