Exercise CENTAM Guardian 23 will be held March 12-29 and May17-Jun 03 in various locations throughout Central America and the Caribbean with the main command post in Guatemala. CENTAM Guardian 23 is an annual multinational exercise designed to build humanitarian assistance/disaster response functional capacity, enhance readiness to combat common threats in Central America, and promote cooperation and interoperability between participating forces. This year, five nations will participate – including Guatemala (Host nation), Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, and the U.S.
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala – The closing ceremony of CENTAM Guardian 2023 (CG23) was held at the Central Air Force Command in Guatemala City on March 27, 2023. Chief of the National Defense Staff; Major General Wiliam Arnulfo López Chay, from Guatemala, delivered the principal speech with The Adjutant General (TAG) for the Arkansas National Guard; Brig. Gen. Jonathan M. Stubbs, U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) J79 Director of Exercises...