Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) (Codenames)

A. O'Brien filed this request with the SOUTHCOM - US Southern Command of the United States of America.
Tracking #

DON-NAVY-2021-001168

FA-21-0159

21-F-0090

DON-NAVY-2020-012687

21-F-0090

15-062-S

Status
Rejected

Communications

From: Alexa O'Brien

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

Any and all records of the Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) mentioning or referring to Ahuas Tara, Armistad, Blue Advance, Blue Spoon, Cabanas, Cedar Deck, Constant Vigil, Distant Haven, Eagle, Ellipse Echo, Formica, Fuertes Caminos, Fuertes Defensas, Fuerzas Aliadas, Fuerzas Commando, Fuerzas Defensas, Laser Strike, MEDRITE, New Horizon, Nimrod Dancer, PKO, Southern Warrior, Tradewinds, Unitas.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Alexa O'Brien

From: Villalobos, Marco T CIV SOUTHCOM SC-CC (US)

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. Obrien,

Upon review of your FOIA request we determined that your request is too broad. You need to narrow the scope of your request and provide us with a time frame.

Thank you for contacting us.

r/

Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: marco.villalobos@dodiis.ic.gov

From: Alexa O'Brien

Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: marco.villalobos@dodiis.ic.gov

Dear Mr. Villalobos,

The timeframe that I am looking at is June 6, 1963 to the date of my request. Any and all records of the Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) mentioning or referring to Ahuas Tara, Armistad, Blue Advance, Blue Spoon, Cabanas, Cedar Deck, Constant Vigil, Distant Haven, Eagle, Ellipse Echo, Formica, Fuertes Caminos, Fuertes Defensas, Fuerzas Aliadas, Fuerzas Commando, Fuerzas Defensas, Laser Strike, MEDRITE, New Horizon, Nimrod Dancer, PKO, Southern Warrior, Tradewinds, Unitas.

Thank you.

Best,

Alexa O'Brien

From: SOUTHCOM - US Southern Command

An interim response, stating the request has been delayed

From: MuckRock.com

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 2, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #15-062-S.

Thank you for your help.

From: Villalobos, Marco T CIV SOUTHCOM SC-CC (US)

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. O'Brien,

Our Agency is working on your case.

r/

Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: marco.villalobos@dodiis.ic.gov

From: MuckRock.com

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 2, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #15-062-S.

Thank you for your help.

From: MuckRock.com

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 2, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #15-062-S.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: Villalobos, Marco T CIV SOUTHCOM SC-CC (US)

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. Obrien,

Our agency is still pending response(s) from offices tasked to conduct a search.

r/

Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: marco.villalobos@dodiis.ic.gov

From: MuckRock.com

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 2, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #15-062-S.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: Villalobos, Marco T CIV SOUTHCOM SC-CC (US)

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. Obrien,

Our agency is pending response from other agencies equities review response.

r/
Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: marco.villalobos@dodiis.ic.gov

From: Villalobos, Marco T CIV SOUTHCOM SC-CC (US)

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. Obrien,

Our agency is diligently working on your large case. We estimate that due to our current bag log it will take us about 6 months to fully complete this case.

r/

Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: marco.villalobos@dodiis.ic.gov

From: Villalobos, Marco T CIV SOUTHCOM SC-CC (US)

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. Obrien,

Our agency continue working in large case. Due to the volume of information possible responsive to your FOIA request and our current FOIA backlog, we estimate that our agency will be responding to your within the next 3 months.

Thank you for contacting us.

r/
Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: marco.villalobos@dodiis.ic.gov

From: Villalobos, Marco T CIV SOUTHCOM SC-CC (US)

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. O'brien,

The volume of documents to review for responsiveness has made this case to be placed within our complex cases; therefore, as previously stated we may be providing you with a response by the end of April.

Thank you for contacting us.

r/

Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: marco.villalobos@dodiis.ic.gov

From: Villalobos, Marco T CIV SOUTHCOM SC-CC (US)

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. O'brien,

This office is still working on the review of a large volume of documents that appears to be responsive to your FOIA request.

