The TRADEWINDS 2022 exercise brought together 22 partner nations to conduct joint, combined, and interagency training focused on increasing regional cooperation in complex multinational security operations in the Caribbean region. TRADEWINDS 2022 is a multidimensional ground, air, sea, and cyber exercise sponsored by U.S. Southern Command, May 7-21, in Belize and Mexico. TW22 provides participating nations opportunities to conduct joint, combined, and interagency training focused on enhancing regional cooperation in complex multinational security operations. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Sgt. 1st Class Erica Jaros)
Staff Sgt. Tiara Hartley is a Client Systems Analyst with the 113th Communications Flight, 113th Wing, D.C. Air National Guard.
Describing herself as appearing ethnically ambiguous, Hartley is comfortable with people asking about her background and likes to think of her service as representing her community.
