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For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs Min­is­ter Sean Sobers says mem­bers of the Trinidad and To­ba­go De­fence Force will take part in joint train­ing ex­er­cis­es with the Unit­ed States 22nd Ma­rine Ex­pe­di­tionary Unit from 16–21 No­vem­ber, 2025. It was con­firmed dur­ing a me­dia brief­ing.

Sobers said the ac­tiv­i­ty forms part of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s long-stand­ing se­cu­ri­ty part­ner­ship with the Unit­ed States through US South­ern Com­mand. He linked the ex­er­cis­es to the coun­try’s on­go­ing strug­gle with gun-re­lat­ed crime and gang vi­o­lence, say­ing Gov­ern­ment re­mains com­mit­ted to restor­ing or­der and en­sur­ing se­cu­ri­ty per­son­nel are prop­er­ly trained and equipped.

He said the en­gage­ment will fo­cus on mil­i­tary-to-mil­i­tary train­ing, al­low­ing both forces to work with each oth­er’s equip­ment, tac­tics and tech­niques. Ex­er­cis­es will take place na­tion­wide in ur­ban and rur­al en­vi­ron­ments, in­clud­ing op­er­a­tions at dusk and af­ter dark, and will in­volve Ma­rine Ex­pe­di­tionary Unit he­li­copters.