Latest update April 7th, 2025 12:08 AM
GDF participates in Tradewinds 2012 in Barbados
Guyanese soldiers are among law enforcement and defence force officers from the United States, Canada and 15 Caribbean countries taking part in Exercise Tradewinds 2012. The Caribbean countries are Antigua-Barbuda, Barbados, the Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
Participating ranks in Exercise Tradewinds
Guyana has sent a number of military officials to participate in these annual events.
The Officers are from various ranks within the Guyana Defence Force, two of which are: Infantry Battalion and the Coast Guard. Guyana participated fully in this year’s exercise.
Tradewinds 2012 commenced June 24 and concludes today. One group of Guyanese officers is expected to return home today while the final batch will arrive tomorrow.
Tradewinds is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored annual security training exercise. The Tradewinds participants engaged in three main areas of training—ground, maritime and a command post exercise.
Some of the ground and maritime training will include improvised explosive device recognition, search and rescue operations, countering transnational organized crime, interdiction at sea, small arms, non-lethal weapons, dive operations and human rights awareness.
The exercise features U.S. personnel from the Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, Joint-interagency Task Force-South, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
They work and train alongside the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, the Regional Security System (RSS) and military and law enforcement personnel from the 14 independent full CARICOM states, the Dominican Republic and Canada.
Tradewinds 2012 focuses on strengthening existing regional partnerships and encouraging the establishment of new relationships through the exchange of mission-focused knowledge and expertise so each participating country will improve capabilities in what it considers key security mission areas.
This year’s exercise marks the first time a Tradewinds host nation’s National Emergency Operation Centre and Joint Operation Centre have joined together with the CARICOM, CDEMA, the RSS and U.S. military and law enforcement agencies to conduct the exercise.
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