Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, commander of Southern Command, Peruvian Defense Minister Jorge Nieto and Adm. Jose Luis Paredes, Chief of the Peruvian Armed Forces Joint Staff, await the start of the opening ceremony for the 2017 South American Defense Conference Aug. 23 in Lima. Peru and the United States co-hosted the annual conference attended by nine nations and focused on strengthening defense cooperation against transregional threat networks, bolstering cyber security, and improving how regional armed forces collaborate to support interagency-led disaster relief missions. (Photos by José Ru

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Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, commander of Southern Command, Peruvian Defense Minister Jorge Nieto and Adm. Jose Luis Paredes, Chief of the Peruvian Armed Forces Joint Staff, await the start of the opening ceremony for the 2017 South American Defense Conference Aug. 23 in Lima. Peru and the United States co-hosted the annual conference attended by nine nations and focused on strengthening defense cooperation against transregional threat networks, bolstering cyber security, and improving how regional armed forces collaborate to support interagency-led disaster relief missions. (Photos by José Ruiz)

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