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	Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
		As the United States roots out international terrorists across the world, we must be careful not to overlook instability generated by narcoterrorists nearer to home, which makes threatened countries attractive destinations for terrorist groups.
		Southern Command's assistance to Colombia is not operational but instead is in training and assisting the Colombians to deal with their internal problems themselves.
		Southern Command plays a crucial role in assisting the development of security forces that help provide the ability to govern throughout the region, particularly in Colombia.
	drugcaucus.senate.gov /colombia03hill.html (4952 words)

	Testimony of General James T. Hill, Commander, United States Southern Command, hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations ...
		Southern Command was responsible primarily for training and equipping a Counter Narcotics Brigade, fielding Blackhawk and Huey II helicopters and also training pilots and crews during the first phase.
		This unit is currently transforming to become more flexible and rapidly deployable to plan and conduct offensive operations throughout the entire country.
		According to the Department of State's 2002 Colombian Human Rights Report, the vast majority of allegations of human rights abuses, over 98 percent are attributed to Colombia's illegal armed groups, primarily the three narco-terrorist groups, and not to government forces.
	www.ciponline.org /colombia/031029hill.htm (4368 words)

	Testimony of General Hill (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Southern Command gains actionable intelligence on these and other terrorist activities that is then used by U.S. law enforcement agencies and our partner nations to disrupt terrorist operations and means of support.
		Throughout the Southern Command area of operations we have advocated reform of military justice codes and procedures, education on human rights and law of war, and the inclusion of military lawyers in the planning and execution of military operations.
		Many countries in the Southern Command area of responsibility are dealing with the legacy of human rights abuses committed during military dictatorships by strengthening judiciary and democratic institutions and by cementing civilian control of the security forces.
	www.wola.org /security/posture_statement_southcom_2004.htm (6424 words)

	Deployments - Unified Combatant Commands
		The mission of U.S. Southern Command is to shape the environment within our area of responsibility by conducting military to military engagement and counter-drug activities throughout the theater to promote democracy, stability, and collective approaches to threats to regional security.
		The Command is not limited to a specific geographic area of responsibility but must respond wherever the President or the Secretary of Defense directs in peacetime and across the complete spectrum of conflict.
		The mission of the U.S. Strategic Command is to deter military attack on the United States and its allies, and should deterrence fail, employ forces so as to achieve national objectives.
	deploymentlink.osd.mil /deploy/info/commands.shtml (613 words)

	The United States Army \| Army Command Structure
		United States Army South (USARSO) Fort Sam Houston, TX USARSO is the assigned Army Service Component Command (ASCC) to the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) and provides continuous oversight and control of Army operations throughout the USSOUTHCOM Area of Responsibility (AOR).
		The United States Military Academy (USMA) West Point, N.Y. USMA is designated as a Direct Report Unit (DRU) by the Secretary of the Army and reports directly to the Chief of Staff of the Army.
		United States Army Military District of Washington (MDW) Fort McNair, Washington D.C. MDW is designated as a Direct Reporting Unit (DRU) by the Secretary of the Army and reports directly to the Chief of Staff of the Army.
	www.army.mil /institution/organization/unitsandcommands/commandstructure (1073 words)

	PAO - About Us
		On June 6, 1963, the United States Caribbean Command (the theater command) was re-designated as the United States Southern Command, to reflect primary responsibility in Central and South America, versus the Caribbean.
		On December 4, 1986, the United States Army South was activated as a Major Army Command and the Army component of United States Southern Command, with Headquarters at Building 95, Fort Clayton.
		United States Army South continued to meet the strategic demands of its mission, due to the skillful use of active Army forces with augmentation from United States Army Reserve and National Guard troops.
	www.usarso.army.mil /PAO/AboutUs.aspx (1074 words)

	Command Mission
		The Commander, United States Naval Forces Southern Command (COMUSNAVSO) was established in February 2000, with headquarters at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico which in early 2004 relocated to Naval Station Mayport, Florida.
		The United States Southern Command is one of nine unified commands located throughout the world.
		The basic mission of Southern Command is to provide strategic and operational command control of assigned U.S. land, sea and air forces within its area of responsibility.
	www.cusns.navy.mil /mission.htm (449 words)

	United States Southern Command
		NEW HORIZONS 2001 (Honduras) Nineteen units, with 2,358 Guardsmen, from 16 states deployed with the exercise lead element from Puerto Rico to Honduras from 6 January through 27 May 2001.The scope of this year's NEW HORIZONS exercise includes construction of schools, health clinics, water wells and Medical Readiness Training Exercises.
		The unit provided three UH60A helicopters and crew members for the duration of the exercise.
		The unit provided one CH47 helicopter and crew members for the duration of the exercise.
	www.arng.army.mil /fs/2001/southern_command.htm (327 words)

