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U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cliff Harrison of the International Training Division in Yorktown, Va., looks on as participants in the 2010 Tradewinds exercise practice self-defense techniques April15. Nearly 400 U.S. and partner nations personnel are taking part in the two-week event. - U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cliff Harrison of the International Training Division in Yorktown, Va., looks on as participants in the 2010 Tradewinds exercise practice self-defense techniques April15. Nearly 400 U.S. and partner nations personnel are taking part in the two-week event.

FBI Instructor Sam Mullins talks with Antiga Police Department Sgt. Conrad Anthony about the importance of weapons safety during an action reaction exercise as part of Tradewinds 2010.Tradewinds is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs directed, U.S. Southern Command sponsored annual exercise that is conducted with the Caribbean Basin Partner Nations, designed to improve cooperation with the partner nations in responding to regional security threats. - FBI Instructor Sam Mullins talks with Antiga Police Department Sgt. Conrad Anthony about the importance of weapons safety during an action reaction exercise as part of Tradewinds 2010.Tradewinds is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs directed, U.S. Southern Command sponsored annual exercise that is conducted with the Caribbean Basin Partner Nations, designed to improve cooperation with the partner nations in responding to regional security threats.

Caribbean Basin Partner Nation soldiers walk up to the starting point of a house-clearing drill during the first week-long U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation evolution as part of Tradewinds 2010. The weapons are designed to use non-lethal simulation rounds. Tradewinds is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs directed, U.S. Southern Command sponsored annual exercise that is conducted with the Caribbean Basin Partner Nations, designed to improve cooperation with the partner nations in responding to regional security threats. - Caribbean Basin Partner Nation soldiers walk up to the starting point of a house-clearing drill during the first week-long U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation evolution as part of Tradewinds 2010. The weapons are designed to use non-lethal simulation rounds. Tradewinds is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs directed, U.S. Southern Command sponsored annual exercise that is conducted with the Caribbean Basin Partner Nations, designed to improve cooperation with the partner nations in responding to regional security threats.

Belize Defense Force Soldiers with 1st Infantry Battalion, Company F, perform a medical evacuation while conducting a mock patrol under the observance of 30 Marines and sailors with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment. The BDF jungle warfare training is being instructed to the Marines, who later this week will travel to the Belizean jungle near the Guatemalan border to put their classroom training to the test as part of Tradewinds 10, 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) - Belize Defense Force Soldiers with 1st Infantry Battalion, Company F, perform a medical evacuation while conducting a mock patrol under the observance of 30 Marines and sailors with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment. The BDF jungle warfare training is being instructed to the Marines, who later this week will travel to the Belizean jungle near the Guatemalan border to put their classroom training to the test as part of Tradewinds 10, 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)

Staff Sgt. Michel Leandre Jr., a Haitian American with Joint Forces Special Operations Component Command recieves his Gunnery Sgt. pins from his uncle and cousin. The United States and other international military and civilian aid agencies are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit the area on Jan. 12, 2010. - Staff Sgt. Michel Leandre Jr., a Haitian American with Joint Forces Special Operations Component Command recieves his Gunnery Sgt. pins from his uncle and cousin. The United States and other international military and civilian aid agencies are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit the area on Jan. 12, 2010.

A Colombian drill instructor mentors two recruits on the rifle range in Covenas, Colombia. For more than 30 years the United States Marine Corps has mentored their counterparts in the Colombian Marine Corps, establishing a recruit depot that trains to USMC standards. - A Colombian drill instructor mentors two recruits on the rifle range in Covenas, Colombia. For more than 30 years the United States Marine Corps has mentored their counterparts in the Colombian Marine Corps, establishing a recruit depot that trains to USMC standards.

Maj. Gen. Cornell A. Wilson, Jr., Commander of Marine Corps Forces, South, speaks with Marines and Sailors of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, during a visit to Price Barracks in Ladyville, Belize, Dec. 3. The Marines are in Belize as a part of the first Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force, where they are participating in military-to-military training events with the Belize Defense Force. The SCMAGTF is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 embarked on USS Wasp (LHD 1). SPS is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. - Maj. Gen. Cornell A. Wilson, Jr., Commander of Marine Corps Forces, South, speaks with Marines and Sailors of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, during a visit to Price Barracks in Ladyville, Belize, Dec. 3. The Marines are in Belize as a part of the first Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force, where they are participating in military-to-military training events with the Belize Defense Force. The SCMAGTF is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 embarked on USS Wasp (LHD 1). SPS is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges.

United States Marine Corporal Ragland attached to Security Cooperation Marine Air Ground Task Force (SCMAGTF) and Jamaican Defense Forces Coast Guard Ordinary Seaman Andre Grant perform maintenance on a .50 cal. machine gun on the bed of a truck at Reynolds Pier in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Nov. 19, 2009, to improve regional security through military to military training. USS Wasp (LHD 1) is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked SCMAGTF. Southern Partnership Station is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Edward L. Kobobel III/Released)::r::::n:: - United States Marine Corporal Ragland attached to Security Cooperation Marine Air Ground Task Force (SCMAGTF) and Jamaican Defense Forces Coast Guard Ordinary Seaman Andre Grant perform maintenance on a .50 cal. machine gun on the bed of a truck at Reynolds Pier in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Nov. 19, 2009, to improve regional security through military to military training. USS Wasp (LHD 1) is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked SCMAGTF. Southern Partnership Station is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Edward L. Kobobel III/Released)::r::::n::

Electronics Technician 2nd Class Geoffrey Donnelly shares his lunch with a local Jamaican boy at the Perry Town Basic School, where volunteers from USS Wasp (LHD 1) painted classrooms as part of a community relations project in Ocho Rios. Wasp is currently on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SCMGTF). Southern Partnership Station is part of the partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amie Gonzales/Released) - Electronics Technician 2nd Class Geoffrey Donnelly shares his lunch with a local Jamaican boy at the Perry Town Basic School, where volunteers from USS Wasp (LHD 1) painted classrooms as part of a community relations project in Ocho Rios. Wasp is currently on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SCMGTF). Southern Partnership Station is part of the partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amie Gonzales/Released)

A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 flies overhead in route to dropping off Dominican airmen who minutes later poured out of the helicopter to practice a heliborne airfield assault. USS Wasp (LHD 1) is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Southern Partnership Station is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. - A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 flies overhead in route to dropping off Dominican airmen who minutes later poured out of the helicopter to practice a heliborne airfield assault. USS Wasp (LHD 1) is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Southern Partnership Station is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges.