Tradewinds 2022 Overview
Tradewinds is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored a mixed and joint train targeted on constructing the capability of U.S. forces and nations within the Caribbean to higher reply to safety threats. Taking part international locations look to enhance safety responses via alternate of data and experience. This train dates again to the mid-Eighties.
Representatives from the USA and greater than 20 associate nations had been invited to take part on this thirty seventh iteration of Tradewinds. Belize will host land-phase coaching actions, and Mexico will host maritime-phase coaching actions.
This train is performed together with associate nations to boost the collective means of their protection forces and constabularies to counter transnational organized crime and conduct humanitarian/catastrophe reduction operations, whereas strengthening relationships and reinforcing human rights consciousness. The robust relationships solid throughout Tradewinds 2022 via the alternate of data and experience are key to sustaining regional safety and prosperity all through the Caribbean and Caribbean Basin.
Members
About 1,500 U.S. army, associate nation safety, and civilian personnel taking part within the train.
Throughout Tradewinds 2022, U.S. forces together with different U.S. authorities businesses, will conduct subject material knowledgeable exchanges with all taking part nations, to incorporate the nations of the Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICOM), and regional businesses to incorporate the Regional Safety System (RSS), the Implementation Company for Crime and Safety (IMPACS), and the Caribbean Catastrophe Emergency Administration Company (CDEMA).
Nations Invited
Belize and Mexico (co-hosts), Antigua & Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, France, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, the Netherlands, St. Lucia, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, and the USA..
U.S. Forces Concerned
The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, U.S. Air Power Reserve, U.S. Navy Reserve, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, U.S. Army Nationwide Guard, and parts of U.S. Particular Operations Command South shall be taking part.
Graphic depicting particulars of the U.S. Southern Command-sponsored coaching train, Tradewinds 2022. Textual content: Strengthening Safety within the Caribbean: Mexico and Belize are co-hosting this 12 months’s Tradewinds train, which incorporates forces from the USA and regional associate nations coaching collectively from Could 7 – 21, 2022. Tradewinds, a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored train, will hone taking part forces’ expertise throughout land, air, sea, and cybersecurity situations requiring a unified response. Interoperability between greater than 20 taking part nations | 1,500 whole uniformed and civilian personnel | Engaged in Air, Floor, and Dive Operations | Enhancing safety cooperation and catastrophe response. (Graphic produced by Stephen Gardner, SOUTHCOM Public Affairs)
