An official opening ceremony will be held here today, to mark the start of Phase Two of the 2019 Tradewinds Exercise.
The second phase of the exercise will be held here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines from June 14th, to 21st, following the successful completion of Phase One in the Dominican Republic from May 30 – June 8, 2019.
The official opening ceremony will take place at the Car Park of the decommissioned E.T Joshua Airport from ten this morning, and will be broadcast live on NBC Radio.
Exercise Tradewinds is a combined, joint exercise conducted in three phases focused on building the capacity of US and Caribbean forces to better respond to natural disasters, as well as land and maritime threats.
Participating countries will look to improve security-mission and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief responses through an exchange of knowledge and expertise.
Exercise Tradewinds is approved by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and is sponsored by the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).
