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Exercise Tradewinds 2014 Is Under Way in the Caribbean

Exercise Tradewinds 2014 Is Under Way in the Caribbean
Royal Canadian Navy Leading Seaman Zach Verdun (right), Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic, instructs Defense Forces Jamaica Leading Seaman Richard Nicholson (left) and St. Kitts Coast Guard Warrant Officer Mervin Lewis, during dive training for Tradewinds 2014 at Camp Blizzard, June 2. Photo: Petty Officer 2nd Class Rob Simpson U.S. Coast Guard.

Building and expanding partnerships, the United States, Canada and 11 Caribbean nations are conducting maritime security and disaster response training as part of Exercise Tradewinds 2014 this month. “Tradewinds is vital to the nations of the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States in order to collaborate against common threats to our peoples and the way we live our lives, as well as to sharpen our collective responses to deal with humanitarian crises, natural disasters, and pandemics,” said Gen. John Kelly,…

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