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Video by 2nd Lt. Rachel Henson

Tradewinds 2018 Airplane Crash Scenario Exercise

Joint Force Headquarters - Mississippi National Guard

June 9, 2018 | 1:49

St. Kitts and Nevis emergency agencies were challenged to respond to a simulated airplane crash with mass casualties scattered for approximately 200 yards June 9, 2018, during international training exercise Tradewinds 2018. The event is a U.S. Southern Command sponsored exercise, hosted by St. Kitts and Nevis this year, to help build the capacity of Caribbean nations’ governmental, industrial and civic agencies to respond to disasters, and land and maritime threats.The simulated airplane crash is the finale of the disaster response training which began days before in a table-top planning meeting to discuss the details of a large-scale aviation catastrophe. U.S. Air Force Col. Steven Cherrington, SOUTHCOM representative, and Lesroy Caines, St. Kitts emergency responder, speak about the outcome of the exercise and Tradewinds as a whole. (U.S. Army National Guard video by 2nd Lt. Rachel Henson, Mississippi National Guard Joint Force Headquarters)