Accession Number:

AD1166541

Title:

United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Congressional Report]

Corporate Author:

Library of Congress, Congressional Research SVC

Personal Author(s):

• McInnus, Kathleen J
• McGarry, Brendan W

Report Date:

2022-03-30

Pagination or Media Count:

3

Abstract:

United States Southern Command SOUTHCOM, headquartered in Miami-Dade County, FL, was officially established in 1963. Prior to that, U.S. military elements in the Western hemisphere had been organized under the U.S. Caribbean Defense Command. SOUTHCOMs area ofresponsibility AOR begins at the southern Mexican border and contains the remaining elements of Central and SouthAmerica, adjacent Atlantic and Pacific waters, and the Caribbean Sea, ultimately encompassing 31 countries and 16 dependencies and areas of special sovereignty.

Descriptors:

• united states southern command
• congress
• humanitarian assistance
• covid-19
• department of defense
• military science
• unified combatant commands
• task forces
• central america
• latin america
• military education
• national security
• security
• united states
• united states government
• governments
• air force

Subject Categories:

• Military Forces and Organizations

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]