Joint Interagency Task Force South is a multiservice, multiagency national task force based at Naval Air Station Key West (Truman Annex), Key West, Florida.
It conducts counter illicit trafficking operations, intelligence fusion and multi-sensor correlation to detect, monitor, and handoff suspected illicit trafficking targets; promotes security cooperation and coordinates country team and partner nation initiatives in order to defeat the flow of illicit traffic.
JIATF South is a subordinate command to the United States Southern Command and is commanded by a Coast Guard Flag Officer.
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