Thank you for contacting us.

r/
Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: marco.villalobos@dodiis.ic.gov

From: Villalobos, Marco T CIV SOUTHCOM SC-CC (US)

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO

Ms. O'brien,

This is to inform you that our agency have located about 8159 pages of information that appears to be responsive to your request. We need to conduct a page by-page review of this material to determine if all the located information is responsive, after that we need to conduct the respective redactions, referrals (if necessary), conduct a final review of all the material, and coordinate the legal review.

Due to our Agency's current work load, I estimate that tentatively will take us at least 9 months to process your request.

Please keep note of the proper number of your FOIA request for any future inquiries with this office or with DoD.

Thank you for contacting us.

r/

Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: marco.villalobos@dodiis.ic.gov

From: Villalobos, Marco T CIV SOUTHCOM SC-CC (US)

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. O'brien,

As previously informed we continue working in your FOIA request. Due to extensive volume of documents that required review, our tentative response is for July 2017.

r/

Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: marco.villalobos@dodiis.ic.gov

From: Villalobos, Marco T CIV SOUTHCOM SC-CC (US)

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. O'brien,

As previously informed we continue working in your FOIA request and due to extensive volume of possible responsive documents that required review, our tentative response is for July 2017.

r/

Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: marco.villalobos@dodiis.ic.gov

From: Villalobos, Marco T CIV SOUTHCOM SC-CC (US)

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. O'brien,

As previously informed we continue working in your FOIA request and due to extensive volume of possible responsive documents that required review, our tentative response is now moved to December 2017.

r/

Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: marco.villalobos@dodiis.ic.gov

From:

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. Obrien,

We're currently working on several corrections to the responsive documents. Due to the volume of information and our current backlog, I estimate that it will take us about 4 months to complete this action.

v/r

Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
OMB: southcom.miami.sc-cc.mbx.southcomfoia@mail.mil
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: Marco.T.Villalobos@coe.ic.gov

From:

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. O'Brien,

Our agency is still working on the review and corrections on this case.

v/r

Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
OMB: southcom.miami.sc-cc.mbx.southcomfoia@mail.mil
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: Marco.T.Villalobos@coe.ic.gov

From:

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. O'Brien,

In an effort to provide you with a soonest than later response we'll like to ask you if you agree on extracting from 3 large documents (368 pages) only the responsive pages (6 pages). Otherwise, we will have to conduct a complete review of the non-responsive information and that will further delay our response time.

This case is very large as it consist of approximately 222 documents totaling 8159 pages. Some of the retrieve documents will be referred to the originated agency for direct response and our agency will work on the remaining products.

Please let us know if our proposed course of action works for you soonest. With your concurrence our goal is to provide you with a final response by the middle of March or earlier if possible.

v/r

Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
OMB: southcom.miami.sc-cc.mbx.southcomfoia@mail.mil
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: Marco.T.Villalobos@coe.ic.gov

From:

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. O"Brien,

Please see below correspondence. If we do not hear from you by Wednesday, February28, 2018, we'll proceed by providing you with the responsive pages only.

v/r

Marco T. Villalobos
Command FOIA Manager
United States Southern Command
9301 NW 33rd | Doral, FL 33172
Office: 305-437-1108
DSN: 567-1108
Fax: 305-437-1320
OMB: southcom.miami.sc-cc.mbx.southcomfoia@mail.mil
NIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.mil
SIPR: marco.t.villalobos.civ@mail.smil.mil
JWICS: Marco.T.Villalobos@coe.ic.gov

From:

Good afternoon,

U.S. Southern Command referred your FOIA request of 15 May, 2015 to U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command on 30 Sep 2020, for direct response to you for a record within our cognizance. I am acknowledging receipt of the record referral, which is currently being processed for direct response to you.

Thank you.

Very respectfully,

Jessica Koningisor
LCDR, JAGC, USN
USNAVSO/FOURTHFLT Deputy Fleet Judge Advocate
COMM: 904-270-4783
DSN: 270-4783
jessica.koningisor1@navy.mil
jessica.koningisor1@navy.smil.mil

From: SOUTHCOM - US Southern Command

Dear Ms. O'Brien,

Please find attached a copy of your request as well as our offices interim response. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you.

