Dempsey Meets With Brazilian Leaders, Tours Jungle Training Center

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Gen. Eduardo Villas Boas, commander of the Amazon Regional Command, in Manaus, Brazil, March 28, 2012. Dempsey was there to visit one of the many jungle training centers in the Amazon Basin. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt Sun L. Vega
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, walks with Gen. Eduardo Villas Boas, commander of Amazon Regional Command, in Manaus, Brazil, March 28, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt Sun L. Vega
  • One of Gen. Eduardo Villas Boas' staff members briefs U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the jungle training center in Manaus, Brazil, March 28, 2012. Boas is the commander of the Amazon Regional Command. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt Sun L. Vega
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Army Col. Sam Prugh, defense attaché, listen to a staff member explain what members at the jungle training center learn in the classroom in Manaus, Brazil, March 28, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt Sun L. Vega
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; U.S. Army Col. Sam Prugh, defense attaché; and U.S. Air Force Gen. Randy Kee, deputy director for Politico-Military Affairs, Western Hemisphere; listen in as a staff member of Gen. Eduardo Villas Boas, commander of Amazon Regional Command, gives a briefing in Manaus, Brazil, March 28, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt Sun L. Vega
  • U.S. Army Col. Sam Prugh, defense attaché, translates for U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a briefing at the jungle training center in Manaus, Brazil, March 28, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt Sun L. Vega
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens as a staff member explains the importance of natural resources at the jungle training center in Manaus, Brazil, March 28, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt Sun L. Vega
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to students letting them know how much their service is appreciated during a class at the jungle training center in Manaus, Brazil, March 28, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt Sun L. Vega
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thanks one of the Brazilian soldiers for assisting with his tour at the jungle training center in Manaus, Brazil, March 28, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt Sun L. Vega