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USSOUTHCOM US Southern Command

Type: Organization

Name: USSOUTHCOM US Southern Command (United States Southern Command, USSOUTHCOM, U.S. Southern Command)

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for U.S. Southern Command

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Woerner: SC bill gives youth, military a fighting chance

By Fred F. Woerner — Guest ColumnistColumbia, SC — As a retired general, I am deeply concerned about the high rate of obesity and low levels of physical activity in children and young adults in our state, which threaten not only their health but our national ... [Published South Carolina State - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Obesity, Calorie, Nutrition, National Security

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Southern Partnership Station 13 Mission Concludes

Navy News ServiceStory Number: NNS130522-255/22/2013By Air Force Master Sgt. Chris StagnerMAYPORT, Fla. (NNS) -- Military Sealift Command-charted vessel HSV Swift (HSV 2) arrived to Mayport, Fla., May 23 to officially mark the completion of the Southern ... [Published GlobalSecurity.org - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Honduras, UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, USSOUTHCOM US Southern Command, Drugs, Transnational Organized Crime

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Sequester Means $1 Billion More Of Cocaine Floods Into US: Coast Guard

WASHINGTON: The automatic, across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration will reduce the Coast Guard and Navy forces available to intercept South American cocaine to record lows, said Rear Adm. Charles Michel, the Coast Guard two-star who commands ... [Published AOL Defense - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Cocaine, US Coast Guard, Sequester

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Pentagon wants $450mn for Gitmo

According to CNN, the annual cost of the Guantanamo prison is $150 million. That makes it far more expensive than the typical federal prison, where spending is about $25,000 a year per inmate, a figure that rises to $60,000 for the almost 500 inmates ... [Published Press tv - May 22 2013]

Entities: Detainee, Human Rights, Guantanamo (Cuba)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

University of Texas at El Paso

UTEP hosts conference on intelligence, security

Intelligence experts from around the world will discuss topics as varied as border security, the Cold War, game theory, and biological terrorism at the International Association for Intelligence Education Conference this week at the University of Texas ... [Published El Paso Times - May 21 2013]

Entities: University of Texas at El Paso, Security, Intelligence, William Dean

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Anonymous Operation Takes Down Guantamo Bay

The United States’ prison camp at Guantanamo Bay has attracted controversy for years, but in the last few months the situation has escalated with reports of hunger-striking inmates being force-fed to keep them alive. The US has received a lot of criticism ... [Published SiliconANGLE - May 21 2013]

Entities: Anonymous group, Guantanamo (Cuba), Hacktivist

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

USSOUTHCOM US Southern Command

Military Not Created Equal Under Sequestration

Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly, commander of U.S. Southern Command, says his region is more affected by the sequester as East Asia is increasingly the focus of the White House. Not all military units are in the same boat under sequestration, as the across-the-board ... [Published US News & World Report - May 21 2013]

Entities: Sequestration, USSOUTHCOM US Southern Command, John F. Kelly, Military/Armed Forces

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Southcom honors heroes, felled by war

In the absolute silence of the U.S. Southern Command Headquarters, the family members of fallen servicemen and women walked to the center of the room as the name of their loved one was called out.The walk back seemed to be the hardest part. Tight-lipped ... [Published Miami Herald - May 21 2013]

Entities: USSOUTHCOM US Southern Command, Pathfinders, Bomb, US Army

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Drones Over the Homeland: From Border Security to National Security

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says it is the "leading edge" of drone deployment in the United States. Since 2005, DHS has been purchasing Predator drones - officially called unmanned aerial systems (UAS) - to "secure the border," yet these ... [Published Center for International Policy - May 20 2013]

Entities: Drone, UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Mexican Drug War, Security, Mexico

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Force-fed Gitmo hunger strikers at 29

Iran Press TVTue May 14, 2013 8:37AM GMTWhile the number of hunger strikers being force-fed at US militarys Guantanamo detention and torture camp has climbed to 29, new details reveal that prison commanders rather than medical doctors decide who undergoes ... [Published GlobalSecurity.org - May 20 2013]

Entities: Guantanamo (Cuba), Jeremy Lazarus, USSOUTHCOM US Southern Command

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Anonymous launches Operation Guantanamo

On Friday, May 17, the international hacktivist collective known as Anonymous, joined by Code Pink and other political action groups from the U.S. and the U.K., launched Operation Guantanamo to mark the 100th day of a hunger strike within the Guantanamo ... [Published Crooks and Liars - May 19 2013]

Entities: OpGTMO, Guantanamo (Cuba), Anonymous group, Guantánamo Bay

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

SOUTHCOM to host families of fallen service members during Memorial Day Ceremony May 20

WHAT: Ceremony to remember and honor those who have died in service to the nation and the families they have left behind.WHO: U.S. Marine Gen. John Kelly will preside over the ceremony. The families of 57 fallen service members from South Florida have ... [Published DVIDS - May 17 2013]

Entities: USSOUTHCOM US Southern Command, Public Affairs, John F. Kelly

Quotes

Poling went on to say, "I think we've certainly made great strides in ensuring future operations between our nations happen smoothly."

Southern Partnership Station 13 Mission Concludes [Published GlobalSecurity.org - 12 hours ago]

...many outside players, including Iran, which some experts believe exploits existing drug trafficking routes for its own nefarious intentions. "It's a tapestry that's full of different types of patterns and different types of things going on" says Meacham...

