Joint Interagency Task Force South

Joint Interagency Task Force South
Emblem of Joint Interagency Task Force South
Founded	February 22, 1989
Countries	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador France Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Panama Peru Spain Trinidad and Tobago United Kingdom United States
Allegiance	United States
Type	Joint task force
Part of	United States Southern Command
Garrison/HQ	Naval Air Station Key West, Florida
Nicknames	JIATFS, JIATF-S
Engagements	War on drugs War on cartels
Commanders
Director	Rear Admiral Jeffrey K. Randall, USCG
Deputy Director	Rear Admiral Jeffrey A. Jurgemeyer, USN
Chief of Staff	Col. Matt Lesnowicz, USMC

Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS) is a United States multiservice, multiagency 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 hand off 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 United States Southern Command and is commanded by a Coast Guard Flag Officer.