Story by Donald Sparks | U.S. Army South | 08.29.2022
Prior to his soldiers arriving to the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, La. to take part in a bilateral training exercise, Gen. Estevam Cals Theophilo, commander, Brazilian Army Land Operations Command, emphasized the importance of his troops being ready for the next conflict....
Photo by Donald Sparks | U.S. Army South | 08.25.2022
Gen. Estevam Cals Theophilo, right, Brazilian Army Land Operations Command commander, listens as a Brazilian Army soldier explain his impression of training in the “Box” and experience working with U.S. Army soldiers as part of the bilateral training exercise at the Join Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La. Theopilo praised his soldiers and commended their efforts on Dia do Soldado......
Photo by Donald Sparks | U.S. Army South | 08.25.2022
Soldiers from the 3rd Company, 5th Light Infantry Battalion (Air Mobile), Brazilian Army, execute a blank fire rehearsal to seize an enemy objective as part of a bilateral training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La. U.S. Army observer-controllers (OCs) assigned to JRTC Operations Group Task Force 3 provided a controlled environment allowing the Brazilian soldiers......
Photo by Donald Sparks | U.S. Army South | 08.25.2022
Soldiers from the 3rd Company, 5th Light Infantry Battalion (Air Mobile), Brazilian Army, execute a blank fire rehearsal to seize an enemy objective as part of a bilateral training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La. U.S. Army observer-controllers (OCs) assigned to JRTC Operations Group Task Force 3 provided a controlled environment allowing the Brazilian soldiers......
Photo by Donald Sparks | U.S. Army South | 08.25.2022
Senior leaders from the Brazilian Army and U.S. Army South observe a blank fire rehearsal as a Brazilian soldier assigned to 5th Light Infantry Battalion (Air Mobile) conducts security. The leaders were at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk as part of a Distinguished Visitor’s Day to observe bilateral training between the Brazilian and U.S. armies. (Photo by Donald Sparks)...
Photo by Donald Sparks | U.S. Army South | 08.25.2022
Gen. Estevam Cals Theophilo, front center, commander, Brazilian Army Land Operations Command, observes his soldiers take part in a blank fire rehearsal as part of bilateral training at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La. Brazilian soldiers from 5th Light Infantry Battalion (Air Mobile) integrated with the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment (White Currahee), 101st Airborne......
Story by Donald Sparks | U.S. Army South | 05.23.2022
In recent years, Latin America and Caribbean countries have suffered major environmental disasters whether by torrential hurricanes or catastrophic earthquakes in the region, causing floods and landslides that left thousands of people displaced and a high human death toll. During a two-week period in 2020, Guatemala and Honduras were slammed by Hurricanes Eta and Iota which led U.S. Army South......
Photo by Donald Sparks | U.S. Army South | 05.12.2022
Salvadoran, Guatemalan, Honduran and Costa Rican representatives from various emergency agencies huddle for an after action review at the conclusion of the CENTAM Guardian 22 table-top exercise. CENTAM Guardian 22 is a multinational exercise aimed at enhancing interoperability among the participating nations in areas of security as well as humanitarian assistance and disaster response......
