Courtesy Story | 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.25.2015
During their two-week annual training, July 11-24, 2015, Soldiers of the 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, an Ohio Army National Guard unit from Columbus, Ohio, were in Poptun, Guatemala, providing coverage of Fuerzas Comando 2015, a yearly international special operations skills competition, sponsored by U.S. Southern Command....
Story by Pfc. Christine Lorenz | Special Operations Command South | 07.23.2015
Fuerzas Comando 2015 is a USSOUTHCOM-sponsored exercise conducted in Central and South America and the Caribbean since 2004. It consists of a multinational special operations skills competition and a Distinguished Visitor Program. Through friendly competition, this exercise promotes military-to-military relationships, increases training knowledge, and improves regional security....
Story by Staff Sgt. Michael Carden | Special Operations Command South | 07.15.2015
Teams from across the Americas gathered July 15, 2015, in Poptun, Guatemala for the opening ceremonies of Fuerzas Comando ‘15, a friendly competition pitting special operations forces against one another in tests of skill and endurance....
Story by Staff Sgt. Osvaldo Equite | Special Operations Command South | 02.03.2015
Roughly a thousand years ago, the Mayan civilization thrived as they developed advances in writing, architecture, mathematical and astronomical studies throughout the Central American isthmus....
Story by Cpl. Daniel Negrete | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 09.18.2010
At a remote training camp nestled deep within the Guatemalan countryside, a small detachment of U.S. Marines from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 conducted a week-long subject-matter expert exchange with Guatemalan Special Forces soldiers or “Kaibiles,” near the vicinity of Poptun, Guatemala....
