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March 21, 2024

 JTF-Bravo supports AGILE BEAR 

                    BELIZE CITY, Belize —                                                JTF-Bravo participated in AGILE BEAR helping move equipment and personnel across the country, and validate the national response during a humanitarian aid crisis alongside the Belize National Emergency Management Organization in Belize, March 16-20.            

March 19, 2024

 Inaugural LAMAT mission begins in St. Kitts & Nevis 

                    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis —                                                Forty-three U.S. Air Force active duty and reserve Airmen traveled to St. Kitts and Nevis in support of this year’s Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission, where they will be working alongside host nation counterparts to foster mutual collaboration and training, and provide the best possible care for patients.            

March 19, 2024

 General Says Crisis in Haiti Requires International Response  

                                The situation in Haiti requires an international solution that also includes the Haitian perspective, the commander of U.S. Southern Command said.            

March 12, 2024

 Leaders Discuss Security Priorities for Western Hemisphere 

                                DOD's top priority is defense of the U.S. homeland against growing multidomain threats posed by China and Russia but emerging technologies are also posing new challenges to strategic stability, defense leaders told Congress.            

March 12, 2024

 Air Force medical team benchmarks first LAMAT mission to St. Vincent 

                    KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines —                                                Under the direction of U.S. Southern Command, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) successfully pioneered its first Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, March 4–12.            

March 6, 2024

 LAMAT medical assistance mission ends in St. Lucia successfully 

                    CASTRIES, St. Lucia —                                                After two weeks of high-volume patient care, alongside local medical personnel, the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission concluded in St. Lucia, March 8, 2024.            

Feb. 27, 2024

 LAMAT24: Second year U.S. partnership with St. Lucia 

                    CASTRIES, St. Lucia —                                                The U.S. Air Force Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team deployed ready-medics, for the second year, to work alongside St. Lucia’s health teams to achieve mutual benefits and build trust in the region from Feb. 26 to March 10, 2024.            

Feb. 20, 2024

 LAMAT begins in Suriname for second year of medical assistance 

                    PARAMARIBO, Suriname —                                                The Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission is underway for a second year of health engagements across four nations, beginning in Suriname, 19 Feb. Further medical assistance teams under the LAMAT 2024 mission will travel to St. Lucia, St. Vincent, St. Kitts and Nevis through March 29.            

Feb. 20, 2024

 US Government Donates Aircraft to Dominican Republic to Combat Narcotics Trafficking 

                                The United States Government, through the Department of Defense, donated an aircraft valued at more than US$8 million to the Ministry of Defense of the Dominican Republic, in support of the shared fight against illicit trafficking of narcotics by transnational criminal organizations and in support of the country's efforts to provide humanitarian assistance in cases of disasters.            

Feb. 14, 2024

 South Carolina Guard Comes to Aid of Partner Colombia 

                                The South Carolina National Guard is assisting Colombia, its State Partnership Program partner, in dealing with dozens of wildfires. To help emergency responders battle as many as 30 active fires in and around Bogota in late January, the South Carolina National Guard loaned Colombia multiple helicopter buckets.             

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