Members of the U.S. team practice rowing prior to the water event at Fuerzas Comando 2012, June 3, 2012. Fuerzas Comando, established in 2004, is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored special forces skills competition and senior leaders seminar which is conducted annually in Central and South America and the Caribbean. The ninth annual event is a military skills competition, which is aimed to strengthen regional and multinational cooperation, mutual trust, enhance training, readiness and interoperability of special forces in the region.