Members of the audience at the first Exercise Tradewinds town hall meeting at the Lester Vaughan Secondary School last Wednesday. (FP)
As Exercise Tradewinds 2017 draws near, persons will have another opportunity to learn more about the activity and sign up as volunteers during a town hall meeting on Wednesday, May 17, at the Princess Margaret Secondary School, Six Roads, St. Philip, beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Host Nation Co-Directors, Major Carlos Lovell; and Director of the Department of Emergency Management, Kerry Hinds, will address the meeting and answer questions from those attending.
They will be supported by representatives from the Regional Security System, the Royal Barbados Police Force, the Barbados Fire Service, and others from the maritime and land-based forces.
Exercise Tradewinds 2017 is being held under the theme: A Seamless States Partnership for a Secure Region.