Dr. Stephe Ramroop, Chief Executive Officer from the Office of Disaster, Preparedness and Management, Trinidad & Tobago, gives the welcome remarks during the opening ceremony of Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias 2011. FA HUM 11 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored multinational exercise that is concentrated on improving how civilian, government and military agencies from the United States, the Caribbean and Central America respond to natural disasters in the region. During the exercise, personnel from U.S. Army South will train with regional partners to enhance the participants knowledge, skills, and capabilities to respond together during a natural or man-made disaster. The exercise, scheduled for April 4 - 15, is being held in Trinidad & Tobago. Participating countries include Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, and the United Kingdom. U.S. personnel includes, U.S. Army South, the U.S. Embassy, U.S. Southern Command, 12th Air Force and the Delaware National Guard.