Florida resident participates in Caribbean exercise Tradewinds 2017

Photo By Master Sgt. Paul Meeker | Sgt. 1st Class Samuel Amador, an Infantryman with the 1/124th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Combat Brigade Team, Florida Army National Guard, distributes training ammunition to a member of the Barbados Defence Force who is participating in Tradewinds 2017 at Paragon Base, Barbados, June 8, 2017. Tradewinds 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 to conduct humanitarian/disaster relief operations.  

COCONUT CREEK, FL, UNITED STATES

06.08.2017

Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Russell 

241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

By: Army 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Samuel Amador, an Infantryman with the 1/124th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Combat Brigade Team, Florida Army National Guard, is participating in Tradewinds 2017, an annual, multi-national exercise in the Caribbean Sea.
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Samuel Amador, an Infantryman with the 1/124th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Combat Brigade Team, Florida Army National Guard, is participating in Tradewinds 2017, an annual, multi-national exercise in the Caribbean Sea.

Amador, a former Marine, joined 2,500 other service members from 20 countries who are participating in Tradewinds 2017 exercise in Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago from June 6-17, 2017.

A native of Coconut Creek, Florida, Amador works in executive protection for a south Florida security company. He is a graduate of Coconut Creek Senior High School.

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, Amador 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.

Tradewinds 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 to conduct humanitarian/disaster relief operations.

• Date Taken: 06.08.2017
• Date Posted: 06.08.2017 17:28
• Story ID: 236947
• Location: COCONUT CREEK, FL, US
• Hometown: COCONUT CREEK, FL, US