U.S. Army South |
Fort Sam Houston, Texas UNITS: New Orleans Honduras Cuba Honduras |
Command of the SOUTHCOM Army Service Component, responsible for all Army forces in the theater. |
- Conducts unified ground operations; - Defines and maintains theater and conducts security, cooperation operations, and activities; - Supports regional disaster relief and drug enforcement efforts; - Exercises oversight, planning, and logistical support for humanitarian and civic assistance projects; and- Conducts and supports multinational operations and security cooperation to contain transnationals and strengthen regional security. |
12 Air Force |
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona |
Responsible for SOUTHCOM Air Force forces. |
- Conducts security cooperation and provides air, space, and cyber capabilities across the region; - Acts as executive agent for future operation sites; - Oversight of joint/combined radar surveillance architecture and air transport; - Regional disaster relief and anti-drug operations exercises; and- Stops aggression. |
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South |
Miami, Florida |
US Marine Corps Service Component Command for SOUTHCOM. |
- Peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief; - Building security forces to detect, detain, and defend critical infrastructure and assets; - Trains partner nations for U.N. peacekeeping missions in Haiti, Congo, and the Middle East; - Conducts deployment and relocation planning and execution of assigned and attached Navy forces; and- Performs other operational missions as assigned. |
U.S. Naval Forces/4th Fleet5 |
Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville, Florida |
Fleet with the primary mission of maintaining and training operational units (providing advanced sea-based presence to ensure freedom of maneuver, as well as developing cooperative relationships with partners in the region). |
- Security cooperation activities; - Maritime security operations; and- Contingency operations. |
Special Operations |
Homestead Air Force Base, Florida |
Provides the main contingency response force and plans, prepares, and conducts special operations. |
- Controls all Special Operations Forces in the region; and- Establishes and operates a Joint Special Operations Task Force when directed.-> Examples of organized operations:Fused Response: Annual exercise with partner nations and government agencies.Fuerzas Comando: Special operations skills competition and seminar for senior leaders designed to promote inter-military relationships, interoperability, and regional security.Panamax: Combined/Joint Multinational Task Force Exercise to respond to requests from the governments of Panama and Colombia to secure and ensure the safe passage of traffic through the Panama Canal. |
Joint Task Force Bravo |
Soto Cano, Honduras |
Operates an all-weather, day/night forward airbase, C-5 Soto Cano, Honduras. |
- Organizes multilateral exercises with partner nations; -Combating transnational organized crime; -Humanitarian assistance/disaster relief efforts; and-Partner capability development. |
Joint Task Force Guantanamo |
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
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- Conducts detention and interrogation operations in support of the War on Terror; - Coordinates and implements detainee screening operations; - Supports law enforcement and war crimes investigations, as well as Military Commissions for Detainees Enemy Combatants; and - Supports mass migration operations at Naval Station Guantanamo. |
Joint Interagency Task Force South |
Key West, Florida |
Interagency task force that integrates and synchronizes U.S. anti-drug operations. |
- Acts as a catalyst for integrated and synchronized anti-drug operations across agencies; - Is responsible for detecting and monitoring suspicious air and maritime drug activity in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and eastern Pacific; - Collects, processes, and disseminates anti-drug intelligence for interagency operations; and- Works in coordination with the Northern Command on a variety of anti-drug and trafficking operations. |
Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) |
Washington, DC |
Educational center managed by SOUTHCOM. |
Offers education, dissemination, research, and knowledge sharing activities on defense and policymaking with regional military and political leaders. |