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Missouri National Guardsmen from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 35th Engineer Brigade and the 235th Construction Management Team are headed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for their annual training.

Missouri Guard engineers to conduct annual training in Guantanamo Bay

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Missouri – A group of Missouri National Guardsmen are scheduled to spend their two weeks of annual training surveying land and designing a layout for a potential migrant camp in February at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....
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Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno (center) speaks with Col. Patrick J. Hynes (left), commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, and Master Sgt. Chad Ritch at Fort Bragg, N.C. Jan 30.

CSA's strategic intent: Delivering strategic landpower in an uncertain world

WASHINGTON (Feb. 5, 2013) -- Over the past 11 years of continuous combat, the Army made great strides at the tactical and operational levels of war. We evolved our tactics, fielded new equipment, and modified our organizations, all while combating determined enemies. These changes were necessary, and they produced an Army without peer on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. ...
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Maj. Gen. Frederick S. Rudesheim (head of table), the commanding general of U.S. Army South, leads a discussion during the first day of the 2013 Central American Regional Leaders' Conference Jan. 29.

Army South, leaders from five partner nations gather to discuss collaborative solutions to regional threats

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- U.S. Army South hosted, on behalf of the U.S. Army, senior military and security forces leaders from five partner nations for this year’s annual Central American Regional Leaders’ Conference at the command’s headquarters here Jan. 28 to Feb.1....
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Maj. Gen. Frederick S. Rudesheim (right), U.S. Army South commanding general, visits with Brig. Gen. Jorge E. Suarez, Colombian army director of training and doctrine, in Bogota, Colombia Jan. 24.

Army South commander, Colombian army leaders reinforce strong bonds

BOGOTA, Colombia – U.S. Army South’s commanding general, Maj. Gen. Frederick S. Rudesheim, traveled to Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 21-25 where he met with the U.S. Ambassador, P. Michael McKinley, took part in discussions with key leaders in the Colombian army and visited various military installations....
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Maj. Gen. Frederick S. Rudesheim (left), U.S. Army South commanding general, greets Colombian officers at the Colombian military headquarters in Bogota, Colombia Jan. 22.

Army South commander heads to Colombia to strengthen partnerships

BOGOTA, Colombia – U.S. Army South’s commanding general arrived in Bogota, Colombia Jan. 21 where he will spend the next several days meeting with the U.S. ambassador, taking part in discussions with key leaders in the Colombian army and visiting various military installations....
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Marine Gen. John F. Kelly (right), commander, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), receives a briefing from Maj. Gen. Frederick S. Rudesheim (left), commanding general, U.S. Army South, at the Army South headquarters here Jan. 15.

SOUTHCOM commander visits FSH, stresses importance of Army South mission

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – (January 18, 2013) Marine Gen. John F. Kelly paid a visit to U.S. Army South here Jan. 15, his first visit since taking command of U.S. Southern Command last November....
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Cpl. Chelsie Antoniou and Pfc. Juan Enriquez, dental technicians, prepare the dental instruments during the four-day joint medical readiness training exercise in Chiquimula, Guatemala Dec. 11.

JTF-Bravo MEDRETE, DENRETE in Guatemala a huge success

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - (January 17, 2013) Servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo with assistance from the United States Embassy in Guatemala, the Guatemala Ministry of Health and the Guatemalan Army, completed a four-day Medical Readiness Training Exercise in Chiquimula, Guatemala December 11-15, 2012. ...
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Maj. Gen. Frederick S. Rudesheim (left), the U.S. Army South commanding general, presents Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis C. Zavodsky (right),Army South command sergeant major, with a sword during a change of responsibility ceremony here Nov. 2.

Army South’s 2012 brought new leaders into top positions, conducted robust exercises, engagements

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - (December 21, 2012) This year has been a very busy period for U.S. Army South with personnel changes in our senior command positions, while simultaneously conducting, hosting or participating in several multinational exercises here and in our area of responsibility of Central and South America and the Caribbean....
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Mexican troops march pass the reviewing stand at the Conference of American Armies’ closing ceremony at the Campo Militar #1 in Mexico City Dec. 13.

Conference of American Armies closes commanders’ meeting, plans to gather again in Mexico City next year

MEXICO CITY (December 13, 2012) - The Conference of American Armies closed the first year of its 30th cycle with the gathering of chiefs of armies from the Caribbean, Central, North and South American countries in a military ceremony hosted by the Mexican army at the Campo Militar #1 in Mexico City Dec. 13....
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