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A U.S. Army Soldier trains with a member of Policia Nacional de Panama during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care class in Colon, Panama, Oct. 15, 2026. The training was one of many joint efforts to deepen the U.S.-Panama partnership and strengthen regional security.
#SOUTHCOM @USArmyWHC @USEmbPAN @USAenEspanol @DeptofWar
U.S. Southern Command retweeted
The session is part of #PISAJ 23, a premier @Southcom-led engagement. Running bi-annually since 2015, this partnership strengthens physical readiness and reinforces interoperability across our NCO corps. 🤝 (2/2)
@FuerzasMilCol @COL_EJERCITO @ArmadaColombia @FuerzaAereaCol
ALT A diverse group of soldiers in athletic gear push weighted sleds across a gym floor with painted white stripes. Several individuals in the background walk and observe, while one person carries a heavy ball on their shoulder.
ALT Several individuals in black athletic gear with \"ARMY\" printed on shirts and shorts exercise inside a gym. In the foreground, a man pushes a loaded weight sled, while another man on the left carries a heavy medicine ball on his shoulders.
ALT Three people in a gym stretch in a lunge position, with one hand on the floor and the other raised high. In the background are weight racks and equipment, with signs that read 'LET'S GO'.
U.S. Southern Command retweeted
Today, @SECWAR and @Presidentaligy signed a landmark Joint Declaration at the Pentagon establishing an Enhanced Defense Partnership between the United States and Guyana.
Together, our two nations are strengthening our ability to confront narco-terrorist networks, secure the Caribbean, and defend our shared neighborhood.
We continue to apply total systemic friction on cartels and narco-terrorists.
Eyes in the sky. Pressure on traffickers. 👀✈️A CBP Caribbean Air and Marine Branch, @CBPAMO multi-role enforcement aircraft detected and maintained positive control of a go-fast vessel, resulting in 594 kg of cocaine seized and 3 POB detained. 🚤🔥
@jiatfs detection and monitoring efforts support @DeptofWar directed, @Southcom led operations to detect, disrupt, and dismantle narco-terrorist networks across the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific degrading their illicit operations and protecting the homeland.
#JIATFS #USCBP #CBP #CounterDrug #MaritimeInterdiction
U.S. Southern Command retweeted
🚨📦 Casos exitosos como este demuestran el poder de la profunda cooperación bilateral 🤝, fruto de semanas de inteligencia compartida 🔍 entre la @DEAHQ y la @PoliciaColombia.
💪 Juntos, somos más fuertes contra el narcotráfico. 🇺🇸🇨🇴
¡Golpe contundente al narcotráfico!
La Policía Nacional acaba de lograr la mayor incautación de cocaína en el puerto de Cartagena de los últimos 10 años: 7,6 toneladas que tenían como destino los Países Bajos, en Europa.
En tan solo 75 días de Gobierno, nuestra Fuerza Pública ha incautado 132 toneladas de cocaína, valoradas en 6.108 millones de dólares.
¡No hay tregua contra el narcoterrorismo! Cada dosis que impedimos que llegue a las calles salva vidas, y cada dólar que les arrebatamos debilita sus estructuras criminales. Porque el dinero del narcotráfico es el combustible que alimenta todas las formas de violencia.
¡Esto es apenas el comienzo de la Patria Milagro!
¡Firme por la Patria!
¡Viva Cristo Rey!
(A.D.L.E.) 🇨🇴🐅
Cold Weather Training in Ushuaia, Argentina
“We know that we have the advantage against our adversaries in any climate, any place.”
Seven U.S. Marines assigned to the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center trained alongside Argentine Marines assigned to the 4th Marine Infantry Battalion during a bilateral cold-weather and mountain warfare training exchange Sept. 9-21, 2026.
The training included cross-country skiing, avalanche response, crevasse rescue, glacier travel, tactical movement, enemy-contact drills and a force-on-force exercise. The exchange strengthened shared capabilities, trust and interoperability while improving both forces’ readiness to operate together in austere cold-weather environments. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Samuel Qin)
@USMC @MARFORSOUTH @Armada_Arg @EmbajadaEEUUarg
The United States and Colombia continue working shoulder to shoulder in the fight against drug trafficking.
La DEA está trabajando hombro a hombro con nuestros socios en la lucha contra el narcotráfico.
La Unidad de Investigaciones Especiales (SIU) de la DEA y la oficina de la DEA en Bogotá, en colaboración con la @PoliciaColombia, incautaron 7,6 toneladas de cocaína ocultas dentro de un contenedor de carga en el puerto de Cartagena. Esta es la mayor incautación en ese puerto en más de una década, con un valor estimado en el mercado negro de 42 millones de dólares.
#DEAPartners #StrongerTogether
@TheJusticeDept
@WhiteHouse
U.S. Southern Command retweeted
#Breaking @USCG Cutter Winslow Griesser’s crew offloaded 489 pounds in seized cocaine, worth $5.5 million,
& transferred custody of three suspects to @HSISanJuan law enforcement authorities at Coast Guard Base San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday.
Read: tinyurl.com/mtfe86vx
@USAO_PR
“Senior enlisted leaders are central to readiness.”
Enlisted service members are the backbone of professional military forces. The senior noncommissioned officer corps that leads them is crucial to the readiness, professionalism, and lethality of the force. The bi-annual PISAJ military exchange with Colombia strengthens both of our forces and bolsters security in the Western Hemisphere.
Read more: dvidshub.net/news/577482/us-…
@FuerzasMilCol @COL_EJERCITO @ArmadaColombia @FuerzaAereaCol @USEmbassyBogota
U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command welcomed Colombian senior enlisted leaders for PISAJ 23! 🇺🇸🤝🇨🇴
This vital bi-annual engagement focuses on NCO leader development, joint interoperability, and professional military education to strengthen hemispheric security.