Very Respectfully,

Xavier Salame

FOIA analyst

For Stephen Fisher, on behalf of

Stephanie L. Carr

Chief, Office of Freedom of Information OSD/JS FOIA Requester Service

Center

(571) 372-0419

xavier.p.salame.ctr@mail.mil

From: SOUTHCOM - US Southern Command

Dear Ms. O'Brien,

As of right now, my office is waiting on our component to conduct a search for records responsive to your request. When the component is finished compiling their results of the search, my office will prepare the documents for release (redactions, security review process, etc.) Once those reviews are complete, my office can then release the findings of the search to you. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do for you, questions or concerns.

Very Respectfully,

Xavier Salame

FOIA analyst

For Stephen Fisher, on behalf of

Stephanie L. Carr

Chief, Office of Freedom of Information OSD/JS FOIA Requester Service

Center

(571) 372-0419

xavier.p.salame.ctr@mail.mil

From: SOUTHCOM - US Southern Command

Your request for Fee Waiver for the FOIA request DON-NAVY-2020-012687 has been
determined to be not applicable as the request is not billable.
Additional details for this request are as follows:

* Request Created on:
10/21/2020
* Request Description:
Request any and all records of USSSOUTHCOM mentioning or referring to Ahuas Tara, Armistad, Blue Advance, Blue Spoon, Cabanas, Cedar Deck, Constant Vigil, Distant Haven, Eagle, Ellipse Echo, Formica, Fuertas Caminos, Fuertes Defensas, Fuerte Aliadas, Fuerzas Defensas, Laser Strike, MEDRITE, New Horizon, Nimrod Dancer, PKO, Southern Warrior, Tradewinds, and Unitas between June 6, 1963 and the date of the request- May 2, 2015.
* Fee Waiver Original Justification:
Request fee waiver on basis documents will be made available to the general public and not for commercial purposes.
* Fee Waiver Disposition Reason:
N/A

From: SOUTHCOM - US Southern Command

DON-NAVY-2020-012687 has been processed with the following final disposition: Partial Grant/Partial Denial.

From: SOUTHCOM - US Southern Command

Good afternoon Ms. O'Brien,

This email is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
submitted to the Southern Command, Doral, FL on or about May 2, 2020.
However, Southern Command has referred your FOIA Request to this command,
United States Army South (ARSOUTH) as a result of ARSOUTH command equities
concerning two documents totaling 30 pages for our review and direct
response to you.

You are requesting all records of the Southern Command mentioning or
referring to Ahuas Tara, Armistad, Blue Advance, Blue Spoon, Cabanas, Cedar
Deck, Constant Virgil, Distant Haven, Eagle, Ellipse Echo, Formica, Fuertes
Caminos, Fuertes Defensas, Fuerzas Aliadas, Fuerzas Commando, Fuerzas
Defensas, Laser Strike, MEDRITE, New Horizon, Nimrod Dancer, PKO, Southern
Warrior, Tradewinds, and Unitas from June 6, 1963 to the present date of
your request.

After a review these two documents totaling 30 pages, this command is
denying the release of responsive documents under Exemption 1, Protects
Properly Classified Information. This information is protected under
national security classification under the procedural and substantive
requirements of the current Executive Order on classification.

If this office can be of further assistance, please contact the ARSOUTH FOIA
Officer, Mr. Tony D. Rose at (210) 428-9781 or by email at
<mailto:tony.d.rose3.civ@mail.mil> tony.d.rose3.civ@mail.mil.

v/r

Tony D. Rose

HR Programs Manager

FOIA/ARIMS Records Admin/Privacy Act Officer

Budget Analyst/Internal Control/ODTA/GTCC Coordinator

Knowledge Manager/TCO Officer/HIMS Manager/ALERT Manager

HQs, U.S. Army South G1

Joint Base San Antonio, TX

Office: 210-295-6544, DSN:421

Cell: 210-428-9781

NIPR: tony.d.rose3.civ@mail.mil <mailto:tony.d.rose3.civ@mail.mil>

SIPR: tony.d.rose3.civ@mail.smil.mil
<mailto:tony.d.rose3.civ@mail.smil.mil>

The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the
personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This
communication may contain information that is exempt from disclosure under
the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C 552 and the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C.
552a. You are requested not to forward or copy this message without
permission from the undersigned. If the reader of this message is not the
intended recipient, or have received this communication in error, please
notify me immediately and delete the original message.

