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SOUTHCOM Videos

Video by Master Sgt. Emily Anderson

Public-private collaboration and interagency training emphasized during TRADEWINDS 24

U.S. Army South

May 13, 2024 | 5:03

Carla Alvarado, an interorganizational coordinator with the U.S. Southern Command, Exercises and Coalition Affairs Directorate, Public-Private Cooperation (PPC) Branch, explains the importance of public-private collaboration and interagency training during TRADEWINDS 24 (TW24) at Paragon Base, Barbados on May 13, 2024. TW24 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, regionally oriented annual exercise and is part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Large Scale Global Exercise 24, a series of all-domain military exercises executed alongside Allies and partners around the globe. (U.S. Army video by 1st Sgt. Emily Anderson)