SANTA MARTA, Colombia (Aug. 23, 2019) A Colombian army helicopter flies alongside the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) off the coast of Santa Marta, Colombia during a formation flight with the Dragon Whales of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, Aug. 23, 2019. Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems strained by an increase in Venezuelan migrants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Morgan K. Nall/Released)
US Marines training in a humanitarian assistance exercise in Colombia
Date Taken: 10.01.2019
Length: 00:06:42
Location: BASE DE ENTERNAMIENTO DE INFANTERIA DE MARINA, COVEÑAS, CO
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force combine efforts with Colombian Marines to assist and supply a local populous during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief rehearsal on Base de Enternamiento de Infanteria de Marina, Coveñas, Colombia, Oct. 1, 2019. The exercise highlights interoperability and responsiveness between these countries. The task force is conducting training and engineering projects hand-in-hand with partner nation military members in Latin America and the Caribbean during their deployment to the region, which coincides with hurricane season.
Ok, first impression was that they all seemed very short.
However, ”impressive” is still the word that comes to mind. I am an infantry leadership instructor and I can tell you myself and my peers were definitely impressed by the individual soldier skills of the COLBAT soldiers we met in Sinai.
Yes
M.F.O. abbreviation for the Colombia contingency.
FIJIBAT
USBAT
These three BATs where moving throughout Sinai as observers and security for the MFO.
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