Col. Michael Lewczak, Army South G5 director of strategy, plans, and policy, delivers opening remarks at the Joint Synchronization Symposium, as part of the command's planning to address challenges in the Western Hemisphere. The event, attended by major component commands of U.S. Southern Command, provided ARSOUTH planners to better understand mission analysis and operational design to impede malign actors from gaining regional influence. (U.S. Army photo by Donald Sparks)