Guyana Defense Force Chief of Staff, Brig. Gen. Omar Khan, speaks at the Tradewinds 2023 opening ceremony 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.