Photo By Staff Sgt. Renee Seruntine | United States Navy Diver 1st Class Joseph Simpson, Naval Experimental Diving Unit in...... read more read more
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS – U.S. Navy Diver 1st Class Joseph Simpson, Naval Experimental Diving Unit in Great Lakes, Michigan, and a Holy Cross, Iowa, native is participating in Tradewinds 2017, an annual, multi-national exercise in the Caribbean Sea.
Simpson, a 10-year Navy veteran, joined 2,500 other service members from 20 countries who are participating in Tradewinds 2017 exercises in Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago from June 6-17, 2017.
Tradewinds, sponsored by United States Southern Command, headquartered in Miami, Florida is a joint, combined exercise conducted in conjunction with partner nations to enhance the collective abilities of defense forces and constabularies to counter transnational organized crime and terrorism, and to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations.
During the Caribbean-focused exercise, Simpson, a 1997 graduate of Dubuque Hempstead High School, helped ensure a seamless partnership, cross-trained with other service members to ensure a better response to natural disasters and land and maritime threats, including illicit trafficking in the critical region.
Partner nations participating in the exercise include Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago as well as military personnel from the United States, Canada, France, Mexico, Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
| Date Taken: | 06.07.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 06.07.2017 17:09 |
| Story ID: | 236740 |
| Location: | ST. MICHAEL, BB |
| Hometown: | HOLY CROSS, IA, US |
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