@Southcom
ALT A Black military officer in camouflage uniform and glasses sits attentively with hands clasped at a conference table, with another soldier visible in the background and an American flag blurred on the left.
ALT A U.S. Army general stands and speaks to a large conference room filled with military personnel in uniform seated around two large wooden tables, holding papers and listening attentively during a meeting.
ALT A soldier in camouflage adjusts parachute gear on another soldier inside a large, hangar-like building with wooden benches. Two other soldiers in camouflage uniform stand nearby, observing the process, with an American flag visible in the background.
ALT A group of diverse military personnel in camouflage uniforms stand and kneel in a hangar, posed in front of a large American flag hanging on the wall.
Strengthening our partnership with Honduras to combat transnational criminal networks.
Estrategia, cooperación y combate frontal al crimen organizado. 🇭🇳🤝🇺🇸
Con el objetivo central de consolidar detalles de la coordinación estratégica integral para enfrentar de manera directa las amenazas del crimen organizado transnacional, se efectuó una jornada de trabajo y dialogo entre las autoridades militares de las Fuerzas Armadas de Honduras (@FFAAHN) y la delegación de las Fuerzas Armadas de EE. UU. (@Southcom).
El Estado de Honduras a través de la Secretaría de Defensa Nacional, realiza labores conjuntas para la disrupción de redes criminales transnacionales, la seguridad regional y la aplicación de acciones con alianzas en un avance firme contra la delincuencia organizada.
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo lands during a mission in Los Ñopos, Panama, Oct. 16, 2026.
In response to a request from the Panamanian government, the @DeptofWar supported @StateDept-led U.S. disaster assistance to the people of Panama in the aftermath of the Oct. 9, 2026, earthquake.
@USEmbPAN @WHAAsstSecty @SecWar @USForeignAssist @JTF_Bravo
A historic moment for @usembassyve.
The @StateDept and the @USMC maintain a historic alliance to ensure the security of our diplomatic facilities around the world.
Watch highlights of the official reactivation ceremony of the Marine Corps Security Detachment at the Embassy led by Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric M. Smith. @MSG_Duty
Un momento histórico para nuestra misión en Caracas.
El @StateDept y el Cuerpo de Marines de EE.UU. mantienen una alianza histórica para garantizar la seguridad de nuestras instalaciones diplomáticas en todo el mundo.
Compartimos los momentos más destacados de la ceremonia de reactivación oficial del Destacamento de Seguridad del Cuerpo de Marines en nuestra Embajada, encabezada por el general Eric M. Smith.
@MSG_Duty
@USMC
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Littoral Combat Force-24, evaluate small-arms proficiency at Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico, Sept. 22. The training sustained readiness for LCF-24’s ongoing @Southcom mission.
#MARFORSOUTH #LCF24 #Readiness
ALT A Marine practices prone-position rifle marksmanship while an instructor monitors performance.
ALT A Marine fires a rifle at paper targets during marksmanship training as an instructor monitors shot timing.
ALT A Marine kneels behind a wooden barricade and aims a rifle during tactical marksmanship training.
ALT A Marine engages range targets from a standing position while an instructor monitors the drill.
Small Arms Qualifications:
A look at U.S. Navy Sailors honing their skills with M18 9mm pistols, M4 carbines and pump-action shotguns at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. The naval station is a vital operational and logistical hub that supports U.S. military efforts to counter threats that undermine security, stability and democracy in the Western Hemisphere. @DeptofWar @USNavy
U.S. Southern Command retweeted
Last Thursday I visited the Marines & Sailors of LCF-24, @The24MEU deployed in support of @Southcom. This is an expeditionary force in readiness: forward, integrated with the Joint Force, & prepared to respond. I was proud to recognize several Marines for superior performance.
U.S. Southern Command retweeted
Another trafficking run shut down through coordinated regional action. 🚨
A U.S. Government Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) detected a go-fast vessel and notified Costa Rica, @seguridadcrc, and regional partners. A Costa Rican interceptor was vectored toward the contact, and the MPA handed off tracking to a CBP, @CBP, aircraft before returning to base. The CBP aircraft later handed the contact off to a follow on U.S. Government MPA. Additional partner nation maritime and interceptor assets later reacquired the vessel and gained positive control.
3 persons on board detained.
76 bales seized.
Later confirmed: 1,804 kilograms. 📦🚫
@jiatfs detection and monitoring efforts support @DeptofWar directed, @Southcom led operations to detect, disrupt, and dismantle narco-terrorist networks across the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific degrading their illicit operations and protecting the homeland.
#CounterNarcotics #MaritimeSecurity #Interdiction #DrugSeizure #EasternPacific
A @USArmy Soldier assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo, 1-228th Aviation Regiment, guides a pallet of relief supplies onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for delivery to Panamanian communities affected by the earthquake in Panama at Aeropuerto Internacional de Panamá Pacífico, Panama, Oct. 12, 2026.
In response to a request from the Panamanian government, the @DeptofWar supported @StateDept-led U.S. disaster assistance to the people of Panama in the aftermath of the Oct. 9, 2026, earthquake.
@USEmbPAN @WHAAsstSecty @SecWar @USForeignAssist @USAenEspanol
Supporting U.S. assistance efforts in Panama:
U.S. military service members transported Los Angeles County Fire Department search and rescue teams to support critical earthquake relief operations.
In response to a request from the Panamanian government, the @DeptofWar is supporting @StateDept-led U.S. disaster assistance to the people of Panama in the aftermath of the Oct. 9, 2026, earthquake.
@USEmbPAN @WHAAsstSecty @SecWar @USForeignAssist @USAenEspanol