BAHAMAS: Tradewinds 2018 Final Exercise

#Nassau, June 25, 2018 – Bahamas – Phase 2 of Exercise Tradewinds 2018, which began on June 14, culminated with an intense final exercise on June 20 at the South Beach Pools.

This final exercise consisted of a counter-terrorist scenario, which saw terrorist operatives being captured and their international network being disrupted in The Bahamas by a multi-national task force. A simulated arsenal of grenades, bombs, smoke screens and high powered weapons fire were used by the Tradewinds task force in a tactical effort against the terrorists on the southern shores of New Providence.

The exercise required participants to put its preliminary training into practice against terrorists, cyber threats, smuggling of arms and weapons of mass destruction at sea, improvised explosive devices in Nassau Harbour and along roadways, hostile assault on critical infrastructures, and threats to the country’s maritime operations.

Viewing the exercise were Commodore Tellis Bethel, Chief of Defence Staff for the Tradewinds CARICOM Task Force, Major General Robert Branyon, U. S. Southern Command representative, Colonel Thomas Bright, representative of US Northern Command, representatives from local Law Enforcement Agencies.

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Photo Captions:

Header: Royal Bahamas Defence Force Marines taking down the “bad guys” during a simulated assault at the final Tradewinds Exercise at the South Beach Pools on June 20, 2018.

Insert: The contingent of  Royal Bahamas Police Force Officers preparing to launch an attack on the enemy during a simulated assault at the final Tradewinds Exercise at the South Beach Pools on June 20, 2018.

(RBDF Photos by Marine Seaman Wellington Ramsey)