MEDRETEs support humanitarian and civic assistance operations to enhance U.S. and Central American relations and support medical training with host nation military forces, as well as government and civilian organizations.
Operation Caracol is a counter-drug partnership between the U.S. and Belize to put Belizean security forces in the front seat in terms of establishing potential areas where marijuana farms might exist, determining their impact to the drug trade in the region and then eliminating fields they identified as targets.
Operation Caravana provides the Honduran military freedom of movement and access to the isolated areas in order to continue their security operations. These troop movements and logistics re-supply flights will occur on an as-needed basis.
INIOHOS 16 is a Hellenic Air Force large force exercise in Andravida, Greece.
Vigilant Guard is a series of federally funded disaster-response drills conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders.
New Horizons is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored joint humanitarian assistance exercise designed to provide humanitarian, dental and medical services to communities in need while demonstrating U.S. support for the Dominican Republic.
More than 5,000 service members from 9 NATO nations - Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States - will take part in exercise Swift Response 16. The exercise is designed to evaluate the readiness of the U.S. Army's Global Response Force alongside high-readiness Allied forces.
U.S. Army Paratroopers from the JFK Special Warfare Center (SWCS) participate in an airborne operation at the St. Mere Eglise Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 7, 2016. Paratroopers and Green Berets conducted a proficiency jump from a UH-60 Blackhawk to maintain their currency.
