Happy 211th Birthday to
@COL_EJERCITO
🎉
The Colombian Army is highly capable and serves as a model of professionalism for the armed forces. U.S. Army South engagements with the Colombian Army reflect our enduring promise of friendship, partnership and solidarity.
We would like to wish a
#HappyIndependenceDay
to our
@exercitooficial
partners! Your nation's commitment to building and strengthening our partnership is always on display and we hope you enjoy the celebrations happening today throughout your country!
@USArmy
@Southcom
Paratroopers from
@exercitooficiaI
have arrived to Fort Polk. Once they complete their two weeks of
#COVID19
quarantine, they will join the
@82ndABNDiv
for Rotation 21-04! We’re all looking forward to seeing the great things our countries do as we train together.
Poniendo a prueba la pericia de las tripulaciones llegando hasta los más complejos lugares de la geografía colombiana. Así se logra la extracción del área de operaciones de nuestras tropas de Fuerzas Especiales.
#Ej
ércitoBicentenario
The Brazilian Army 12th Infantry Brigade starts preparing for
#SouthernVanguard
‘24, an Army South conducted exercise to increase
#interoperability
with U.S. and Brazilian Army forces.
Brazilian Army personnel lead regional nations in the military planning process during
#PANAMAX
2021 in Miami June 11-17. PANAMAX allows Western Hemisphere militaries and security forces to work together while planning towards a common security problem set.
@exercitooficial
U.S. Army South bids farewell to Col. Fernando Cesar Costa de Almeida, Brazilian Army partner nation liaison officer, and to his family after two years of unwavering service at U.S. Army South.
#StrongerTogether
💪🇺🇸🇧🇷
#ArmySouth
Maj. Jeff Daley (left) exchanges patches with Brazilian Marine Sgt. Leonardo Allahn Guimarães Costa, as a sign of unity between the
#U
.S. and
#Brazil
during
#OperationAmazon
in the vicinity of Manacapuru Sept. 15.
#StrongerTogether
💪 🇺🇲 🇧🇷
Maj. Gen. William Thigpen is presented with the Brazilian Order of Military Merit medal by Gen. Luis Carlos Gomes Mattos and congratulated by Brazilian Pres. Jair Bolsonaro during Brazilian Army Day. The Order of Merit is the highest honorary distinction of the Brazilian Army.
U.S. Army South and members of the Colombian and Brazilian Armies wrap up day two of PISAJE 11 at the
@NCOL_CoE
in Fort Bliss. To keep up with this two week visit checkout our Facebook!
#JuntosPodemos
Happy 374th Birthday to the Brazilian Army!
“Today, April 19,
#DiadoEx
ército we reaffirm our commitment to the Homeland and to our compatriots, whom we swear to defend ‘with the sacrifice of our own lives’”.
Hoje, 19 de abril,
#DiadoEx
ército, reafirmamos o compromisso com a Pátria e com nossos compatriotas, os quais juramos defender “com o Sacrifício da Própria Vida”.
Exército Brasileiro 374 anos.
#Bra
çoForte
#M
ãoAmiga
Congrats to SGT Carlos Flores of
@10MTNDIV
who graduated from
@Ejercito_Chile
Mountain School, a grueling 27-week course, which teaches technical & tactical aspects of mountain warfare in the Andes. This is building shared capabilities w/ Allies
@Southcom
@USArmy
#MeetYourArmy
Colombia y Estados Unidos suscribieron desde hace varias décadas un acuerdo de cooperación en materia militar.
Ese acuerdo establece que el propósito de las llamadas misiones militares es el de prestar permanentemente cooperación de carácter consultivo y técnico.
#ArmySouth
thanks the
#BrazilianArmy
Airborne Brigade for the opportunity to observe an airborne operation during
#OperationAmazon
near Manacapuru Sept. 14. Our defense partnerships are vital to meet complex global challenges and prosperity across the region.
@exercitooficial
#HappeningNow
: The U.S. Army-Brazil Staff Talks from Brazilian Army HQs in Brasília is focusing on
@exercitooficial
priorities and a future interoperability vision through 2028 to enhance both armies' capabilities of working together as a combined task force.
