Chief Warrant Officer 4 William Melendez, an instructor
Summary
Chief Warrant Officer 4 William Melendez, an instructor pilot with Company D, 1-114th Medical Battalion, prepares his UH-60 Blackhawk for takeoff at Exercise Tradewinds 2014, June 22. The Army National Guard teamed up with the Marines of 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, the Royal Canadian Army to train 13 Caribbean partner nations during Exercise Tradewinds 2014 aboard Las Calderas Naval Base, Dominican Republic. Tradewinds 2014 is a joint, combined exercise conducted in order to build partner nation counter-transnational organized crime missions, humanitarian aid and disaster response operations capacity. The ultimate goal of Tradewinds 2014 is to promote interoperability and multinational relationships throughout the Caribbean theater. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards/Released)