Marine Leaders of The Americas Conference (MLAC) 2025

Royal Suriname Defense Force Pfc. Miguel Doorson, an infantryman with 33rd Infantry Battalion, strikes a training pad while oleoresin capsicum spray produces an extreme burning sensation on his face during a week-long non-lethal weapons course led by Marines from Military Police Co. A, from Lexington, KY. The training is part of Tradewinds 2010, a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs directed, U.S. Southern Command sponsored annual exercise that is conducted with Caribbean Basin Partner Nations, designed to improve cooperation with the partner nations in responding to regional security threats. (Official USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Lucas Vega)