Colombian Army Maj. Gen. Hugo Lopez Barreto, right, senior commander for Exercise Vita, discusses exercise operations and events with U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Plehn, military deputy commander of U.S. Souther Command, ahead of a visit to a medical readiness training event as part of Exercise Vita in Riohacha, Colombia, March 13, 2020. Exercise Vita is a combined event that brought U.S. and Colombian forces together to perform humanitarian and civic-action operations. The exercise focused on reinforcing longstanding ties and enhancing participants’ overall readiness while demonstrating U.S. Southern Command’s enduring promise to the Americas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Beau Downey)