abstract:The United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), located in Doral, Florida, is one of nine Unified Combatant Commands (COCOMs) in the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for providing contingency planning and operations in Central and South America, the Caribbean (except U.
Scott Malcolm, spokesman for the UnitedStatesSouthernCommand, which is responsible for military planning and operations in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
The Manta Air Base in Ecuador is currently used by the UnitedStates Air Force (USAF) division of the UnitedStatesSouthernCommand for operations against illegal cocaine trafficking in northwestern South America.
In September, the UnitedStates' SouthernCommand, which controls all American military activity in the hemisphere south of Mexico, will abandon its hilltop headquarters overlooking the canal's Pacific entrance.