U.S. Southern Command is the military organization responsible to the Secretary of Defense for U.S. security interests in Central and South America and the Caribbean. The organization comprises military and civilian personnel representing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and other federal agencies. Although its headquarters is in Miami, Southern Command’s greater organization functions from several component locations throughout Florida, the U.S. and Latin America and the Caribbean.
U.S. Southern Command is the military organization responsible to the Secretary of Defense for U.S. security interests in Central and South America and the Caribbean. The organization comprises military and civilian personnel representing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and other federal agencies. Although its headquarters is in Miami, Southern Command’s greater organization functions from several component locations throughout Florida, the U.S. and Latin America and the Caribbean. Its primary focus is on security cooperation with the 32 nations and 13 territories in its assigned region. The Command maintains the capability to conduct a wide range of contingency operations–from humanitarian efforts, such as disaster relief operations, to directly security-related events like counter-narcotrafficking operations.
