Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Russell | 170611-N-CM227-002 U.S. Navy Reserve Chief Logistics Specialist Leonard Bonhomme a...... read more read more
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados– U.S. Navy Reserve Chief Logistics Specialist Leonard Bonhomme, a Coral Springs, Florida native serving with U.S. Southern Command Headquarters in Miami, Florida is participating in Tradewinds 2017, an annual, multi-national exercise in the Caribbean Sea.
Bonhomme, a 13-year veteran, joined 2,500 other service members from 20 countries in Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago from June 6-17, 2017.
Tradewinds, sponsored by U.S. Southern Command, 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, Bonhomme, a 1986 graduate of St. Martial 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 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: | 06.11.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 06.12.2017 22:21 |
| Story ID: | 237298 |
| Location: | CORAL SPRINGS, FL, US |
| Hometown: | CORAL SPRINGS, FL, US |
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