U.S. Southern Command

Operation Southern Spear is a U.S. military mission led by U.S. Southern Command and Joint Task Force Southern Spear, operating under U.S. 4th Fleet and the Navy, that targets narco-terrorist networks across Latin America.

The U.S. Southern Command's area of responsibility includes the Caribbean and the waters around Latin America.

The U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) area of responsibility supports U.S. force activities intended to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities, to disrupt narcotics trafficking, and to degrade and dismantle transnational criminal organizations.

Military commands such as the U.S. Southern Command can support international disaster relief by transporting personnel and supplies and by deploying situational assessment teams to evaluate conditions and requirements for humanitarian aid and disaster response operations.

U.S. Southern Command can establish counter-narcotics joint task forces to coordinate military and interagency efforts against transnational drug cartels.

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) is responsible for a region that encompasses the Caribbean Sea and the waters off South America.

Assignments to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) typically last between three and four years.

Navy Admiral Alvin Holsey became the commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in November 2024.

Since 1994, U.S. aircraft carriers have transited U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) waters to conduct exercises and to support humanitarian efforts.

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) is the United States combatant command responsible for military operations in the Caribbean and Latin America.

U.S. Southern Command is the U.S. military command responsible for U.S. forces operating in South America and Central America.

The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has an area of operations that includes the Caribbean waters.

Senior U.S. military command postings of the type that lead U.S. Southern Command typically last between three and four years.

The United States Southern Command's area of responsibility includes the Caribbean Sea.

U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) is a geographic combatant command with an area of responsibility (AOR) that covers parts of the Western Hemisphere.

U.S. Southern Command is the U.S. Department of Defense combatant command responsible for the Caribbean Sea, Central America, South America, and the surrounding waters.

U.S. aircraft carriers and their strike groups can be deployed to geographic combatant command regions such as U.S. Southern Command.

U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) is the primary U.S. military combatant command responsible for operations in the Caribbean and South America.