Laura J. Richardson
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Laura Jane Richardson is a four-star general in the United States Army who is the commander of United States Southern Command since 29 October 2021. Prior to that, she was the commanding general of United States Army North from July 2019 to September 2021.
Laura J. Richardson
Richardson, Acting Commanding General (CG) of FORSCOM (center), flanked by the outgoing and incoming CGs of 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, review the troops at a change of command ceremony, Fort Bliss, November 2018
Richardson, incoming CG of ARNORTH, troops the line at a change of command ceremony, Fort Sam Houston, 8 July 2019
Richardson is presented her four-star flag by Army chief of staff General James C. McConville at her promotion ceremony, 18 October 2021
United States Southern Command
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The United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), located in Doral in Greater Miami, Florida, is one of the eleven unified combatant commands in the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for providing contingency planning, operations, and security cooperation for Central and South America, the Caribbean, their territorial waters, and for the force protection of U.S. military resources at these locations. USSOUTHCOM is also responsible for ensuring the defense of the Panama Canal and the canal area.
SOUTHCOM Area of Focus
Brigadier General Sean Mulholland, SOCSOUTH Commander in 2014, honors 7th SFG(A) soldiers in Honduras
Admiral Craig S. Faller, commander, U.S. Southern Command, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, and Admiral Kurt W. Tidd, outgoing commander, share the stage during the SOUTHCOM change of command ceremony on 26 November 2018.
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