U.S. Army South Commanding General, Maj. Gen. William Thigpen, speaks at the opening ceremony of Tradewinds 2023 (TW23) at Camp Ayanganna in Georgetown, Guyana, July 15, 2023. Tradewinds is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise designed to strengthen partnerships and interoperability, promote human rights, as well as increase all participants' training capacity and capability to mitigate, plan for and respond to crises and security threats.