From: SOUTHCOM - US Southern Command

Good morning,

Attached is our response pertaining to your FOIA request.

v/r,

Annette Wormley
Government Information Specialist
Department of the Army
Freedom of Information Act Division

From: SOUTHCOM - US Southern Command

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Ms. O'Brien:

Please see the attached in response to your FOIA request.

v/r

Lora Ballard

Supervisory Intelligence Specialist (OPS Support)

U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command Freedom of Information/Privacy

Act Office

ATTN: IAMG-C-FOI

2600 Ernie Pyle Street

Fort Meade, MD 20755-5995

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

From: SOUTHCOM - US Southern Command

*** DO NOT FORWARD ***

This is an automated message sent to you by the DoD SAFE service.

SALAME.XAVIER.PAUL HANNA <xavier.p.salame.ctr@mail.mil> has dropped off 2 files for you.

IF YOU TRUST THE SENDER, and are expecting to receive a file from them, you may choose to retrieve the drop-off by clicking the following link (or copying and pasting it into your web browser):

https://safe.apps.mil/pickup.php?claimID=Svmk55V44ZEdCcRC&recipCode=cyqpoG

You have 7 days to retrieve the drop-off; after that the link above will expire. If you wish to contact the sender, just reply to this email.

The sender has left you a note:

Pass Phrase is "toomuchfun"

Full information about the drop-off:

Claim ID: Svmk55V44ZEdCcRC
Recipient Code: cyqpoG
Claim Passcode: e64DEdkjJQP9s2Mf
Date of Drop-Off: 2021-03-31 18:34:32 UTC

-- Sender --
Name: SALAME.XAVIER.PAUL HANNA
Organization: WHS
Email Address: xavier.p.salame.ctr@mail.mil

-- Files --
Name: 21-F-0090_DOC_01_Joint_Publication_2-01_01-05-12.pdf
Size: 15.2 MB
SHA-256 Checksum: 37C146797E681A0614DD00F496CBF33E90E891980AB5E88E1EE2B3F7BF4CFEBF
Content Type: application/pdf

Name: 21-F-0090_DOC_02__Joint_Publication_3-0 Joint_Operations_08-11-11.pdf
Size: 11.8 MB
SHA-256 Checksum: AA99231DF9F288E763AD807335D260E556A1919A520CC62DB5315E030DC62B66
Content Type: application/pdf

NOTICE: This e-mail message is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately.

Thank you.

From: SOUTHCOM - US Southern Command

Dear Ms. O'Brien,

Please find attached a copy of your request, as well as our office's final response and responsive documents.

You should have received an email prompting you to retrieve documents from our secure website. Safe.apps.mil. Follow the instructions to retrieve your documents.

Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, concerns or if you are having difficulty picking up your documents. Thank you.

V/r

Xavier Salame

FOIA Analyst

For Charles C. Marye, on behalf of

Stephanie L. Carr

Chief, Office of Freedom of Information OSD/JS FOIA Requester Service Center

(571) 372-0419

xavier.P.salame.ctr@mail.mil

From: SOUTHCOM - US Southern Command

DON-NAVY-2021-001168 has been processed with the following final disposition: Full Denial Based on Exemptions.

From: SOUTHCOM - US Southern Command

Ms. O'Brien,

Please find attached, the Office of Naval Intelligence final response to
your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

Thank you,

Camille V'Estres

Paralegal Specialist | FOIA Program Manager

Staff Judge Advocate | General Counsel

Department of the Navy | Office of Naval Intelligence

4251 Suitland Road | Washington, DC 20395

Ph: 301-669-3432 | email: camille.n.vestres.civ@us.navy.mil

Files

pages

Close