[0:07:31 - 0:07:38] Laser strike was one of numerous US worldwide classified operations under US
Southcom or US Southern command
[0:08:20 - 0:08:26] In 1996 laser strike proceeded Operation Green Clover, a similar US
Southcom operation
[0:09:25 - 0:09:31] US
Southcom authorized up to 14 Special Forces deployments to the region during 1997
[0:09:36 - 0:09:42] Attached to US
Southcom was the US Army 7th Special Forces Group, aka the US Army Green
[1:01:46 - 1:01:56] A US
Southcom forward-based Expeditionary Task Force operating to promote stability and security by countering transnational threats including Narco traffic
[1:07:14 - 1:07:27] As it turns out and this will become extremely important soon, US
Southcom held the Mar-Forlant Marine Forces Atlantic Riverine training team in IKITOS Peru for utilization under Operation Laser Strike
[1:07:33 - 1:07:39] Circling back, there is the
Southcom unit deployed to Peru in 1997 we discussed earlier
[1:07:53 - 1:08:02] Due to their consistent execution of US
Southcom missions including a historical presence training and countering narcotic distribution in Central and South America
[1:18:02 - 1:18:09] had historically conducted US
Southcom missions in northern Peru during the 1955 Peru Ecuador border dispute