Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Russell | 170607-N-RG360-0189 Florida Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Edward Roseman, assigned...... read more read more
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Florida National Guard Staff Sgt. Edward Roseman and Deland, Florida native is participating in Tradewinds 2017, an annual, multi-national exercise in the Caribbean Sea.
Roseman, who has been in the Florida National Guard for nine years, joined 2,500 other service members from 20 countries, in Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago from June 6-17, 2017.
Tradewinds, sponsored by United States Southern Command, headquartered in Miami, Fla., is a joint, combined exercise conducted in conjunction with partner nations to enhance the collective abilities of defense forces and constabularies to counter transnational organized crime and terrorism, and to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations.
During the Caribbean-focused exercise, Roseman a 2001 graduate of Spanish River High School, helped ensure a seamless partnership, cross -rained with other service members to ensure a better response to natural disasters, and land and maritime threats, including illicit trafficking in the critical region
Partner nations participating in the exercise include Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago as well as military personnel from the United States, Canada, France, Mexico, Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
| Date Taken: | 06.08.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 06.08.2017 17:10 |
| Story ID: | 236937 |
| Location: | DELAND, FLORIDA, US |
| Hometown: | DELAND, FLORIDA, US |
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