(From left)Chilean Chief of Joint Staff, Lt. Gen. Hernan Mardones Rios; Military Forces in Colombia (Fuerzas Militares de Colombia) Commanding General, General Alejandro Navas Ramos; Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Commander, Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser; Panama Vice Minister of Public Security, Minister Alejandro Garuz listen to country-specific briefings during the 2012 South America Defense Chiefs Conference (SOUTHDEC) July 25 in Bogota, Colombia. Generals Navas and Fraser co-hosted this year’s conference. The theme of SOUTHDEC 2012, the fourth annual occurrence of this conference, is “M
(From left)Chilean Chief of Joint Staff, Lt. Gen. Hernan Mardones Rios; Military Forces in Colombia (Fuerzas Militares de Colombia) Commanding General, General Alejandro Navas Ramos; Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Commander, Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser; Panama Vice Minister of Public Security, Minister Alejandro Garuz listen to country-specific briefings during the 2012 South America Defense Chiefs Conference (SOUTHDEC) July 25 in Bogota, Colombia. Generals Navas and Fraser co-hosted this year’s conference. The theme of SOUTHDEC 2012, the fourth annual occurrence of this conference, is “Military Transformation to Meet Evolving Threats.” During the Conference held in Bogota, Colombia from July 24 through July 26, 2012, senior military and civilian leaders from 11 nations were able to actively participate in executive-level, face-to-face discussions concerning regional threats and transformation efforts to address current and future concerns in a collaborative manner. (Courtesy Embassy Bogota, Colombia) (Released) US, South American military leaders meet to discuss evolving threats by ussouthcom
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