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As the Tradewinds mil­i­tary ex­er­cis­es end to­day, two se­cu­ri­ty spe­cial­ists agree that the train­ing and ex­pe­ri­ences gained from the in­ter­ac­tions should be con­tin­ued and utilised by lo­cal mil­i­tary per­son­nel to strength­en their per­for­mance in times of cri­sis.

The Tradewinds ex­er­cise is a se­ries of mil­i­tary train­ing op­er­a­tions spon­sored by the US South Com­mand (US South Com) which seeks to pro­mote greater col­lab­o­ra­tion, while en­hanc­ing the op­er­a­tional ca­pac­i­ties of re­gion­al mil­i­taries.

This year’s ex­er­cise last­ed from April 26 to May 8 and is the 40th edi­tion of the ex­er­cis­es.