The Enduring Promise initiative reaffirms U.S. Southern Command’s longstanding commitment to the nations of the Western Hemisphere with a series of operations, activities and events to increase partner nation capacity and build interoperability. Southern Command’s engagement in the region reflects the United States’ enduring promise of friendship, partnership and solidarity with the Americas. We are united in our shared responsibility as defenders of the Inter‐American values of human rights, freedom, respect for the rule of law and commitment to peace.