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Featured Video
Army Provides Dental Care to the People of El Metalio, El Salvador
Soldiers from the 185th Dental Company out of Garden Grove, CA are in El Salvador supporting Beyond the Horizon, a U.S. Southern Command sponsored, joint foreign military interaction and humanitarian exercise occurring until late June. As part of Joint Task Force Jaguar, the 185th Dental company provided free dental care to the people of Metalio, El Salvador, seeing up to 200 people and performing over 300 dental procedures per day. Available in High Definition.
Video by Spc. Mark O'Rear | USARSO | 05.14.2013
Recent Photos
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Mexican army war college visitMaj. Gen. Frederick S. Rudesheim (right), U.S. Army South commander, speaks with Maj. Gen. Ernesto Aguilera, director of the Mexican army's National Defense College,...
Photo by Robert Ramon | USARSO | 05.15.2013
Pouring concrete the old-fashioned way: by bucketU.S. and Belize Defence Force service members use buckets to fill a stay-in-place concrete wall system with concrete at the Trial Farm Government School construction...
Photo by Master Sgt. James Law | 12AF-AFSOUTH | 05.15.2013
Joint Task Force commander visits schoolLt. Col. Raymond Valas, Joint Task Force Jaguar commander, leads the children of Central School, El Tamarindo out to look at a Black Hawk helicopter May 14, 2013 at...
Photo by 1st Sgt. Michael Daigle | USARSO | 05.14.2013
Medically readySpc. Kristana Levit, medic, 144th Medical Detachment, San Diego ensures the safety of her fellow soldiers by monitoring blood pressure on anyone showing symptoms of...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Ian Shay | USARSO | 05.14.2013
U.S. Southern Command military deputy commander visits...Vice Adm. Joseph Kernan, military deputy commander of U.S. Southern Command, speaks with the principle of Ladyville Technical High School during a site visit to the...
Photo by Capt. Holly Hess | 12AF-AFSOUTH | 05.14.2013
ROTC cadets provide vital service in support of Beyond...U.S. Army ROTC Cadet Sara MacDonald (center), a freshman student at Michigan State University translates for a patient and Capt. Harjind Sidhu (right), dentist, 185th...
Photo by Sgt. Richard Frost | USARSO | 05.13.2013
Recent Video
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Army Provides Dental Care to the People of El Metalio,...Soldiers from the 185th Dental Company out of Garden Grove, CA are in El Salvador supporting Beyond the Horizon, a U.S. Southern Command sponsored, joint foreign...
Video by Spc. Mark O'Rear | USARSO | 05.14.2013
Army South and Panamanian Security Forces Conduct...A team from U.S Army South conduct's security and personnel recovery training with Panamanian security forces in support of Beyond the Horizon-Panama 2013. Doug...
Video by Sgt. Robert Quintero | USARSO | 05.09.2013
Aviation unit drills for Medevac in El SalvadorArmy South Med Evac unit from Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras is in El Salvador supporting Beyond the Horizon, a US Southern Command sponsored, Army South led, joint...
Video by Sgt. Richard Frost | USARSO | 05.03.2013
Staff Sgt. Villalva conducts civil affairs operations in...Sonsonate, El Salvador -- Staff Sgt. Jose Villalva from the 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, Grand Praire, Texas, conducts civil affairs operations in support of Joint...
Video by Sgt. Sergio Rangel | USARSO | 05.03.2013
Army South MedEvac Unit Trains for the WorstSalvador supporting Beyond the Horizon, a US Southern Command sponsored, Army South led, joint foreign military interaction and humanitarian exercise occuring until...
Video by Sgt. Richard Frost | USARSO | 05.03.2013
Gen. John Kelly B-roll IIGen. John Kelly at softball event.
Video by Senior Master Sgt. Raymond Sarracino | SOUTHCOM | 05.02.2013
Recent News Stories
(26 votes; 3.19)
SOUTHCOM to host families of fallen service members...
Ceremony to remember and honor those who have died in service to the nation and the families they have left behind.
Courtesy Story | SOUTHCOM | 05.17.2013
Ceremony to remember and honor those who have died in service to the nation and the families they have left behind.
Courtesy Story | SOUTHCOM | 05.17.2013
Pouring concrete the old-fashioned way: by bucketA broken concrete pumper truck didn’t stop members of New Horizons from pouring concrete at the construction site of Trial Farm Government School May 15.
Story by Capt. Holly Hess | 12AF-AFSOUTH | 05.15.2013
Medically readyIt’s 10 a.m., soldiers have been working hard for two hours and are covered in sweat. The temperatures in Las Marias can quickly rise over 90 degrees, and Spc....
