During a press conference held at the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) headquarters in Bridgetown on April 5, Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Vickers, co-director of Tradewinds 2012 exercise announced that the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)-sponsored event will focus on developing participants’ capacity to conduct maritime interdiction and counter transnational organized crime.
Tradewinds 2012 to Focus on Caribbean Security
April 18, 2012
