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Seems that before this mission, the ARC 24 de Julio (PZE-40) had received her OTO 76mm cannon.
📍San Andrés and Providencia, #Colombia (🇨🇴)
President @ABDELAESPRIELLA boarded the ARC 24 de Julio (PZE-40) during a visit to the archipelago.
📍Manta, #Ecuador (🇪🇨)
The @naval_peru (🇵🇪) BAP Paita (AMP-157) has arrived in Manta ahead of its participation in the SOLIDAREX V 2026 exercises.
Personnel from Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, the United States, and the Dominican Republic will be participating.
I am retracting this post on Paraguayan AT-3s as it was published prematurely.
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📍Formosa, #Brazil (🇧🇷)
From August 10th through October 2nd, the @exercitooficial held the Advanced Course in Missile and Rocket Artillery with the Instruction Fire School, utilizing the ASTROS MLRS system.
📸: EB
📍Cape Town, #SouthAfrica (🇿🇦)
This year's IBSAMAR IX exercise officially came to a close yesterday (Oct. 20th), with a formal closing ceremony held at Simon's Town Naval Base
Crew from the #Brazilian (🇧🇷) corvette Barroso (V34) participated in the ceremony.
📍Cape Town, #SouthAfrica (🇿🇦)
The @marmilbr (🇧🇷) corvette Barroso (V34) participated in the IBSAMAR IX exercises hosted by South Africa.
Barroso participated in joint exercises between South Africa & #India (🇮🇳).
📍Louisiana, #UnitedStates (🇺🇸)
During the AUSA 2026 Conference last week (Oct. 12-14th), #Brazil's (🇧🇷) Mac Jee signed an agreement with #Canada's (🇨🇦) iCOR Technology for the production of TNT & RDX as part of a new U.S. industrial project.
📸: Mac Jee
📍#Argentina (🇦🇷)
The @Ejercito_Arg has received its third and final Bell 407GXi helicopter.
The joint purchase with the @FuerzaAerea_Arg was for 6 units, split between the two forces, and was launched in Dec. 2022.
📸: MINDEF Arg
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U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command welcomed Colombian senior enlisted leaders for PISAJ 23! 🇺🇸🤝🇨🇴
This vital bi-annual engagement focuses on NCO leader development, joint interoperability, and professional military education to strengthen hemispheric security.
@Southcom
ALT A Black military officer in camouflage uniform and glasses sits attentively with hands clasped at a conference table, with another soldier visible in the background and an American flag blurred on the left.
ALT A U.S. Army general stands and speaks to a large conference room filled with military personnel in uniform seated around two large wooden tables, holding papers and listening attentively during a meeting.
ALT A soldier in camouflage adjusts parachute gear on another soldier inside a large, hangar-like building with wooden benches. Two other soldiers in camouflage uniform stand nearby, observing the process, with an American flag visible in the background.
ALT A group of diverse military personnel in camouflage uniforms stand and kneel in a hangar, posed in front of a large American flag hanging on the wall.
📍Callao, #Peru (🇵🇪)
Update from @mm_maeshiro noting the first SIMA hull update on the first multirole frigate for the Peruvian Navy.
Her first steel cutting was back in late 2025.
📍Callao, #Peru (🇵🇪)
The shipyard @sima_peru held the cutting of the first steel plate of the first future Multirole Frigate for the @naval_peru.
The event was held in coordination with #SouthKorea's (🇰🇷) HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.
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🇦🇶🇨🇱 | Chile declara secreta la sesión de la Partida 11 del presupuesto de las Fuerzas Armadas 2027 defensa.com/chile/chile-decl…
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P-8A 🇺🇸
#AE67B6 tracking SW over the Caribbean Sea out of Ceiba (TJRV)
@Borrowed7Time @Spidergwenweb1 @MichaelBonet8 @Flightwatcher1 @SA_Defensa @LatAmMilMVMTs @Arr3ch0
📍Naval Station Everett, #UnitedStates (🇺🇸)
The USS Gridley (DDG-101) arrived back in the U.S. on October 9th following her deployment to the Caribbean & Pacific as part of Operation #SouthernSpear.
📸: DVIDS
📍Pacific Ocean
The @USNavy (🇺🇸) destroyer USS Gridley (DDG-101) seized an RHIB with illegal narcotics on board.
U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 105 took part in the seizure.
📸: DVIDS
Actually, it appears it is 2 seperate maps, with the larger white map being of the Colombian-Peruvian Border, while the smaller map of the Peruvian coast is separate.
I was under the original impression that the smaller one was an insert to the larger map.
During Donovan's visit to Peru, the U.S. & Peruvian delegation studied a map of the VRAEM region.
In my analysis, it appears that they were looking at what seems to be the Mantaro River border between the Departments of Junín & Huancavelica. (Although I am not 100% certain.)
Hoy sobrevolamos Iquitos con @Southcom Gen. Donovan, @MindefPeru y @ccffaa_peru. Tres puntos base:
1. Los narcos operan entre países. Que sepan que trabajamos JUNTOS.
2. En Loreto, en el VRAEM y en todo Perú SOLO debe mandar el Perú. Nadie quiere zonas capturadas por grupos diabólicos.
3. EE. UU. está listo para apoyar al Perú.
¡Tengan cuidado, criminales!
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US DHS 🇺🇸
Gulfstream G650
#A5CA5B/N472US/N472US
Out of Andrews (KADW) landing at San Juan (TJSJ)
@Borrowed7Time @MichaelBonet8 @Flightwatcher1 @r4streando @Arr3ch0 @Karma52images @Spidergwenweb1 @LatAmMilMVMTs @SA_Defensa
📍Inza, #Colombia (🇨🇴)
The UH-60L Black Hawk (#: EJC-2175) crashed yesterday in Cauca Department with 19 personnel on board (4 crew & 15 soldiers).
Reports released announced the 15 passengers were safe, however provided no update on the crew.
