MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- Gen. Nelson Pintos, Chief of the Uruguayan Joint Staff, greets Adm. Kurt Tidd, commander of Southern Command, prior to the start of the VI annual South America Defense Conference Aug. 17 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Uruguay and the co-hosted military leaders from eight South American nations and Canada during the two-day event, where they examined the changing role of the military in the region, and participated in briefings, panels, discussions and meetings on global peacekeeping operations, transregional threat networks, and the integration of women in military se

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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- Gen. Nelson Pintos, Chief of the Uruguayan Joint Staff, greets Adm. Kurt Tidd, commander of Southern Command, prior to the start of the VI annual South America Defense Conference Aug. 17 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Uruguay and the co-hosted military leaders from eight South American nations and Canada during the two-day event, where they examined the changing role of the military in the region, and participated in briefings, panels, discussions and meetings on global peacekeeping operations, transregional threat networks, and the integration of women in military service. (Photo by Jose Ruiz)

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