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  • Tradewinds 23 Exercise Highlights Multinational Partnerships

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Tradewinds 23, a two-week multinational exercise supporting the security of the Caribbean and Central America, wrapped up with a closing ceremony July 27. Tradewinds 23 involved 21 nations and more than 1,500 people from all branches of the U.S. military, civilians, and law

  • Puerto Rico ANG receives disaster relief beddown systems

    CAROLINA, Puerto Rico – The Puerto Rico Air National Guard is now the proud owner of two Disaster Relief Beddown Systems, improving its ability to respond to disasters on the island.After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in September 2017, it took weeks for DRBS capabilities to arrive on the

  • One man’s journey to the Air National Guard

    ARLINGTON, Va. – Tech. Sgt. Clayton Smith’s accent has a lilting island inflection indicating he’s probably from a certain area of the Caribbean.“I was born in Trinidad and Tobago,” he said, adding that the country is off the coast of Venezuela.Smith, a medical resources noncommissioned officer