The last day of the trip was in Miami, Florida, the headquarters of the US Southern Command. SOUTHCOM is a joint command comprised of more than 1,200 military and civilian personnel representing the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard, along with several other agencies. We spent the day with the US Coast Guard [...]
Probably the most exciting day of the trip. Today we got the opportunity to board Blackhawk helicopters for a 40 mile trip across Panama into the Caribbean. We landed on the USS Mesa Verde, which is a San Antonio class amphibious transport dock. Click here for the USS Mesa Verde website.
We headed out this morning on our C17 to Cartegena. After a briefing by the Columbian Navy Commander, we were given a tour of a few ships in port, including a couple of seized semi-submersibles. Now to Panama!
