Army South Strong
U.S. Army South Strong October 2016
The U.S. Army South Commanding General's News Letter
U.S. Army News
- Carter Welcomes Signing of Japan-South Korea Security Agreement
- U.S. Service Members Mark Thanksgiving Serving on Global Missions
- Face of Defense: Marine Receives Purple Heart at Building Named for Friend
- Military Strikes Continue Against ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq
- U.S. Airstrike in Syria Kills Senior al-Qaida Leader
- New Peer-Support Service Launches
- Director: DARPA Space Projects Critical to Shifting Trajectories
- Face of Defense: Airman Born in Zambia Cherishes American Citizenship
- Coalition Strikes Continue Against ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq
- DoD, Army Ramp Up Cybersecurity Measures With New Initiatives
News Releases
- U.S. Army South to host Hispanic Heritage Month Observation
- U.S. Army South Conducts Exercise PANAMAX 2016 with Partner Nations from Central and South America and the Caribbean
- BRAZIL SERVES AS OVERALL DEPUTY COMMANDER FOR PANAMAX 2016, TO BE LED BY CHILE, PERU AND COLOMBIA
- U.S. and Brazil Army Leaders Gather for Staff Talks in San Antonio
- U.S. Army South, Central American Military and Security Chiefs Gather for Discussions in San Antonio
- U.S. Army South change-of-command ceremony
- MEDIA UPDATE- SGT Bergdahl RELEASE NO. 06-22-03
- MEDIA UPDATE- SGT Bergdahl, RELEASE NO. 06-17-02
- REINTEGRATION PRESS CONFERENCE
- Fort Sam Houston Soldier Dies During Exercise in Guatemala
Latest additions
Army South Raises Awareness through Community Engagement
SAN ANTONIO - Saturdays in the fall mean one thing to most Americans, college football. If you’re lucky enough to attend a game in person, it also means a second thing, tailgating. That’s just what happened this past Saturday as Army South participated in a tailgate hosted by the West Point Society of South Texas. The event was a leadup to the game between Army West Point and Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish....
Colombian Joint Sergeants Major Academy Delegation Visits U.S. Army South
Joint Bases San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, TX — U.S. Army South hosted a group of senior non-commissioned officers from the Colombian Defense Forces and the Mexican army during a visit to Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston. ...
U.S. Army South, Peruvian army meet to discuss transformation and modernization
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Maj. Gen. K.K. Chinn, the U.S. Army South commanding general, hosted a Peruvian delegation led by Lt. Gen. Victor Abraham Najar, the Peruvian army chief of staff, for the opening ceremony of the second annual bilateral army-to-army staff talks between the U.S. Army and the Peruvian Army Nov. 7 on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas....
Georgia National Guard announces State Partnership with Argentina
CLAY NATIONAL GUARD CENTER, Marietta, Ga., Nov. 10, 2016 – The Georgia National Guard has been selected as the U.S. partner for the Republic of Argentina as part of the Department of Defense State Partnership Program (SPP)....
JTF-Bravo, Costa Rican medical teams bring health care to remote indigenous village
LIMÓN, Costa Rica (AFNS) -- A group of 16 doctors, nurses, dentists and other specialists from Joint Task Force-Bravo took part in Operation Pura Vida, a joint humanitarian mission and medical readiness training exercise at an indigenous region in the Caribbean province of Limón, Nov. 1-3. ...
Army South conducts Staff Talks in Chile
Leaders from U.S. Army South began bilateral staff talks with Chilean army leaders Oct. 24 in Santiago, Chile in order to promote the professional partnership and interaction between the two armies....
Triple-Company Change of Responsibility for U.S. Army South First Sergeants
The Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion for U.S. Army South held a triple-company, change of responsibility ceremony for its first sergeants in an outdoor event near its headquarters, October 20th. ...
Army South team assists families displaced by Hurricane Matthew
On Oct. 4, Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 hurricane, made landfall on the island of Cuba. For safety reasons, more than 700 U.S. personnel were evacuated from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., nearly 1,100 miles away. ...
New Challenges of the 21st Century
BOGOTA – The world is more connected now than it has ever been, with this new level of connection also comes a new set of challenges. How do you determine those challenges and once identified, how do you plan for them? The Conference of the American Armies met Sept. 19-23 in Bogota, Colombia to deal with that exact question. ...
Ambassador to Costa Rica
The Adjutant General of New Mexico, Brig. Gen. Andrew E Salas, made an official visit this month to Costa Rica September 12 - 15, 2016 to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of State Partnership Program between the Republic of Costa Rica and the state of New Mexico....
Adjutant General of Puerto Rico visits Republic of Honduras
The Adjutant General of Puerto Rico, Maj. Gen. Marta Carcana, made an official visit this month to the Republic of Honduras Aug. 29 through Sept. 2....
U.S. Army South closes out Terrorism Awareness Month with Active Shooter exercise
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- As many Soldiers and civilians were preoccupied closing out their last tasks before a four-day weekend, shots rang out in the hallway. At first distant, then closer and closer. In a matter of seconds, thoughts of weekend barbecues and trips to the beach were dashed and a new thought pulsated with each gunshot heard … How can I survive?...
Army South, partner nations wrap up PANAMAX 2016
U.S. Army South wrapped up Fuerzas Aliadas PANAMAX 2016, an annual U.S. Southern Command-sponsored multinational exercise focused on ensuring the security of the Panama Canal and the surrounding region Aug. 4 on Fort Sam Houston, Texas. ...
PANAMAX exercise participants receive special visitors
For the past week, service members from all branches of the military in the U.S. and partner nations from the Western Hemisphere have been working side-by-side inside a catacomb of tents on a dusty field on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. In addition to continual exercise scenario injects that compelled teamwork like: recovering a downed F-16 pilot, dealing with a mass casualty event, countering enemy propaganda, fixing a destroyed bridge or finding solutions to infrastructure problems, exercise participants coped with physical challenges too. While those issues were solved notionally, others were reality. Communicating in multiple languages, long hours, fatigue, loud generators with intermittent air conditioning from the sweltering Texas summer, and using chemical toilets for bathroom breaks are just a few of the formidable features participants dealt with during the multi-national exercise....
