On watch and ready 💪🏼
@USNavy
Sailors conduct flight operations on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100). Kidd is deployed to the
@Southcom
area of responsibility to support Joint Interagency Task Force South’s mission
U.S. Fourth Fleet was re-established on May 5, 2008. And now, 12 years later, we are the maritime partner of choice for Caribbean, Central and South American forces leading to improved unity, security and stability in the region.
#forcetobereckonedwith
“The guaranteed right of nations to access, transit and navigate international waters is not subject to impositions or restrictions that blatantly violate international law.” - Adm. Craig Faller, Commander of U.S. Southern Command.
@Southcom
@USNavy
We’re in this together 💪🏼💪🏼
USS Pinckney conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the USNS Laramie. Pinckney is deployed to the
@Southcom
AOR to support
@jiatfs
mission, which includes counter illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
#CounterDrugOPS
#TeamworkTuesday
on
#USSKidd
💯💪🏼
Kidd is deployed to the
@Southcom
area of responsibility to support
@jiatfs
which includes counter illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
Up and at it, our mission never ends.
Sailors lower safety nets on the flight deck of USS Pinckney. Pinckney is deployed to the
@Southcom
AOR to support
@jiatfs
mission, which includes counter illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
#CounterDrugOPS
Strengthening Partnerships 💪🏽
The Ecuadorian Navy BAE Manabi and BAE Lojo conduct a passing exercise with the USS Halsey in the Pacific Ocean. The PASSEX enabled the forces to enhance communication, interoperability and improve maintain operational readiness.
@USNavy
@Southcom
#NavyPartnerships
in action!
The Argentinian Navy ship ARA Bouchard (P-51) parallels the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli during a scheduled transit. Tripoli commissioned administratively July 15 and is en route to her homeport in San Diego.
@USNavy
@Armada_Arg
@Southcom
We are
#InThisTogether
A small boat from the
@uscg
cutter Waesche comes alongside the USNS Laramie during a replenishment-at-sea. Waesche is deployed to the
@Southcom
AOR to support
@jiatfs
mission, which includes
#CounterDrugOPS
in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
Naval forces from Brazil, Chile, Peru, Mexico and the United States in UNITAS Atlantic 2015. UNITAS began in 1960 and is the U.S. Navy's longest running multinational maritime exercise.
#TBT
“We are an example to our countries and the world of what cooperation means. We are the unstoppable force and will come together to succeed even under difficult conditions.” Rear Adm. Don Gabrielson, commander, U.S. 4th Fleet.
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@armada_ecuador
Hop on in!!!
@USNavy
Sailors and U.S. Coast Guardsmen embark a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) aboard USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) in preparation for small boat operations.
#CounterDrugOPS
@Southcom
BOOM 💥
USS Detroit fires a 30mm round from the MK 50 Modular Weapons System during a live fire exercise. Detroit is deployed to the
@Southcom
area of responsibility to support
@jiatfs
mission which includes
#CounterDrugOPS
in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
#usnavy
Let Freedom Ring! 🇺🇸⚓️
On July 4th, the Freedom-variant littoral combat ships USS Sioux City (LCS 11), USS Wichita (LCS 13), and USS Billings (LCS 15), marked the first time three Freedom-variant LCS are deployed and operating together!
@surflant
@USNavy
@Southcom
IT'S GO TIME!
The
#USSDetroit
conducts small boat operations. Detroit is deployed to the
@Southcom
area of responsibility to support Joint Interagency Task Force South's mission, which includes
#CounterDrugOps
in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
Somewhere over the rainbow 🌈
This beautiful photo was taken on the
#USSHalsey
! Halsey is deployed to the
@Southcom
area of responsibility to support
@jiatfs
mission which includes
#CounterDrugOPS
in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
Coming in hot!! 💪🏽💪🏽
#ICYMI
@USNavy
Sailors conduct hoist training aboard a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) assigned to the Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) during small boat operations, September 21, 2020.
#CounterDrugOPS
#NavyLethality
@Southcom
Rear Adm. Donald Garbielson assumed command of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet from Rear Adm. Sean Buck during a change of command ceremony at Naval Station Mayport.
#StrengtheningPartnerships
Colombian Air Force KFIR fighter jets fly over USS William P. Lawrence during a joint exercise with Colombian Air Force and 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) while conducting partner nation interoperability training.
@USNavy
@Southcom
@AFSOUTH
#StrenghteningPartnerships
Guatemalan Navy Broad-class patrol boat Kukulkan (CG-1051), steams beside USS Pinckney during a passing exercise (PASSEX). The PASSEX enabled the forces to enhance communication, interoperability and maintain operational readiness.
@USNavy
@Southcom
Another day in the office 💪🏽
A U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk, from the “Easyriders” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37 embarked aboard USS Halsey, transfers suspected contraband to
@uscg
cutter Bertholf (WMSL-750).
#counterdrugops
@USNavy
@USCGPacificSW
@Southcom
Teamwork makes the dream work!
The
@USCG
Cutter, Harriet Lane (WMEC 903), steams alongside of the
@USNavy
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91), while conducting small boat operations Sep. 8, 2020.
#CounterDrugOPS
@Southcom
@USCGPacificSW
Farewell CNS Almirante Montt!