#StrongerTogether
U.S. Army South’s Commander, Maj. Gen. Daniel Walrath stands with Brig. Gen. Adolfo Leon Hernandez Martinez, Joint Task Force Hercules Commander, sending a message about his current visit and continued partnership with the Colombian Army Feb. 24.
Maj. Gen. Daniel Walrath, U.S. Army South Commander, and his staff visit Joint Task Force Hercules in Tumaco, Colombia on Feb. 24. They received a brief on the JTF capabilities and viewed static presentation displays.
As the current
#JRTC
rotation comes to a close our
@exercitooficial
partners took part in rehearsals to seize an enemy objective alongside Soldiers from the
@101stAASLTDIV
. This rotation strengthened our ability to work together & accomplish any mission down to the tactical level
Brig. Gen. Irene Zoppi, director Army Reserve engagement cell & deputy commanding general – Army Reserve for U.S. Army South, describes exercise Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias 2019 in the Dominican Republic, May 16, check out the video for more.
Brazil is the host for the Conference of American Armies for the fourth time. The CAA is comprised of Caribbean, North and South American countries and is a forum for chiefs of armies to discuss mutual interests such as democracy and protection against threats to peace.
#CEA2022
The Conference of American Armies Commanders Meeting kicks-off with an opening event in
#Brazil
. Since 1961, the CAA has provided a venue for the
@USArmy
Chief of Staff to engage with Latin and South American and Caribbean partners.
@exercitooficial
#EnTolemaida
| Así se preparan nuestros paracaidistas militares de
#EEUU
y
#Colombia
para el primer Ejercicio Estratégico Multinacional 2020.
Les deseamos un buen salto y en tierra lo comentamos.
#Ej
ércitoEnElMundo.
MG Daniel Walrath,
@ArmySouthCG
and LTG Alfonso da Costa,
@exercitooficial
Chief of Land Force Preparation, sign a technical arrangement between the Brazilian Army and the
@USArmy
concerning combined training exercises in conjunction with
@FortPolkPAO
exercises 21-04.
During week two of PISAJE 11 at
@Southcom
the Colombian and Brazilian armies receive briefs from Adm. Craig Faller, U.S. Southern Command Commander, WHINSEC, IAAFA, and AFSOUTH. For updates about the Colombian Sergeant Major Academy Students checkout our Facebook!
#JuntosPodemos
U.S. Army South welcomed Col. Raul Medina, the incoming Colombian Partner Nation Liaison Officer to the Army South Security Cooperation Division team during a hailing.
#DefenseAndFraternity
U.S. Army medical personnel conduct a Medical Readiness Training Exercise in Zacapa, Guatemala on March 7, 2019. The team works along the hospital personnel to share info with surgeons, doctors, nurses, and technicians to improve the efficiency of their operations.
Today is Friendship Day when the U.S. and El Salvador honor the establishment of bilateral relations 157 years ago. On this special day,
@USAmbSV
announced a $ 5 million donation to help Salvadorans affected by recent storms &
#COVID19
. 🇺🇸🇸🇻
#AmistadEnAcci
ón
#DefenseAndFraternity
Este Día de la Amistad entre Estados Unidos y El Salvador no podía llegar en un momento más importante pues es en épocas de desafíos profundos como los que hemos vivido, en las que se prueba la fuerza de una amistad.
#AmistadEnAcci
ón 🇺🇸🇸🇻
Great discussion with
@ArmySouthCG
& our teammates at
@jtfbravo
in Honduras during today’s virtual roundtable. No matter the location,
@ARMYSOUTH
remains agile, responsive & capable of simultaneously conducting theater security cooperation and contingency ops.
#COVID19
@Southcom
38
#Soldiers
from
@10MTNDIV
concluded a 10-day Mountain Warfare Training at the
@Ejercito_Chile
Escuela de Montaña in Rio Blanco, Chile. During combined training, Soldiers practiced mountain 🏔️ survival skills, basic ski fundamentals ⛷️, & built ❄️ snow shelters
@EmbajadaEEUUcl
U.S. Army South FED hosted a SME with
@exercitooficial
on the topic of
#CyberDefense
. The U.S. and Brazilian armies continue a positive relationship in sharing current information and structures of cyber defense, an agreed-to-action established during the 2021 Army Staff Talks.
