Photo By Staff Sgt. Renee Seruntine | U.S. Coast Guard Assistant Operations Officer 1st Class Miguel Sanchez-Taylor (left),...... read more read more
By U.S. Southern Command Public Affairs
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados– U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Assistant Operations Officer 1st Class Miguel Sanchez-Taylor, a Miami, Florida native serving on the USCG Cutter Winslow Griesser, is participating in Tradewinds 2017, an annual, multi-national exercise in the Caribbean Sea.
Sanchez-Taylor, a 17-year veteran, joined 2,500 other service members from 20 countries in Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago, June 6-17.
Tradewinds, sponsored by U.S. Southern Command, headquartered in Miami, Florida, is a joint and 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, Sanchez-Taylor, a 1999 graduate of Miami Beach Senior High School, trained with other service members to ensure a better response to natural disasters and land and maritime threats, including illicit trafficking in the region.
Partner nations participating in the exercise include Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago as well as military personnel from the United States, Canada, France, Mexico, Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
| Date Taken: | 06.08.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 06.11.2017 11:02 |
| Story ID: | 237263 |
| Location: | BB |
| Hometown: | MIAMI, FL, US |
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