[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
[1:07:53 - 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