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Spc. Jon Weber (left) and Spc. Susana Alecio (center), 1413th Engineer Company, Franklin, Indiana, train Edgar Ventura, an engineer in the Salvadoran army to use the backhoe.

Beyond The Horizon 2013 El Salvador, officially open for business

SONSONATE, El Salvador -- Although work for Beyond the Horizon-El Salvador actually began March 30, the Salvadoran Ministry of Defense, U.S. Embassy and U.S. Army South made it official with an opening ceremony at a new school construction site in San Marcos, El Salvador, April 18. ... Full story

Brig. Gen. Orlando Salinas, U.S. Army South deputy commanding general (left) salutes alongside a member of the Panamanian Defense Force during the opening ceremony for Beyond the Horizon-Panama (BTH) 2013.

Army South marks official start to Beyond the Horizon-Panama

FORT SHERMAN, Panama (April 19) – U.S. Army South marked the official start of Beyond the Horizon-Panama 2013 during a ceremony here April 17 where U.S. military engineers and medical professionals arrived to conduct real-world training while providing needed services to communities throughout the country. ... Full story

Airman 1st Class Randolph Callender (right), an optometry technician based at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, conducts an eye exam on a Panamanian citizen during Beyond the Horizon 2013 here April 15.

Army South’s BTH Panama kicks off 3-day MEDRETE

CERRO PLATA, Panama (April 15) – U.S. Army and Air Force medical professionals taking part in Beyond the Horizon-Panama 2013 kicked off a three-day medical readiness training exercise (MEDRETE) here April 15. ... Full story

A local company pours concrete for a school being built here by Salvadoran and U.S. military engineers April 9. Military personnel from the partner nation are working together to build the school as part of Beyond the Horizon-El Salvador.

Beyond the Horizon El Salvador first rotation complete, mission on track

SONSONATE, El Salvador –Soldiers from the 160th Engineer Company arrived here two weeks ago to begin work on constructing schools and latrines on three sites as part of Beyond the Horizon-El Salvador. ... Full story

SONSONATE, El Salvador - Warrant Officer Sean Pinsonneault, Joint Task Force Jaguar base operations officer in charge, 39th Army Band commander, New Hampshire National Guard performs here with the Salvadoran Military District Six Band April 11.

No language barrier with music

SONSONATE, El Salvador – Music provides many things to many cultures. It is important everywhere. But here in El Salvador music is big. Really big. ... Full story

The Guatemalan Minister of Defense, Gen. Ulises Noe Anzueto Giron, talks to Maj. Gen. Frederick S. Rudesheim, U.S. Army South commanding general, at the interational bridge connecting Guatemala and Mexico Apr. 10.

Army South commander travels to Guatemala, tours facilities to train border security personnel

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala—Maj. Gen. Frederick S. Rudesheim, U.S. Army South commanding general, visited Guatemala Apr. 8-11, and met with senior government officials and military leaders to discuss bilateral security cooperation and the establishment of a new Guatemalan border security unit supported by the U.S. ... Full story

ESCOBAL, Panama – Pfc. Adam Wakeland, with 961st Engineer Battalion, a Reserve unit out of Seagoville, Texas, talks to a Panamanian man at a market during operations for U.S. Army South’s Beyond the Horizon-Panama

Service members experience many firsts during Beyond the Horizon 2013 in Panama

COLON, Panama -- As the sun rises in Panama, service members line up for morning chow. As the line forms and grows longer, there is something noticeably different with many of the personnel; they are young, and they have never been out of the country before. ... Full story

ESCOBAL, Panama (April 4, 2013)—Airmen from the 203rd and 200th “Redhorse� Squadrons, from the Virginia and Ohio Air Guard respectively, dig trenches for plumbing at the Escobal health center here April 1

'Redhorse' mission kicks off in Panama for Beyond the Horizon 2013

ESCOBAL, Panama – The sun beats down on the health center as the sound of pounding metal rings though the air. In the background, the rumble of heavy machinery indicates that this is a construction site. ... Full story

SONSONATE, El Salvador -- Local media interview Lt. Col. Raymond Valas, Joint Task Force Jaguar commander, as Pvt. Ruth Rios, 560th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, translates to the media during a tour here at Military District Six, April 10.

Jaguar, Acaxual partner two nations together for two task forces working in El Salvador

SONSONATE, El Salvador – For two partner nations that are working side by side building schools and providing critical medical aid to a community that desperately needs it, selecting the right name for their respective task force was an important step in the process. ... Full story

Spc. Uriel Leyva, medic, 437th Medical Company, (left), performs triage on a simulated patient, Spc. Brandon Shambaugh, radio operator, 56th SignalBattalion, (right), during a mass casualty exercise conducted in El Salvador, March 26.

Mass casualty exercise prepares Task Force Jaguar for mission

SONSONATE, El Salvador -- Joint Task Force Jaguar recently tested itself by conducting a mass casualty exercise here as it prepares for Beyond the Horizon 2013 mission. ... Full story

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