	U.S. Southern Command's Human Rights Program
		To integrate human rights awareness into all of U.S. Southern Command's operations and plans, the division develops plans to provide personnel with constant reminders of their duty to respect human rights and international humanitarian law and that, whenever possible, they are exposed to realistic situations during military exercises that test their knowledge.
		U.S. Southern Command's involvement, and especially the personal commitment of its senior leaders, such as General McCaffrey and General Clark, gave the effort legitimacy in the eyes of many regional military and security forces and encouraged their participation.
		Because of their widely varying institutional objectives, the Command and the human rights community undoubtedly will continue to have different viewpoints on some human rights-related issues, but both sides agree they are better served by identifying areas of agreement and working in concert to achieve common goals.
	www.dialogo-americas.com /us_southern.cfm (5365 words)

	Testimony of General Bantz J. Craddock, Commander, United States Southern Command, hearing of the House Armed Services ...
		There is also mounting evidence that many of those gang members have close connections with gangs in the United States, either from drug distribution networks or from immigration and deportation to their home countries.
		This command has continued to support the War on Terrorism through detainee operations at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where approximately 550 enemy combatants in the Global War on Terrorism are in custody.
		Southern Command gains actionable intelligence on terrorist activities that is then used by U.S. law enforcement agencies and our partner nations to disrupt terrorist operations and their means of support.
	ciponline.org /colombia/050309crad.htm (7309 words)

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		Southern Command was responsible primarily for training and equipping a counter narcotics brigade, fielding Blackhawk and Huey II helicopters and also training pilots and crews.
		Helicopters Since December 2000, the United States has provided air mobility to the CN Brigade using 28 UH-1Ns, 14 UH-60L Blackhawks, and 25 Huey IIs with a combination of Colombian and Department of State contracted pilots.
		According to the Department of State’s 2002 Colombian Human Rights Report, the vast majority of allegations of human rights abuses, over 98 percent are attributed to Colombia’s illegal armed groups, primarily the three-narcoterrorist groups, and not to government forces.
	www.dod.mil /dodgc/olc/docs/test03-10-29Hill.doc (4496 words)

	Embassy of the United States of America - Montevideo, Uruguay
		Four-Star General John Craddock, commander of the United States Southern Command, visited Uruguay on June 22 to know more about the Uruguayan government and to meet with military leaders in charge of Uruguay's defense.
		So we are concerned, and we believe the neighbors in the region should also be concerned." About the military role of the United States in the region, General Craddock added "when we stand back and look at the entire region, the challenges, the threats to the region, by and large don't have military solutions.
		I have been in command of Southern Command since early November, and this is my first opportunity to visit your beautiful country, so it is indeed a pleasure to be here.
	montevideo.usembassy.gov /usaweb/paginas/431-00EN.shtml (749 words)

	MILNET: Brief - U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)
		The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) is the unified command responsible for all U.S. military activities in South America and Central America.
		The command supports U.S. interests in the southern theater by establishing and implementing plans, programs and policies that contribute to the defense of the U.S. and its allies.
		The command carries out its missions and objectives through several means: security assistance programs (for training and equipment, including mobile training teams), combined training exercises with host nation forces, deployments for training, planning and intelligence exchanges, humanitarian assistance and civic action, personal exchange programs, military dialogue and other politico-military methods.
	www.milnet.com /pentagon/southcom.htm (557 words)

	San Felipe Ahora!: US Southcom "Command Strategy 2016" unclassified
		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 These linkages, as outlined by the president, provide the basis for addressing the common challenges that affect the security, stability, and prosperity of all nations in the region.
		International commerce and trade between the United States and Latin American and Caribbean countries is strong, and experts expect this growth to continue.
		The United States Southern Command is working to build a culture of innovation to meet the challenges and opportunities for the 21st Century.
	sanfelipeahora.blogspot.com /2008/06/us-southcom-command-strategy-2016.html (6640 words)

	Focus on U.S. Southern Command: executive summary Joint Force Quarterly - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		An estimated 40 million Hispanics reside in the United States (in addition to the 4 million in Puerto Rico) and represent the largest and fastest-growing minority population.
		The authors observe that the United States and its partner nations in the Caribbean and Latin America are at a crossroads where they must depart from the comfortable and familiar approaches to mutual security issues to reach the next level of collective performance.
		In the United States, however, some of the most effective cooperation occurs at the state and local levels, and this kind of cooperation is in great demand throughout the hemisphere.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0KNN/is_42/ai_n16609362 (921 words)

	SOUTHCOM Celebrates Decade in Miami, Receives Defense Award
		The recognition ceremony coincides with the command's 10th anniversary in South Florida, an event to be celebrated by the command throughout the day with outdoor activities ranging from an anniversary cake cutting to an outdoor cookout and picnic with live music.
		Miami was chosen as the new home for the unified command from among 100 proposed military and civilian sites because of the city's strategic linkages to the 32 countries and 13 territories that make up the command's area of focus.
		U.S. Southern Command is one of the nation's five geographically-focused unified commands with responsibility for U.S. military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
	www.army.mil /-news/2007/09/27/5066-southcom-celebrates-decade-in-miami-receives-defense-award (438 words)

