Story by Sgt. Gabriel Groseclose-Durand | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 05.07.2024
The U.S. Marine Corps sent Company A, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, and a reconnaissance detachment from 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, both from 4th Marine Division, alongside a Civil Affairs detachment from 4th Civil Affairs Group, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, to train alongside partner forces and improve security cooperation in the Caribbean basin as part of U.S.......
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 04.26.2024
LATHAM, New York-- Forty-five Latham-based New York Army National Guard Soldiers will be heading for the Caribbean at the end of April to take part in a 26-nation exercise called Exercise Tradewinds 2024. The exercise is organized each year by the United States Southern Command. This year's exercise will take place on the island of Barbados and focus on combating transnational criminal......
Story by Michael Wimbish | U.S. Southern Command | 08.13.2021
U.S. Navy Adm. Craig S. Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command, visited Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados Aug. 10-13 to meet with leaders and regional organizations to discuss continued partnership in efforts to counter security threats and strengthen regional humanitarian and disaster response....
Courtesy Story | Fort Carson Public Affairs Office | 10.25.2019
Sgt. Rommel Forde’s life wasn’t easy as he grew up in Barbados where death, fighting and drugs were common.
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bobby Siens | U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet | 10.03.2019
The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, for its ninth medical mission stop in Central America, South America and the Caribbean, Oct. 3....
Story by 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker | 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.15.2017
Louisiana Army National Guard 1st Lt. Danielle Murray of the 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment served as the mission commander for the 241st MPAD at Tradewinds 2017, a U.S. Southern Command directed training exercise hosted by Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago, June 4-17....
Story by Sgt. Garrett Dipuma | 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.14.2017
Louisiana Army National Guard 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker, a public affairs chief and senior enlisted advisor of the 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (MPAD) and a resident Covington, Louisiana, is closing out his tenure with his long-time unit by participating in Tradewinds 2017, an annual, multi-national exercise in the Caribbean Sea, with five other MPAD Guardsmen, June 6-17....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Sharon Mock | 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.14.2017
Louisiana Army National Guard Sgt. Renee Seruntine, a public affairs specialist and native of New Orleans, Louisiana, is participating in Tradewinds 2017, an annual, multi-national exercise in the Caribbean Sea....