The Government of the Philippines requested Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HA/DR) from the Government of the United States of America on Dec. 4, 2014, to support civil authorities in areas that were affected by the most recent typhoon. U.S. military forces were deployed to the Philippines to support humanitarian efforts in response to the natural disaster. Typhoon Ruby...
United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation to provide command and control, logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations.
At the request of the country of Argentina, USSOUTHCOM is assisting in the ongoing search and rescue efforts for the missing Argentine submarine with 44 on board. PA assets have arrived in Argentina to cover the international effort, which is garnering increased numbers of domestic and international media queries.
The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) will deploy to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Honduras, 11 Oct – 20 Dec 2018, as part of U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative. For this mission, U.S. personnel will work alongside our partners to provide medical assistance based on the needs identified by each host nation. This marks the hospital ship's sixth deployment to...
