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Scandals in US advisor brigade alarm leaders behind closed doors
“Advisor misconduct remains the largest strategic and organizational risk for (Security Force Assistance Command),” a recent tasking order reads.
By Kyle Rempfer
Latest "u.s. southern command" stories
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Army advisors in Latin America told to behave as word of drinking, Tinder use and STDs grew
Members of one team are facing punishment, but emails suggest the problems went beyond those nine soldiers.
By Kyle Rempfer
USS Arlington, Navy surgeons, head to Haiti, while a joint task force provides disaster relief
The ship is expected to arrive in Haiti “by the end of the week,” and is equipped with a surgical team along with landing craft capability. Soldiers, Marines also deploy.
China’s Africa outreach poses threat from Atlantic, says a top US general
U.S. military commanders around the globe caution that China's growing assertiveness isn't simply happening in Asia.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
US closes once-secret Guantanamo prison unit, moves prisoners
Southern Command said the Camp 7 prisoners were moved to Camp 5 “safely and without incident."
Trump praises SOUTHCOM counter-drug ops that seize 264,000 pounds and 1,000 traffickers
More than double the ships and planes in SOUTHCOM has led to historic drug seizure numbers.
By Todd South