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The current objectives of MARFORSOUTH include the training of Latin American marines and naval infantry, providing disaster relief, and counter-terrorism. [1] In October 1999, Marine Corps Forces South headquarters was moved to Miami, Florida, and grew to be a fully fledged headquarters to assist the Commander of U.S. Southern Command with all Marine Corps activities in Latin America. [1]
The Force Headquarters Group (FHG) is a major subordinate command (MSC) of the United States Marine Corps based in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was established as a part of the command element for Marine Forces Reserve. It was activated on July 18, 2012, assuming command of six MARFORRES Force-level units: 3rd and 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison ...
Admiral Craig S. Faller, commander, U.S. Southern Command, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, and Admiral Kurt W. Tidd, outgoing commander, share the stage during the SOUTHCOM change of command ceremony on 26 November 2018. The U.S. Southern Command was activated in 1963, emerging from the U.S. Caribbean Command, established in 1947.
The new housing will be constructed on land directly across from SouthCom, which sits along Northwest 33rd Street in Doral, away from the city’s main corridors and near a cow pasture.
Reservists, like all new service members, contract for eight-year terms. There are three options on how these terms may be served, one of which is designated upon signing. 6x2 – Under this option the reservist spends 6 years drilling with an SMCR unit and fulfills the remaining two in the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR).
1941 aerial photo showing Old Hammond Highway running along the Lake Pontchartrain shore west from West End, New Orleans. The connection to New Orleans was made by following State Route 53—roughly the modern route of US 51 from Frenier to LaPlace—and US 61 (State Route 1, the Jefferson Highway) into New Orleans. This was intended to be a ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court restored a Louisiana electoral map that has two of the state's six congressional districts with Black-majority populations for use in the Nov. 5 ...
With the advent of World War II, the lease was canceled and the installation reverted to complete use by the military as the New Orleans Port of Embarkation under the United States Army Transportation Corps. In 1955, the tract of land was known as the New Orleans Army Terminal. In 1965 the name was changed to the New Orleans Army Base.