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| {{Short description|Command responsible for South American area}}{{Distinguish|United States Special Operations Command}}{{Infobox military unit | | {{Short description|Command responsible for South American area}}{{Distinguish|United States Special Operations Command}}{{United States Armed Forces sidebar}}[[File:GCCMAP.png|thumb|right|300px|In this map, SOUTHCOM Area of Responsibility is shown in green letters]] |
| |unit_name= United States Southern Command
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| |image=Seal of the United States Southern Command.svg
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| |start_date=11 June 1963 <br/>({{Age in years and months|1963|6|11}} ago)
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| |country= {{flagu|United States}}
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| |type= [[Unified combatant command]]
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| |role= Geographic combatant command
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| |size= 1,200 personnel<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southcom.mil/About/|title=About USSOUTHCOM|access-date=2023-04-30|website=U.S. Southern Command}}</ref>
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| |command_structure= [[United States Department of Defense]]
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| |garrison= [[Doral, Florida|Doral]], [[Florida]], U.S.
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| |garrison_label=Headquarters
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| |battles= [[United States invasion of Grenada]] <br /> [[United States invasion of Panama|Invasion of Panama]] <br /> [[Operation Uphold Democracy]] <br /> [[Operation Secure Tomorrow]] <br /> [[Operation New Horizons]] <br /> [[Operation Unified Response]] <br /> [[Operation Continuing Promise]]
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| |decorations=[[File:Ribbon Bar of the Order of Saint Charles (Colombia).svg|border|23px]] [[Order of San Carlos]]<ref>[https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1505488/colombian-president-visits-thanks-southcom-for-its-support Colombian President Visits, Thanks Southcom for its Support], DoD, dated 2018, last accessed 25 April 2018</ref>
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| |website= {{url|https://www.southcom.mil/|www.southcom.mil}}
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| |commander1= [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] [[Alvin Holsey]], [[United States Navy|USN]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southcom.mil/About/Leadership/Bio-Article-View/Article/3959139/adm-alvin-holsey/|title=Adm. Alvin Holsey|access-date=2024-11-08|website=U.S. Southern Command}}</ref>
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| |commander1_label= Commander
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| |commander2= [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] [[Evan Pettus|Evan L. Pettus]], [[United States Air Force|USAF]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southcom.mil/About/Leadership/Bio-Article-View/Article/1555395/lt-gen-evan-l-pettus/|title=Lt. Gen. Evan L. Pettus|access-date=2024-11-08|website=U.S. Southern Command}}</ref>
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| |commander2_label= Military Deputy Commander
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| |commander3= [[Ambassadors of the United States|Ambassador]] [[Sarah-Ann Lynch]], [[United States Department of State|DOS]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southcom.mil/About/Leadership/Bio-Article-View/Article/3605414/amb-sarah-ann-lynch/|title=Amb. Sarah-Ann Lynch|access-date=2024-01-13|website=U.S. Southern Command}}</ref>
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| |commander3_label=Civilian Deputy to the Commander
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| | identification_symbol = [[File:USSOUTHCOM DUI.png|100px]]
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| | identification_symbol_label = [[Distinctive Unit Insignia]]
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| | identification_symbol_2 = [[File:NATO Map Symbol - Unit Size - Region or Front.svg|100px]]<br/>[[File:Military Symbol - Friendly Unit (Solid Light 1.5x1 Frame)- AA - Southern Command (FM 1-02, 2004 September 21).svg|100px]]
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| | identification_symbol_2_label = [[NATO Joint Military Symbology|NATO Map Symbol]]<ref>{{cite book |title=FM 1-02 Operational Terms and Graphics |date=21 September 2004 |publisher=US Army |pages=5–36 |url=http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/virtual_disk_library/index.cgi/4882557/FID2884/mcrp/mcrp512a.pdf |ref=Table 5-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=ADP 1-02 Terms and Military Symbols |date=14 August 2018 |publisher=US Army |pages=4–8 |url=https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN20083_ADP%201-02%20C1%20FINAL%20WEB.pdf |ref=Table 4-2}}</ref>
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| | identification_symbol_3 = [[File:SOUTHCOMflag.png|100px]]
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| | identification_symbol_3_label = Unit Flag
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| {{United States Armed Forces sidebar}}[[File:GCCMAP.png|thumb|right|300px|In this map, SOUTHCOM Area of Responsibility is shown in green letters]] | |
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| The '''United States Southern Command''' ('''USSOUTHCOM'''), located in [[Doral, Florida|Doral]] in [[Greater Miami|Greater Miami, Florida]], is one of the eleven [[unified combatant command]]s in the [[United States Department of Defense]]. It is responsible for providing contingency planning, operations, and security cooperation for [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]], the [[Caribbean]] (except U.S. commonwealths, territories, and possessions), their territorial waters, and for the force protection of U.S. military resources at these locations. USSOUTHCOM is also responsible for ensuring the defense of the [[Panama Canal]] and the canal area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southcom.mil/About/|title=About Us|publisher=U.S. Southern Command|accessdate=28 November 2021}}</ref> | | The '''United States Southern Command''' ('''USSOUTHCOM'''), located in [[Doral, Florida|Doral]] in [[Greater Miami|Greater Miami, Florida]], is one of the eleven [[unified combatant command]]s in the [[United States Department of Defense]]. It is responsible for providing contingency planning, operations, and security cooperation for [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]], the [[Caribbean]] (except U.S. commonwealths, territories, and possessions), their territorial waters, and for the force protection of U.S. military resources at these locations. USSOUTHCOM is also responsible for ensuring the defense of the [[Panama Canal]] and the canal area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southcom.mil/About/|title=About Us|publisher=U.S. Southern Command|accessdate=28 November 2021}}</ref> |