The support of the
@Armada_Chile
has enabled more than 1 million gallons of fuel, and 100 pallets of stores and provisions to be delivered to our
@USNavy
&
@USCG
ships in theater. Thank you!
#StrengtheningPartnerships
Preparing for greatness!
#NavyLethality
USS Tornado (PC 14), USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) and USS Detroit (LCS 7) moored pierside in Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the Pacific end of the Panama Canal, prior to their Panama Canal transit.
#CounterDrugOps
@Southcom
@USNavy
Sailors assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) make cloth face masks for the crew. In accordance with new directives, Sailors will wear masks when social distancing may not be possible to help mitigate the spread and prevent COVID-19.
Here we go! ⚓️
UNITAS LXII kicked off in Lima, Peru, bringing together naval and Marine forces from nineteen countries to conduct operations off the coast of Lima and in the jungles of Iquitos through Oct 6.
Read more ➡️
@Southcom
@MARFORSOUTH
#TeamworkTuesday
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Chilean Navy replenishment oiler CNS Almirante Montt (AO-52), Nov. 23, 2020.
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@Southcom
USS GABRIELLE GIFFORDS STRIKES AGAIN 💥💥
The crew of USS Gabrielle Giffords and embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 407 seized 100 million dollars worth of cocaine. WOW! BZ!!!!!
#CounterDrugOps
@USNavy
@Southcom
@USCGPACAREA
#StrengtheningPartnerships
The USS Tripoli (LHA-7) anchored off the coast of Montevideo, Uruguay to receive fuel. Tripoli commissioned administratively July 15, 2020 and is en route to her homeport in San Diego. ⚓️
@Southcom
@USNavy
#USNSComfort
is in Dominican Republic in support of
#ContinuingPromise
2022, a humanitarian assistance & goodwill mission conducting free medical/veterinary care & subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.
#CP22
Update: U.S. forces arrive in Manta, Ecuador for the
#UNITAS
LXI exercise.
UNITAS is a longstanding, multinational maritime exercise conducted annually in Latin America and the Caribbean to enhance security cooperation and improve coalition operations.
@USNavy
The
@USNavy
hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) will deploy to the
@Southcom
area of operations this fall as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2022 mission.
Read the full story ➡️
#USSMustin
conducted a trilateral passing exercise with Guatemalan navy multipurpose landing craft Quetzal (BL 1601), El Salvadoran navy Patrullero Maritimo (PM) 14, and two El Salvadoran gunboats, Oct. 14. 🇬🇹🇸🇻
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@Southcom
@USEmbassySV
@usembassyguate
Strengthening Partnerships!
@ArmadaColombia
Sailors from ARC Antioquia tour
@USSMilwaukee
during a port visit in Cartagena this week. Antioquia crew also hosted
@USSMilwaukee
Sailors aboard their ship.
“Detroit did a fantastic job while deployed, sending strong messages to our partners and our adversaries that the United States Navy operates globally and in all conditions,” said Rear Adm. Don Gabrielson, Commander U.S. 4th Fleet
#CounterDrugOPS
Aim small, miss small. 💪
@USNavy
Sailors aboard
#USSWilliamPLawrence
conduct a small caliber action team exercise while deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support
@jiatfs
mission, which includes counter illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean and E. Pacific
See what’s going on around U.S. 4th Fleet 🌎
USS Detroit conducts firefighting drills, USS Halsey practices Visit, Board, Search & Seizure team skills,
@uscg
Cutter James and USS Pinckney transfer suspected contraband & Pinckney conducts flight ops
#counterdrugops
#USNavy
Team work makes the dream work!!!!
USS Gridley and USS Detroit work together to perform division tactics maneuvering exercises while in the
@ussouthcom
area of responsibility.
#NavyReadiness
Rear Adm. Gabrielson joined in the the band last night at a reception hosted by Colombian Navy ship ARC Gloria, welcoming the ship to Mayport! Check it out! 🇨🇴🎶⚓️
@USNavy
@ArmadaColombia
@USEmbassyBogota
USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) departs NS Mayport for
#ContinuingPromise
2024, July 3.
#CP24
will feature multinational collaboration and caring through partner-led events, as U.S. military, civilian mariners, civilian, and volunteers conduct “diplomacy through good deeds.”
@USNavy
Clear for fly-by! F/A-18 Super Hornets from
@GW_CVN73
conduct a coordinated flyover in the vicinity of Georgetown, Guyana, in support of
#SouthernSeas24
, which seeks to increase interoperability with our regional partners.
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to
@jtfbravo
’s 1-228th Aviation Regiment performs deck landing qualifications aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) Aug. 4, 2022, off the coast of Honduras.
@USNavy
@Southcom
@ARMYSOUTH
@USArmy
In Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina...
Undersea Rescue Command (URC), based in San Diego, prepares and stages rescue assets in support of the ongoing search for the Argentine submarine ARA San Juan.
#argentinesubmarine
#ARASanJuan
USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), a Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, returned to sea Jan. 3, after being in port Naval Station Guantanamo Bay after a portion of the crew tested positive for COVID-19.
@USNavy
@Southcom
Read the full story ➡️
💥 Busted!! 💥
USS Sioux City with embarked Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 109 seized over $24 million in suspected cocaine while conducting back-to-back drug busts in the Caribbean Sea.
Read more ➡️
@Southcom
@USNavy
@USCG