(SANTIAGO, Chile) - Fuerzas Comando 2019 came to an end with a closing ceremony held in the Edificio Bicentenario Ejercito de Chile, Santiago, Chile, June 27, 2019.
Distinguished visitors from the 19 participating countries attended the ceremony to celebrate with their teams.
U.S. Adm. Craig S. Faller, U.S. Southern Command commander, and Chile’s Commander in Chief of the Army, Gen. Ricardo Martínez Menanteau, presided over the ceremony.
Chile’s Commander of Land Operations, Maj. Gen. Rafael Fuenzalida Carmona, spoke first after the national anthems of the host nation and the U.S. were played and an introduction was given.
“History reminds us that the ongoing defense of our sovereignty means that our needs are the...
(SANTIAGO, Chile) - Fuerzas Comando 2019 came to an end with a closing ceremony held in the Edificio Bicentenario Ejercito de Chile, Santiago, Chile, June 27, 2019.
Distinguished visitors from the 19 participating countries attended the ceremony to celebrate with their teams.
U.S. Adm. Craig S. Faller, U.S. Southern Command commander, and Chile’s Commander in Chief of the Army, Gen. Ricardo Martínez Menanteau, presided over the ceremony.
Chile’s Commander of Land Operations, Maj. Gen. Rafael Fuenzalida Carmona, spoke first after the national anthems of the host nation and the U.S. were played and an introduction was given.
“History reminds us that the ongoing defense of our sovereignty means that our needs are the...
A Chilean Army band member marches the band into the center of a closing ceremony for Fuerzas Comando held in the Edificio Bicentenario Ejercito de Chile, Santiago, Chile, June 27, 2019. Fuerzas Comando is an annual multinational Special Operations Forces skills competition sponsored by U.S. Southern Command and executed by Special Operations Command South, hosted this year by the Ejercito de Chile and Estado Mayor Conjunto, Chile.
Special Operations Command South hosted military personnel from the partner countries of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago from July 30 – Aug. 10 as part of this year’s PANAMAX in Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.