Story by Staff Sgt. Ian Shay | USARSO | 05.14.2013
RED HORSE airmen build education opportunitiesApproximately 90 airmen deployed from Hurlburt Field, Fla., are building school structures from the ground up throughout Belize as part of an exercise known as New...
Story by Master Sgt. James Law | 12AF-AFSOUTH | 05.13.2013
US, Colombia, and Guatemala collaborate during civil...Civil affairs officers from U.S. Southern Command and Special Operations Command South participated in a Colombian-led Subject Matter Expert Exchange with Guatemalan...
Story by Capt. Daisy Bueno | SOCS | 05.03.2013
New Horizons team builds structures fasterNew Horizons’ construction teams continue construction on classrooms located throughout Belize using a fast, stay-in-place concrete wall forming system.
Story by Capt. Holly Hess | 12AF-AFSOUTH | 05.02.2013
Recent Audio
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US soldier sits in with Salvadoran band
A U.S. soldier in El Salvador, supporting Beyond the Horizon, a joint foreign military and humanitarian exercise occuring until late June, sits in with his Salvadoran...
Audio by Sgt. Richard Frost | USARSO | 04.11.2013
A U.S. soldier in El Salvador, supporting Beyond the Horizon, a joint foreign military and humanitarian exercise occuring until late June, sits in with his Salvadoran...
Audio by Sgt. Richard Frost | USARSO | 04.11.2013
Maj. Gen. Frederick Rudesheim radio interview
Radio interview with Army South commander, Maj. Gen. Frederick Rudesheim, March 23, 2013
Courtesy Audio | USARSO | 03.23.2013
Radio interview with Army South commander, Maj. Gen. Frederick Rudesheim, March 23, 2013
Courtesy Audio | USARSO | 03.23.2013
Gen. John Kelly CANSEC opening remarks
U.S. Southern Command commander, Gen. John Kelly, addresses the attendees of the 2012 Caribbean Security Conference (CANSEC) during its opening, Wednesday, Dec. 12,...
Audio by Michael Wimbish | SOUTHCOM | 12.12.2012
U.S. Southern Command commander, Gen. John Kelly, addresses the attendees of the 2012 Caribbean Security Conference (CANSEC) during its opening, Wednesday, Dec. 12,...
Audio by Michael Wimbish | SOUTHCOM | 12.12.2012
U.S. Southern Command change of command ceremony
U.S. Marine Gen. John Kelly assumes command of U.S. Southern Command from U.S. Air Force Douglas Fraser during a formal ceremony Nov. 19 in Miami. Secretary of...
Courtesy Audio | SOUTHCOM | 11.19.2012
U.S. Marine Gen. John Kelly assumes command of U.S. Southern Command from U.S. Air Force Douglas Fraser during a formal ceremony Nov. 19 in Miami. Secretary of...
Courtesy Audio | SOUTHCOM | 11.19.2012
MG Trombitas Radio Interview
Local radio interview with former commander Maj. Gen. Simeon Trombitas. September 2012
Audio by Frederick Hoyt | USARSO | 09.12.2012
Local radio interview with former commander Maj. Gen. Simeon Trombitas. September 2012
Audio by Frederick Hoyt | USARSO | 09.12.2012
Beyond the Horizon Honduras Opening Ceremony 2012
AFN Honduras radio news event of Beyond the Horizon -Honduras Opening Ceremony 2012, featuring Army South commander, Maj. Gen. Simeon G. Trombitas
Courtesy Audio | USARSO | 04.16.2012
AFN Honduras radio news event of Beyond the Horizon -Honduras Opening Ceremony 2012, featuring Army South commander, Maj. Gen. Simeon G. Trombitas
Courtesy Audio | USARSO | 04.16.2012
Recent Publications
Defense and Fraternity, U.S. Army South Quarterly Magazine July-September 2012 edition. Contents include MG Rudesheim assumes command, HHBN change of command, SOUTHCOM...
Deputy Commanding General retires, Army South completes peacekeeping operations-americas exercise (PKO-A), Army South names Best Warrior Soldier and NCO for 2012, Chilean...
1-228th Aviation Regiment in Honduras, 525th Military Police Battalion in Guantanamo Bay- Cuba, Army South Soldiers prepare for Bataan Death March, Belize soldiers work...
Army South receives Army Superior Unit Award; Army South wraps up army-to-army Staff Talks with Chile; Conference of American Armies identify transnational criminal...
Under Secretary of the Army tours Central and South America - Army South and U.S. Southern Command Area of Operations; Army South wraps up army-to-army Staff Talks with El...
Army South and U.S. Southern Command exercises - Beyond the Horizon 2011 in Dominican Republic and El Salvador; Army South hosts Army security conference; Foreign Liaison...
