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US Navy Doctors Bring Medical Care to Amazon
U.S. Navy doctors are embarked aboard the Brazilian Navy hospital ship NAsH Soares de Meirelles (U-21) for a month-long humanitarian mission that will take them deep into the Amazon.
U.S. Military Support to Argentina Submarine Search
Overview of U.S. military support to international efforts to locate the missing Argentinean Navy submarine A.R.A. San Juan in Southern Atlantic waters.
WATCH: Coast Guard Offloads One Ton of Cocaine
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Pelican offloaded approximately one ton of cocaine, worth an estimated $23 million wholesale, in St. Petersburg, Monday, Nov. 20, 2017.
Coast Guard Interdicts, Offloads 10 Tons of Cocaine
The Coast Guard Cutter Spencer offloaded the cocaine and 23 kilos of heroin Tuesday in Port Everglades worth an estimated $300 million wholesale. The drugs were seized in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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171201-N-HS500-032 COMODORO RIVADAVIA, Argentina (Dec. 1, 2017). The U.S. Navy cable-controlled Undersea Recovery Vehicle (CURVE-21) is offloaded at the Comodoro Rivadavia airport Dec. 1, 2017. The CURVE will be used in support of the Argentinean Navy search and rescue efforts of the ARA San Juan (S-42) (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher Lange/Released).
US Deploys CURV-21 in Argentine Submarine Search
By Lt. Lyndsi Gutierrez, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs | Dec. 2, 2017
At the request of U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), the U.S. Navy directed Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) to deploy the Cable operated Unmanned Recovery Vehicle (CURV) 21 to join the search efforts for Argentine submarine, ARA San Juan
Brigadier General Andrew Salas, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) Air National Guard assistant to the commander, speaks with Chilean Air Force Col. Fernando Mondaca during U.S. and Chilean Airmen-to-Airmen Talks at 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) headquarters, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Nov. 29, 2017. The Chilean delegation and Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern) members discussed, planned and reviewed bilateral activities between the two countries for the current and upcoming fiscal year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz)
US, Chilean Airmen-to-Airmen talks
By Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz | Dec. 1, 2017
Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern) hosted Chilean and U.S. Airmen-to-Airmen talks Nov 29-30.
171126-N-HS500-005 COMODORO RIVADAVIA, Argentina (Nov. 26, 2017) Undersea Rescue Command (URC) and Argentine construction workers prepare the motor vessel Sophie Siem for the installation of the Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS) which operates the deep diving rescue vehicle, the Pressurized Rescue Module (PRM). Undersea Rescue Command, the U.S. Navy's only submarine rescue unit, mobilized to support the Argentine government's search and rescue efforts for the Argentine Navy diesel-electric submarine ARA San Juan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Christopher Lange/Released)
US Navy Transitions to Search and Recovery in Search for ARA San Juan
By Lt. Lyndsi Gutierrez, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs | Dec. 1, 2017
MAYPORT, Fla. (NNS) -- Two U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft, the Submarine Rescue Chamber (SRC) and the Pressurized Rescue Module (PRM) from the Undersea Rescue Command that were assisting Argentina in the search for Argentine submarine, ARA San Juan, completed operations Nov 30.
AMAZON RIVER, Brazil (Nov. 21, 2017) A team of five U.S. Navy doctors travel to a remote village along the Amazon River in Brazil, November 21. Clockwise from left, they are Lt. Cmdr. Patricia Hogan, an internal medicine specialist; Lt. Cmdr. Robert P. Lennon, a specialist in general medicine; Lt. Cmdr. Thomas K. Barlow, a specialist in dermatology; Lt. Gregory J Condos, an internal medicine specialist; and Lt. Cmdr. Nehkonti Adams, an infectious diseases specialist. The team is engaging in a month-long humanitarian mission up the Amazon River. They are working with the Brazilian Navy to deliver healthcare to some of the most isolated people in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Brame/Released)
US Navy doctors bring medical care to Amazon
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Brame | Dec. 1, 2017
U.S. Navy doctors recently embarked aboard the Brazilian Navy hospital ship NAsH Soares de Meirelles (U-21) and began a month-long humanitarian mission that will take them deep into the Amazon. These doctors will be working closely with the Brazilian Navy to deliver healthcare to some of the isolated peoples in the world.
