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===Joint Task Forces=== | ===Joint Task Forces=== | ||
*Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B): Located at Soto Cano Air Base, [[Honduras]], JTF-Bravo operates a all-weather day/night airbase capable of operating [[C-5 Galaxy]] transport aircraft, the largest in the [[United States Air Force]]. It organizes multilateral exercises and supports, humanitarian and civic assistance, counterdrug, contingency and disaster relief operations in Central America. | *Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B): Located at Soto Cano Air Base, [[Honduras]], JTF-Bravo operates a all-weather day/night airbase capable of operating [[C-5 Galaxy]] transport aircraft, the largest in the [[United States Air Force]]. It organizes multilateral exercises and supports, humanitarian and civic assistance, counterdrug, contingency and disaster relief operations in Central America. | ||
*Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO): Located at U.S. [[Naval Station Guantanamo Bay]], Cuba, operates the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] and was responsible for | *Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO): Located at U.S. [[Naval Station Guantanamo Bay]], Cuba, operates the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] and was responsible for High Value Detainees there as well as certain intelligence interrogation under the [[intelligence interrogation, U.S., George W. Bush Administration|Bush Administration]]; [[Barack Obama]] has announced his intent to close the detention facility. | ||
*Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF-S): Located in Key West, Florida, manages interagency counter-drug operations and is responsible for the detection and monitoring of suspect air and maritime drug activity in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and the eastern Pacific. It collects, processes, and disseminates counter-drug information for interagency operations. | *Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF-S): Located in Key West, Florida, manages interagency counter-drug operations and is responsible for the detection and monitoring of suspect air and maritime drug activity in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and the eastern Pacific. It collects, processes, and disseminates counter-drug information for interagency operations. | ||
==Forward Operating Locations== | ==Forward Operating Locations== |
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Headquartered in Miami, Florida, the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) is the Unified Combatant Command with geographic responsibility for U.S military operations and facilities in Central and South America, the Caribbean (except U.S. commonwealths, territories, and possessions) and Cuba. It is also responsible for ensuring the defense of the Panama Canal and canal area.. Its policy guidance recognizes it as a part of the home environment of the United States: "the Western Hemisphere is our home. By virtue of geography, history, culture, demography, and economics, the United States is linked to our Hemispheric partners in ways unmatched elsewhere in the world."[1] It is commanded by James G. Stavridis, Admiral, United States Navy. Component CommandsComponent Commands are:
Joint Task Forces
Forward Operating LocationsThree Forward Operating Locations (FOLs), significantly involved in counterdrug activities, are at:
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