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Exercise Tradewinds 2014 Is Under Way In Caribbean

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, June 5th, 2014

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Building and expanding partnerships, the United States, Canada and 11 Caribbean nations are conducting maritime security and disaster response training as part of Exercise Tradewinds 2014 this month. “Tradewinds is vital to the nations of the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States in order to collaborate against common threats to our peoples and the way we live our lives, as well as to sharpen our collective responses to deal with humanitarian crises, natural disasters, and pandemics,” said Gen. John Kelly,…

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