SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras –
Maj. Gen. William L. Thigpen, U.S. Army South commanding general (left), meets with the Honduran Armed Forces Chief of Defense Rear Adm. José Fortín Aguilar (right), on March 2, 2022. During the visit, Maj. Gen. Thigpen also conducted key leader engagements with Chargé d’ Affaires Colleen Hoey, the Honduran Army Commander Col. Dennis McCoy Martín; and visited the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran Army Commander Headquarters, Joint Task Force-Bravo and the Joint Interagency Operations Center. Our defense partnerships are vital to security and prosperity in the hemisphere and to our collective ability to meet complex global challenges.