VIDEO: Venezuelan Fighter ‘Aggressively Shadowed’ U.S. EP-3E Over Caribbean
U.S. Southern Command announced that a Venezuelan fighter harassed a U.S. Navy surveillance plane in the Caribbean Sea on Friday…
Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Departs for SOUTHCOM Deployment
USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed Naval Station Norfolk,Va., for a five-month deployment to provide medical assistance to the Caribbean and…
USNS Comfort Heading to Colombia to Treat Venezuelan Refugees
Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is expected in June to start a five-month Caribbean deployment to provide humanitarian…
Littoral Combat Ships Headed to SOUTHCOM for Drug Interdiction Patrols This Year
A Littoral Combat Ship, with an embarked Coast Guard law enforcement detachment, will hunt for drug runners in U.S. Southern…
Navy Tests ‘Littoral Combat Group’ Concept That Pairs DDG, LPD in South America Deployment
The Navy deployed a new ship pairing – a destroyer (DDG-51) and an amphibious transport dock (LPD-17) – to test…
John Kelly, Retired Marine 4-Star, Will Step Down as White House Chief of Staff
Retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly will step down as President Donald Trump’s chief of staff at the end of…
SOUTHCOM Tidd: China Making Aggressive Investments in South, Central America
Chinese businesses are exploring land development deals near the Panama Canal and offering their skills in building the region’s information…
SOUTHCOM Tidd Wants More Surveillance, Coast Guard Cutters to Stem Illegal Trafficking
The Southern Command’s top officer told the Senate Armed Services Committee he is receiving only a fraction of the intelligence,…
U.S. Participation in Search for Sunken Argentine Submarine Ends Today
This post has been updated to include additional information from U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet. The United States…
Adm. Tidd: SOUTHCOM, NORTHCOM, Neighbors Must Collaborate to Solve Regional Challenges
The United States needs to continually engage in building stronger ties with the nations of Central and South America because…