Opening remarks by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and U.S. Southern Command Commander, Adm. Kurt Tidd, USN, at the opening of the Opioid Summit held at U.S. Southern Command in Miami, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018.
U.S. Army South hosted a delegation from the El Salvadoran Army recently for a series of staff talk steering committee meetings on JBSA-Ft. Sam Houston. The delegation from El Salvador was led by Col. Angel Lima.
FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS - Brig. Gen. Ellen S. Clark assumed the position of U.S. Army South’s Director for the Army Reserve Engagement Cell (AREC) during a ceremony hosted by Army South’s Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Mark R. Stammer. Aside from the significance of being the second highest ranked Soldier in the organization, Clark is also the first female general officer to serve in U.S.
The U.S. military task force supporting U.S. foreign disaster relief to St. Martin and Dominica is relocating its base of operations from Puerto Rico to three Caribbean locations in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) directed the U.S. Navy amphibious ship USS Wasp to the Leeward Islands, where it will support U.S. State Department assistance to U.S. citizens in Dominica, as well as U.S. foreign disaster assistance requested by Caribbean nations impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria and led by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON— U.S. Army South hosted representatives from 12 partner nations here during PANAMAX 2017, an annual U.S. Southern Command-sponsored multinational exercise focused on ensuring the security of the Panama Canal and the surrounding region.
