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Chief Petty Officer Ryan Hooper, an instructor from the U.S. Coast Guard Training Team West, addresses a multi-national group of students prior to pressure point training as part of Exercise Tradewinds 2011, March 8, 2011. Tradewinds is an annual exercise designed to build relationships and enhance stability and inter-operability throughout the Caribbean region. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class George Degener).