	U.S. Military Invited Back to Panama - Tucan Country Club & Resort Rising on Site of Former Military Golf Course
		United States troops first arrived in Panama in 1911 to provide protection for the construction of the Panama Canal.
		Built and operated by the United States, the canal, which opened in 1914 and served as a vital water link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, was hailed an engineering marvel.
		Throughout the decades, Panama has remained an important strategic outpost for the United States, serving as the Southern Command for all branches of the U.S. military in the region and housing as many as 65,000 American troops and civilian personnel.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/3/prweb221741.htm (934 words)

	56th Signal Battalion
		In accordance with signal doctrine of that time, units such as the 56th Signal Battalion were assigned the mission of providing communications for U.S. Army corps headquarters.
		In April 2007 the battalion’s parent organization, the 93rd Signal Brigade, was redesignated the 35th Signal Brigade and on 1 June 2007 the Army Signal Activity United States Southern Command (ASA-SOUTHCOM) realigned from the 35th Signal Brigade and became a subordinate element of the 56th Signal Battalion.
		The unit continues to provide continuous support for PATT in Bogotá, Colombia by providing four Radio Operators to provide a command and control network for ongoing operations.
	www.netcom.army.mil /21/56/index.htm (1312 words)

	US Southern Command USSOUTHCOM - Joint Intelligence
		It is one of nine unified commands (five of which are regional or geographic unified commands) under the U.S. Department of Defense.
		The command carries out its missions and objectives through several means: security assistance programs (for training and equipment, including mobile training teams), combined training exercises with host nation forces, deployments for training, planning and intelligence exchanges, humanitarian assistance and civic action, personnel exchange programs, military dialogue and other politico-military methods.
		The Southern Command carries out its missions and objectives through its joint-service headquarters staff (390 military and 120 civilian employees) and its component commands.
	www.fas.org /irp/agency/dod/ussouthcom/index.html (307 words)

	General Discusses U.S. Strategic Objectives for Hemisphere
		A [General Michael Moeller]: Southern Command is very focused on countering illicit traffic including a dedicated organization--Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF-S), that oversees counter illicit trafficking operations with the support of liaison officers from 10 nations and 9 federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
		Today, Southern Command is transforming to take advantages of the full range of US government capabilities because to face these challenges in the region.
		A [General Michael Moeller]: We are dedicated to protecting the southern borders of the United States and work cooperatively with our regional partners--especially those in Central America and the Caribbean to mitigate the risks to our security from these potential pathways.
	www.america.gov /st/washfile-english/2007/June/20070612142728xjsnommis0.6757013.html (1704 words)

	About United States European Command
		U.S. European Command is a unified combatant command, a command structure distinct from the military services--Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps.
		Commanders of the Unified Combatant Commands exercise command authority over the military forces provided by the services and assigned to them by the Secretary of Defense.
		The operational chain of command runs from the President to the Secretary of Defense to the Commanders of the Unified Combatant Commands.
	www.eucom.mil /english/Command/about.asp (283 words)

	Legislative Matter
		WHEREAS, the United States Southern Command ("Southcom") is this nation's focal point for all United States military interaction in Central and South America and the Caribbean; and
		WHEREAS, due to the economic, political, cultural and social impact of the southern hemisphere on the United States, and particularly on South Florida, it is critically important to enhance all engagement opportunities; and
		This Board urges the federal government to ensure that the U.S. Southern Command is permanently situated in Miami and to include the purchase of the command headquarters facility and land in the fiscal year 2002 federal defense budget.
	www.co.miami-dade.fl.us /govaction/matter.asp?matter=002620&file=false&yearFolder=Y2000 (360 words)

	US Dept of State - U.S. Southern Command: Enhancing Hemispheric Stability and Security
		The United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) in Miami is one of nine regional Combatant Commands in the U.S. Department of Defense.
		Brigadier General Michael R. Moeller, stationed at the headquarters of the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) in Miami, is responsible for advising on the promulgation of U.S. political/military policy for 32 nations and 15 dependencies located within USSOUTHCOM's theater.
		Moeller has commanded the 5th Operations Support Squadron, the 7th Operations Group, the 347th Air Expeditionary Group, the 405th Expeditionary Operations Group, the 7th Expeditionary Operations Group and the 2nd Bomb Wing.
	usinfo.state.gov /usinfo/USINFO/Products/Webchats/moeller_12_jun_2007.html (387 words)

	Operation Condor
		State Department Cable, U.S. Ambassador Robert White (Paraguay) to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, Subject: Second Meeting with Chief of Staff re Letelier Case, October 20, 1978, Confidential, 1 p.
		On March 6, 2001, The New York Times reported the existence of a recently declassified State Department document revealing that the United States facilitated communications among South American intelligence chiefs who were working together to eliminate left-wing opposition groups in their countries as part of a covert program known as Operation Condor.
		The document was found among 16,000 State, CIA, White House, Defense and Justice Department records released last November on the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, and Washington’s role in the violent coup that brought his military regime to power.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/news/20010306 (510 words)

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