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Marines

Marine Leaders of the Americas Conference kicks off in Peru

The fifth Marine Leaders of the Americas Conference (MLAC) 2011 started in Lima, Peru today with a main purpose of fostering professional relationships between the commanders of partner nation's Marine Corps and Naval Infantries of North, Central and South America.The bi-annual MLAC offers senior leaders from Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,

MLAC ice breaker allows leaders to build relationships

The Marine Leaders of the Americas Conference (MLAC) 2011 hosted an evening event dubbed the ice breaker to allow the leaders of the partner nations their first chance to get to know their counterparts on a more personal level, Aug. 29. The bi-annual MLAC offers senior leaders from Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El

Partnership of the Americas 2011 provides a forum to communicate, address common issues and build a true partnership

United States Marine Forces, South recently held the sixth annual Partnership of the Americas 2011 exercise (POA-11), June 12-19, in Miami. Military officials from 9 different countries, including the United States, gathered in a learning environment to discuss the planning and execution of amphibious operations, peace-support operations and

Partnership of the Americas exercise sees mission from different nations’ eyes

The mission was to enter the fictitious country of Sao Salvador to set conditions for the democratically elected administration to govern and conduct follow-on peace support and humanitarian assistance operations.It demonstrated that when nine nations unite under the authority of a U.N. Resolution to tackle a problem, each country offers vital

Panamanian SENAN (CIM), U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy work together to build rapport , share information for mutual regional security

Panama's National Sea and Air Service (SENAN) represented by the Cuerpo Infanteria de Marina (CIM) coordinated with the U.S. Embassy to invite U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy to share knowledge and expertise and further develop the strong relationship between the two countries. Over the past three years the small team of Marines from the U.S. Marine

SOUTHCOM, MARFORSOUTH welcome Wounded Warriors

Five very special guests visited U.S. Southern Command(SOUTHCOM) and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South (MARFORSOUTH), May 24.Wounded Marines Sgt. Sean Belliston, Lance Cpl. Edward Lyons, Cpl. Rory Hamill, Cpl. Manuel Jimenez and 1st Sgt. Michael Barrett flew in from the Washington, D.C. area to visit both commands and take in a Miami Heat game.After

Colombian Marine Corps hosts Senior Enlisted Marine Leaders of the Americas conference

Senior Enlisted Leaders representing Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, made history April 4th – 7th as they met for the first time ever to take part in the Senior Enlisted Marine Leaders of the Americas Conference (SEMLAC), at the Círculo de Suboficiales military base

Exercise Tradewinds 2011 Comes to a Close

This year marked the 27th annual iteration of exercise Tradewinds. Tradewinds 2011was a joint-combined, interagency exercise which involved U.S. personnel from the Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, Joint-interagency Task Force-South, Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation and

Marines teach the hazards of HAZMAT

The hazardous material training begins with a simple scenario.Several Marines from the Environmental Services Detachment D posing as victims begin to cough and cry for help after a simulated chemical spill occurs inside the barracks. The 31 students, who are a collection of soldiers, firemen and police from Antigua and Barbuda, have spent the past

“Put your hands up and step out of the car!”: Caribbean civilian and military law enforcement, NCIS security specialists practice vehicle and house searches

Three Naval Criminal Investigative Service Physical Security Specialists spent the day conducting high-risk vehicle stops and responding to mock bomb threats alongside more than 20 Caribbean and South American civilian and military law enforcement personnel March 11 during exercise Tradewinds 2011.The training was part of an overall 11-day package

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