#MotivationMonday
Henry Johnson was described as one of the five bravest Americans after single-handedly fighting off more than 20 Germans and saving a fellow soldier from capture — all while injured and armed only with a bolo knife.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#USArmy
Maj. Gen. Daniel Walrath,
@ArmySouthCG
provides closing remark to Gen. Eduardo E. Zapateiro,
@COL_EJERCITO
commanding general, during the conclusion of the 11th U.S. – Colombia Bilateral Army Staff Talks, which was held virtually from Sept. 14-18.
Salvadoran Minister of Defense Rene Francis Merino Monroy accompanied the Ministers of Health and Housing and 225 medical consultants to Tasajera Island to assist those in remote areas to fight against
#COVID19
.
@DefensaSV
🇸🇻💪
El Ministro
@merino_monroy
apoyó este día en la logística y realización de la
#JornadaM
édicaCOVID19 que realiza el Ministerio de
@SaludSV
en isla Tasajera, en San Luis La Herradura, para beneficiar a todos los habitantes del lugar.
The
@ArmySouthCG
participated in the digital meeting of the Conference of the American Armies 34, hosted by
@Ejercito_Arg
. Commanders across the Western Hemisphere discuss the impact & response of
#COVID19
& shared their lessons-learned to
#strengthen
cooperation & collaboration.
Army South PAO welcomes a 3-Soldier delegation from the Brazilian Social Communication of
@exercitooficial
to exchange best practices and learn more about U.S. Army Public Affairs at the tactical and operational level.
#DefenseAndFraternity
|
#StrongerTogether
The Army's Aviation Branch was created on April 12, 1983 and is responsible for providing smaller planes and rotary-wing aircrafts for Army operations.
Every year, April 12 serves as a day of recognition for this essential branch in our
#USArmy
.
#ArmyTeam
|
#Aviation
Last week, our planners worked alongside planners from New York
@USNationalGuard
&
@exercitooficial
during the initial planning conference for exercise Southern Vanguard 24.
Check out the link below for more information!
#HappyBirthday
#ArmyMedicalCorps
! On this day in 1775, the Army Medical Department was formed when the Continental Congress authorized a Medical Service. More than 5,000 highly skilled and experienced Army medical officers conserve the
@USArmy
fighting strength today!
A U.S. delegation consisting of ARSOUTH and 10th Mountain Division leaders arrive at the Chilean Mountain Warfare School during Southern Vanguard 21 Final Planning Conference.
@Ejercito_Chile
The Armed Forces of Brazil, U.S. Army South and 13 other countries will participate in Operation PANAMAX 2021, which begins this Friday, June 11, in Miami, Florida.
As Forças Armadas do Brasil, o
@ARMYSOUTH
e outros 13 países participam da Operação PANAMAX 2021, iniciada nesta sexta-feira, 11 de junho, em Miami/Flórida (EUA).
Maj. Gen. Mark Stammer visits Ecuador as part of the U.S. Army South regional security cooperation program. During this visit he was able to meet with Ecuadorian representatives and U.S. Embassy Marines.
#PartneredNations
The commander of
@Southcom
, Gen. Laura Richardson, met with
@armysouth
CG, Maj. Gen William Thigpen, during exercise
#PANAMAX22
. This iteration of PANAMAX has 19 partner nations participating.
Stay tuned for more information about the visit!
@USArmy
@ArmyChiefStaff
I’m case you missed it. Maj. Gen. Daniel R. Walrath retires after 33 years of dedicated selfless service.
Checkout our Facebook video of the ceremony for more.
U.S. Army South Commander Maj. Gen. Daniel Walrath, and U.S. Air Force Col. Alex Ganster, Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, converse after a day of meetings while viewing Grande Plaza in Quito, Ecuador on Feb. 26.