The 12-day mil­i­tary train­ing pro­gramme known as Tradewinds mil­i­tary ex­er­cis­es end­ed yes­ter­day with US Ad­mi­ral Alvin Hosley, Com­man­der of the US South­ern Com­mand, in­still­ing the im­por­tance of such ex­er­cis­es.

Tradewinds 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 ran from April 26 to May 8 and is the 40th edi­tion of the ex­er­cise.

Ad­dress­ing the par­tic­i­pants at Tetron Bar­racks, Ch­aguara­mas yes­ter­day, Hosley said it is col­lab­o­ra­tive ef­forts such as these that un­der­mine or­gan­ised crime.