196th MPAD

Greetings from the team in Serbia 🇷🇸 covering Platnium Wolf

Soldiers and civilians ran the second annual Pioneer 5K at the Ohio Army National Guard’s 112th Engineer Battalion in Brook Park, Ohio, this past weekend. The event is in partnership with the city of Brook Park and the Ohio Army National Guard 🪖🇺🇸

📸 by PV2 Pagan and Sgt. Uhinck

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Marcus Evans, the commanding general of the 25th Infantry Division 🪖, delivers remarks to Salaknib / JPMRC-X 2024 participants during the closing ceremony held at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, June 10, 2024. The annual Salaknib exercise enhanced the strategic readiness capabilities of the U.S. Army 🇺🇸and Philippine Army 🇵🇭 while building on the shared vision of maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific.

📸 by Sgt. Aguridakis

📸 by Spc. Smiddy, Sgt. Aguridakis, and Staff Sgt. Moeger

📸 by Spc. Smiddy

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James Jarrard, Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Pacific, and Philippine Army Vice Commander, Maj. Gen Leodevic Guinid meet with U.S. and Philippine Soldiers during a leadership visit during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Exportable (JPMRC-X) exercise on Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, June 6, 2024. This iteration of JPMRC-X marks the first deployment to the Philippines, which will enable and assist the Philippine Army and the Armed Forces of the Philippines in building combat training center locations within the Philippines.

📸by Spc. Smiddy

📸 by Staff Sgt. Berry

Congratulations 🎉 to Staff Sgt Moeger, who recently graduated Advanced Leader Course at Fort Meade. Moeger earned the title of Distinguished Honor Grad and Distinguished Leader!

Greetings from the 196th MPAD Philippines 🇵🇭 Team covering Salaknib 24!

Salaknib is an annual bilateral exercise led by the Philippine Army and sponsored by the U.S. Army Pacific. It is designed to enhance the U.S. and Philippine Army’s capacity and interoperability across the spectrum of military operations while strengthening the ties between the two long standing Allies.

The 196th MPAD Panama 🇵🇦 Team recently returned home after two weeks of covering 📸 🎥 Fuerzas Comando 24 🪖. Great job team, on to the next mission!

Fuerzas Comando 24 concluded last week, bringing the competition to an end. Congratulations to the winning 🏆 teams!

📸 by Sgt. Lauer, Sgt. Taylor, and Sgt. 1st Class Reynolds
🪖Leaderboards by Capt. Eliopoulos

Fuerzas Comando 24 Obstacle Course in Panama 🇵🇦! The FC24 Obstacle Course included 14 challenging obstacles completed by the 17 competing teams!

📸 by Sgt. Lauer, Sgt. Slayman, Sgt. Taylor, Staff Sgt. Fletcher and Sgt. 1st Class Reynolds

Fuerzas Comando 24 competitors recently participated in the night ruck march. Each competitor carried their weapon, ammo, and a 40-lbs pack over a 20-kilometer course before competing in a close-quarters weapons exercise.

📸by Sgt. Lauer, Sgt. Slayman, Sgt. Taylor, Staff Sgt. Fletcher and Sgt. 1st Class Reynolds

Commander Gen. Laura Richardson is in 🇵🇦 to participate in the closing ceremony for the exercise & Special Ops competition. Teams from 17 countries, including the U.S., participated in the contest, promoting military-to-military relationships.

SOCSOUTH Embajada de Estados Unidos en Panamá

📸 by Staff Sgt. Fletcher

Fuerzas Comando 24 Assaulter and Sniper Courses in Panama 🇵🇦!

📸 by Sgt. Lauer, Sgt. Taylor and Sgt. 1st Class Reynolds

Fuerzas Comando 24 Assaulter Course Day 3 in Panama 🇵🇦!

📸 by Sgt. Slayman and Staff Sgt. Fletcher

Physical Test Day 2 in Panama 🇵🇦!

📸 by Sgt. Slayman
📸 by Staff Sgt. Fletcher
📸 by Sgt. 1st Class Reynolds

Greetings from the team covering in Panama 🇵🇦

Competitors from 17 countries are currently competing in Fuerzas Comando 24 in Panama. FC24 is a U.S. Southern Commanded sponsored Special Forces skills competition that is conducted annually in Central, South America and the Caribbean.

Follow SOCSOUTH for 196th MPAD footage from Fuerzas Comando 24 happening now Panama 🇵🇦

📸 by Sgt. Lauer

Congratulations 🎉 to the newest member of the 196th team, PV2 Pagan who graduated from Defense Information School as a mass communication specialist 46S 📸🎥.

DINFOS fulfills the Department of Defense's need for an internal corps of professional journalists, broadcasters, and public affairs professionals.

January is cold ❄️, but this team doesn't stop, as drill weekend 🪖 comprised of a re-enlistment ceremony for SFC Reynolds 🇺🇸, a ruck march and special recognition of Sgt. Uhinck from Col. Fielding for being her class' distinguished honor graduate from Defense Information School.