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Sept. 22, 2023

 Women, Peace, and Security Symposium Held in St. George’s, Grenada 

                    ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada —                                                ST. GEORGES, Grenada -- U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) held a Women, Peace and Security Symposium (WPS), Sept. 18-21, as part of Continuing Promise 2023 on board the USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) and at Grenada's National Cricket Stadium in St. George's, Grenada.            

Aug. 4, 2023

 U.S. 4th Fleet Announces Continuing Promise 2023 Deployment 

                    CARTAGENA, Colombia  —                                                The U.S. Navy expeditionary fast transport USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) will deploy to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations over the next two months as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet's Continuing Promise 2023 mission.            

Dec. 17, 2020

 U.S.-funded Upgrades bring Grenada Coast Guard Fleet to Full Strength 

                                Wednesday, 16 December, marks the completion of the United States government’s year-long US$1 million upgrade of the Royal Grenada Police Force Coast Guard’s 2 nearshore intercept vessels.            

Sept. 23, 2019

 Comfort Strengthens Partnership with Grenada Following Successful Medical Mission 

                                During Comfort’s six-day medical mission in St. George’s, 800 medical professionals of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and U.S. Public Health Service alongside eight partner nations, provided care for 5,060 patients at two separate shore-based medical sites and performed 96 surgeries aboard the ship.            

Sept. 16, 2019

 Comfort Begins Medical Services in Grenada 

                                ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Senior leadership from the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) alongside partner and host nation representatives attended an opening ceremony to mark the beginning of the ship’s seventh medical mission stop in St. George’s, Grenada, Sept. 15.            

June 29, 2016

 Exercise Tradewinds 2016 Phase II Wraps Up 

                                The final operational phase of Exercise Tradewinds 2016 completed with the pomp and circumstance of a Caribbean ceremony Tuesday.Representatives of the 18 partner nations as well as top officials from Jamaica and the United States branded the exercise a ringing success            

June 27, 2016

 Marines join forces to conduct command, control training in Jamaica 

                    UP PARK CAMP, KINGSTON, Jamaica —                                                Marines from several detachments of Intelligence Support Battalion joined forces to help kick off Phase II of exercise Tradewinds 2016 by assuming command and control responsibilities and helping support 17 partner nations learn various C2 functions in a classroom environment.U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Marines from California, Colorado, Illinois            

June 12, 2016

 Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernández participates in joint gunnery exercise in Grenada for Tradewinds 2016 

                                ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - The Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernández participated in a joint gunnery exercise June 9, 2016 off the coast of St. George’s, Grenada, during Exercise Tradewinds 2016.Assets from Canada, France, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and the United States participated in the joint gunnery exercise, which trains ship crews in the delivery of weapons fire from .50 caliber machine guns and 20MM auto-cannons. Each of the nations participating in Tradewinds operates one or both of these weapon systems.             

June 12, 2016

 U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers participate in Tradewinds 2016 

                                ST GEORGE’S, Grenada-- U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 396th Combat Support Hospital are providing medical support during Phase 1, Tradewinds 2016.  The Soldiers from the Vancouver, Washington based unit are providing medical support for all the participating countries of Tradewinds 2016.             

June 9, 2016

 Regional Security Services receive real world training during Tradewinds 2016 

                                Members of the Regional Security Services participated in a field training exercise during Tradewinds 2016 on June 9, near Grand Mal, Grenada. The field training exercise, or FTX, focused on training to counter transnational organized crime.  The scenario emphasized the capability and speed to activate the 911 system in Grenada. This included emergency services such as the police, firefighters and medical personnel.             

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