Military Not Created Equal Under Sequestration [Published US News & World Report - May 21 2013]

...travel approximately 4,190 miles to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, according to a press release from Air Force Global Strike Command. "Data collected further validates and verifies the effectiveness, readiness and accuracy of the weapon system while providing valuable information to assist the Air Force in sustaining and modernizing the Minuteman III through 2030" according to the statement

Pentagon considers $200 million renovation of Gitmo [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - May 21 2013]

"National defense and border security are a burgeoning aspect of what we do at the university," Valero said. "I hope we can open a lot of eyes by highlighting what UTEP's Intelligence and National Security Studies program do here."

UTEP hosts conference on intelligence, security [Published El Paso Times - May 21 2013]

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Woerner: SC bill gives youth, military a fighti... [Published South Carolina State - 11 hours ago]
Southern Partnership Station 13 Mission Concludes [Published GlobalSecurity.org - 12 hours ago]
Sequester Means $1 Billion More Of Cocaine Floo... [Published AOL Defense - 22 hours ago]
Guantánamo Hunger Strike: Obama Administration ... [Published Eurasia Review - 22 hours ago]
Pentagon wants $450mn for Gitmo [Published Press tv - May 22 2013]
Military Not Created Equal Under Sequestration [Published US News & World Report - May 21 2013]
Pentagon considers $200 million renovation of G... [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - May 21 2013]
Anonymous Operation Takes Down Guantamo Bay [Published SiliconANGLE - May 21 2013]
UTEP hosts conference on intelligence, security [Published El Paso Times - May 21 2013]
Anonymous operation sends Guantanamo’s wifi int... [Published SlashGear - May 21 2013]
Southcom honors heroes, felled by war [Published Miami Herald - May 21 2013]
Drones Over the Homeland: From Border Security ... [Published Center for International Policy - May 20 2013]
Force-fed Gitmo hunger strikers at 29 [Published GlobalSecurity.org - May 20 2013]
100 days of hunger: Anonymous stands up for Git... [Published Russia Today - May 20 2013]
Anonymous launches Operation Guantanamo [Published Crooks and Liars - May 19 2013]
Pouring concrete the old-fashioned way: by bucket [Published DVIDS - May 18 2013]
SOUTHCOM to host families of fallen service mem... [Published DVIDS - May 17 2013]
Members of Belize Coastguard and Anti Drugs Uni... [Published Guardian Belize - May 17 2013]
AF surgeon helps Belizean boy get 'new hand' [Published Air Force Link - May 17 2013]
Islamist Terrorist's Home in Latin America and ... [Published Cutting Edge News - May 17 2013]
Belize Coast Guard SEALS get U.S. training [Published Belize Reporter - May 17 2013]
OpGTMO: Zero hour to Anonymous global anti-Gitm... [Published Russia Today - May 17 2013]
US Navy Supervises Special Warfare Operations C... [Published The San Pedro Sun - May 16 2013]
Guantanamo force-feeding techniques revealed [Published Modern Ghana - May 16 2013]
Intelligence Experts, Educators to Gather at UTEP [Published UTEP Prospector - May 16 2013]
DOD Plays Supporting Role in U.S. Global Health... [Published Elites TV - May 16 2013]
It’s Moving Day For Miami Herald Staff, Reporters [Published CBS Miami - May 16 2013]
Wisconsin Guard officer relishes service in Nic... [Published DVIDS - May 15 2013]
Coffman promoted to Colonel [Published The Belton Journal - May 15 2013]
Marine crisis-response force for CENTCOM under ... [Published Military Times - May 15 2013]

Blogs

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Anonymous Operation Takes Down Guantamo Bay [Published SiliconANGLE - May 21 2013] The United States’ prison camp at Guantanamo Bay has attracted controversy for years, but in the last few months the situation has escalated with reports of hunger-striking inmates being force-fed to keep them alive. The US has received a lot of criticism ...
Anonymous operation sends Guantanamo’s wifi int... [Published SlashGear - May 21 2013] Reports have been surfacing for awhile now regarding hunger strikes at Guantanamo Bay by prisoners over indefinite imprisonment – without trial – which has resulted in force feeding. To show their support for the cause behind the hunger strikes, hacking ...
Anonymous launches Operation Guantanamo [Published Crooks and Liars - May 19 2013] On Friday, May 17, the international hacktivist collective known as Anonymous, joined by Code Pink and other political action groups from the U.S. and the U.K., launched Operation Guantanamo to mark the 100th day of a hunger strike within the Guantanamo ...
A Conversation with General John F. Kelly, Comm... [Published CSIS: Event Feed - May 09 2013] Welcome and Introduction by: Carl Meacham DirectorCSIS Americas Program read more ...
American Medical Association Opposes Force-Feed... [Published Think Progress - Apr 30 2013] The American Medical Association (AMA) wrote to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to express opposition to the U.S. military’s policy of force-feeding detainees who are on hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison. A handful of detainees began ...

Audio/Video

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DoD Briefing [Published The Pentagon - YouTube Channel - Mar 20 2013]
Senator Chambliss at SASC Oversight Hearing [Published Senator Saxby Chambliss - YouTube Channel - Mar 19 2013]

Press Releases

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Harris Corporation Receives $11 Million in Falc... [Published EON Manufacturing - Jan 21 2013]
Harris Corporation Receives $11 Million in Falc... [Published EON Government & Public Policy - Jan 21 2013]
Harris Corporation Receives $11 Million in Falc... [Published EON Communications - Jan 21 2013]
Harris Corporation Receives $11 Million in Falc... [Published Business Wire Technology News - Jan 21 2013]
Harris Corporation Receives $11 Million in Falc... [Published Business Wire Defense News - Jan 21 2013]