U.S. Southern Command Headquarters

The U.S. Southern Command Headquarters (SOUTHCOM) is responsible for providing contingency planning, operations, security cooperation, and force protection of military resources for Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Cuba, as well as ensuring the defense of the Panama Canal area. The headquarters is configured and optimized to enable effective command/control of Joint-Coalition-Interagency Operations, including the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and several other Federal agencies, with state-of-the-art information technology and telecommunications systems.