Members of the Chilean "Comando de Fuerzas Especiales,"

Members of the Chilean "Comando de Fuerzas Especiales," simply known as COMFUES, conduct clearing operations during a visit, board, search, and seizure exercise on a Chilean vessel Sept. 27 in Vina Del Mar, Chile. The exercise is part of a four-week Joint Combined Exchange Training event between members of the COMFUES and U.S. Navy Special Boat Team trainers assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Unit Four. The JCET is part of Special Operations Command South's, based in Homestead, Fla., Theater Security Cooperation program. The program enables partner nations to better protect their borders and increase their capacity to conduct special operations. SOCSOUTH is responsible for all U.S. Special Operations activities in the Caribbean, Central and South America and is a component of U.S. Southern Command.