US 4th Fleet Hosts Maritime Synchronization Conference
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Hendricks, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command & U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs | Dec. 1, 2017
U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet (USNAVSO/FOURTHFLT) is hosting the annual Maritime Synchronization Conference (MSC) on board Naval Station Mayport, Nov. 28-Dec. 1.
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Cargo is unloaded from a military aircraft.
A cargo container is hoisted onto a truck bed.
A Sailor aboard USS Wasp in Brazil.
Paraguayan military members sit during a class.
Doctor treat a child in Brazil.
Medical personnel talk while walking.
Doctors treat a child patient in Brazil.
A team of five U.S. Navy doctors travel in a boat to a remote village along the Amazon River in Brazil.
Loading food for Haiti
A Sailor operates a radar on a P-8a Poseidon aircraft.
A Sailor coordinates tactics on a P-8a Poseidon aircraft.
Pilots fly a P-8a Poseidon aircraft.
Argentine sailors retrieve side scanning sonar equipment on board a ship.
Sailors load sonobouys onto a P8-A Poseidon aircraft.
Sailors the bridge of the Norwegian construction support vessel Skandi Patagonia.
A US Navy and Argentine navy officer talk.
workers prepare the motor vessel Sophie Siem for the installation of the Pressurized Rescue Module.
Workers prepare the motor vessel Sophie Siem for the installation of the Pressurized Rescue Module (PRM).
Workers prepare the motor vessel Sophie Siem for the installation of the Pressurized Rescue Module (PRM).
Argentine Navy Capt. Perez Kuhn thanks the remaining crew of Undersea Rescue Command (URC) and the departing Sailors prior to the motor vessel Sophie Siem getting underway.
The motor vessel Sophie Siem gets underway from Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
A technician performs maintenance on an unmanned underwater vehicle.
Technicians perform maintenance on an unmanned underwater vehicle.
A ship prepares for the installation of the Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System
Sailors load submarine rescue equipment onto the Norwegian construction support vessel Skandi Patagonia
U.S. Sailors and Argentines load submarine rescue equipment onto a Norwegian construction support vessel
Officers are interviewed by reporters.
U.S. Navy and Argentine navy officers hold a discussion.
Argentine rescue commanders discuss current operations with U.S. Navy officers.
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Pelican offload approximately one ton of cocaine
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Pelican offload approximately one ton of cocaine
Official U.S. Navy file photo of a Bluefin-21.
Official U.S. Navy file photo of the Pressurized Rescue Module.
People push a container onto a cargo plane.
Cargo is loaded onto a military airplane.
A Submarine Rescue Chamber is hoisted off a truck.
Dr. Harold Brown speaks with military men and women at U.S. Southern Command headquarters
Dr. Harold Brown speaks with military men and women at U.S. Southern Command headquarters
Dr. Harold Brown speaks with Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd.
Dr. Harold Brown speaks with military men and women at U.S. Southern Command headquarters.
A U.S. Coast Guard boat crew interdicts a self-propelled semi submersible vessel.
Seized drugs stacked aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Spencer stands next to approximately 10 tons of seized drugs
USS Zephyr returns to Naval Station Mayport November 10, 2017.
Sailors stack bales of seized cocaine aboard USS Zephyr.
Stacks of seized cocaine sit on the deck of USS Zephyr.
Security leaders from the United States and Trinidad and Tobago discuss security cooperation
Security leaders from the United States and Trinidad and Tobago discuss security cooperation
Military officials pose with a plaque.
A man cuts a cake.

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