Navy Rear Adm. Thomas L. Brown II, the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command South, briefs police and military representatives from 16 nations from across the Western Hemisphere gathered here to discuss topics, such as illicit trafficking and terrorism during this year’s Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program Conference, which was held Sept. 20-24 in Miami. The theme of the conference, which was hosted by SOCSOUTH, headquartered at nearby Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., was “Information Sharing: Synchronizing cooperative regional solutions to combat illicit transnational activities.”