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Master Sgt. Thomas Auletta, one of the chief hazardous materials operations instructors with Environmental Services Detachment D, evaluates two students as they investigate a mock chemical spill during a hazardous material response training scenario. - Master Sgt. Thomas Auletta, one of the chief hazardous materials operations instructors with Environmental Services Detachment D, evaluates two students as they investigate a mock chemical spill during a hazardous material response training scenario.

Prime Minister the Hon. W. Baldwin Spencer of Antigua and Barbuda makes an official visit to training sites during Exercise Tradewinds 2011, March 10, 2011. He is accompanied by Col. Trevor Thomas of the Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force. Tradewinds is an annual exercise designed to build relationships and enhance stability and inter-operability throughout the Caribbean. - Prime Minister the Hon. W. Baldwin Spencer of Antigua and Barbuda makes an official visit to training sites during Exercise Tradewinds 2011, March 10, 2011. He is accompanied by Col. Trevor Thomas of the Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force. Tradewinds is an annual exercise designed to build relationships and enhance stability and inter-operability throughout the Caribbean.

Tradewinds 2011 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored annual exercise conducted in the Caribbean Basin designed to improve responses to regional security threats. This year’s joint, combined interagency exercise is being held in Antigua and Barbuda from March 2 – 19, 2011. The security cooperation exercise will focus on regional defense, Peace Keeping Operations (PKO) and Counter Illicit Trafficking Operations through law enforcement, basic infantry and maritime operations. More than 1,000 exercise participants from the United States & 21 partner nations, primarily from the Caribbean Basin, are taking part.::r::::n:: - Tradewinds 2011 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored annual exercise conducted in the Caribbean Basin designed to improve responses to regional security threats. This year’s joint, combined interagency exercise is being held in Antigua and Barbuda from March 2 – 19, 2011. The security cooperation exercise will focus on regional defense, Peace Keeping Operations (PKO) and Counter Illicit Trafficking Operations through law enforcement, basic infantry and maritime operations. More than 1,000 exercise participants from the United States & 21 partner nations, primarily from the Caribbean Basin, are taking part.::r::::n::

Flags from various nations participating in exercise Tradewinds 2011, are on display during the exercises' opening ceremony March 1. - Flags from various nations participating in exercise Tradewinds 2011, are on display during the exercises' opening ceremony March 1.