5 BASE CAMP STEPHENSON, Guyana – After more than a year of planning, 75th Troop Command, Kentucky National Guard, executed the largest U.S.-led multinational training exercise in the Caribbean this year, serving as the headquarters for base camp operations during Tradewinds 2021, June 11-26.
Tradewinds 21 is a U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) sponsored Caribbean security-focused exercise in the ground, air, sea, and cyber domains; working with partner nations to conduct joint, combined, and interagency training, focused on increasing regional cooperation and stability.
This year, 12 partner nations attended the 36th iteration of Tradewinds, hosted by Guyana, the only South American country with English as its official language, holding cultural ties to the greater Caribbean. Nestled between Brazil, Suriname, and Venezuela, Guyana’s geography offers a vast coastline and terrain that adequately facilitates training that serves the needs of the participating nati