A Special Operations Skills Competition and Leadership Seminar will take place in El Salvador on August 18-29, 2025. Sixteen special operations teams from Central and South America and the Caribbean will compete in Fuerzas Comando 2025. This will be the 17th iteration of the premier special operations skills competition and senior leadership seminar.
Established in 2004, Fuerzas Comando is an annual 10-day event that tests participants’ skills through a friendly special operations forces competition to promote interoperability and military-to-military relationships through cordial contests, increase training knowledge, and strengthen regional cooperation among partners. Concurrently, a senior leadership seminar convenes, uniting top multinational special operations leaders to address transnational threats impacting defense and stability across the region.
This year the participating nations will be: Argentina, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and the United States. In the event the best soldiers from the Americas test their endurance, skill, tactical, and physical abilities against different nations.
Previous events have been hosted in Panama, Chile, Paraguay, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. The events are structured to simulate real-world special operations scenarios. In 2024, Mexico took the first place title, with the United States and Colombia placing high in the standings amongst 17 countries. The US had the top assaulter team while Colombia had the best snipers. Approximately 450 military, law enforcement, and civilian personnel from the participating nations will be in the 2025 events. Columbia has a good record at Fuerzas Comando, placing in first place numerous times.
The Senior Leader Seminar provides a vehicle for dialogue and critical thinking on interoperability, focusing on transnational, transregional threat networks. The leaders of the special operations forces use this time to make new acquaintances and renew friendships with older colleagues.
The event is sponsored by U.S. Southern Command and executed by Special Operations Command South in partnership with Fuerza Armada El Salvador.
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Image: Posted on Twitter 13 August 2025 by SOCSOUTH.
