Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Russell | Florida Army National Guard Spc. Mark Gotthardt, assigned to B Company, 1-185th...... read more read more
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Florida Army National Guard Spc. Mark Gotthardt, a Jonesboro, Georgia native serving with B Company, 1-185th Assault Helicopter Battalion, is participating in Tradewinds 2017, an annual, multinational exercise in the Caribbean Sea.
Gotthardt, a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter crew chief, joined 2,500 other service members from 20 countries in Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago from June 6-17.
Tradewinds, sponsored by U.S. Southern Command, headquartered in Miami, Florida, is a joint and 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, Russell, a 2001 graduate of Palmdale High School, trained with other service members to ensure a better response to natural disasters and land and maritime threats, including illicit trafficking in the region.
Partner nations participating in the exercise include Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, Suriname, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago as well as military personnel from the United States, Canada, France, Mexico, Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
| Date Taken: | 06.11.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 06.14.2017 09:48 |
| Story ID: | 237711 |
| Location: | BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA, US |
| Hometown: | JONESBORO, GEORGIA, US |
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