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    Florida resident participates in Caribbean exercise Tradewinds 2017

    Florida resident participates in Caribbean exercise Tradewinds 2017

    Photo By Garrett Dipuma | Florida Army National Guard Spc. Shane Spengler, prepares to raise the U.S. flag...... read more read more

    By U.S. Southern Command Public Affairs

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Florida Army National Guard (FLARNG) Spc. Shane Spengler of Green Cove Springs, Florida, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 779th Engineer Battalion, is participating in Tradewinds 2017, an annual, multi-national exercise in the Caribbean Sea.

    Spengler, who has served in the FLARNG for over two years, joined 2,500 other service members from 20 countries in Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago from 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, Spengler, a 2015 graduate of Clay 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 & 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.

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    Date Taken: 06.10.2017
    Date Posted: 06.11.2017 12:58
    Story ID: 237278
    Location: BB
    Hometown: GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FL, US

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