Joint Task Force - Bravo: The U.S. Military Presence in Honduras, U.S. Policy for an Evolving Region

Abstract

In a post-Cold War period of shrinking defense budgets, bottom up reviews, and a general down sizing of U.S. defense forces, the Department of Defense has begun to take a realistic look at its defense needs, and size its base force accordingly. One result, is that the United States has begun to close many of its overseas bases and posts, concentrating on agile, flexibly trained forces for power projection abroad. The U.S. Southern Command (Quarry Heights, Panama) maintains a small presence at a Honduran base known as Soto Cano AB. This paper compares and contrasts the benefits and shortcomings of two policy options. The criteria used fall into four main categories: (1) Costs; (2) Economic Impact on Honduras; (3) U.S. and Honduran political ramifications; and (4) Contribution to regional military objectives.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 06, 1994
Accession Number
ADA282261

Entities

People

  • Scott M. Hines

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central America
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Aid
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Recreation
  • Students
  • United States Southern Command
  • Urban Areas
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.