Covington teacher participates in Caribbean exercise Tradewinds

Louisiana National Guardsmen 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker (left) and Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh (right), both of the 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment out of Jackson Barrack in New Orleans, Louisiana, stand in front of what they think was once a sugar refinery in Barbados, June 9, 2017. The two public affairs Soldiers were sent to the island-nation to cover Tradewinds 2017, an annual exercise sponsored by U.S. Southern Command, headquartered in Miami, Florida. Tradewinds is a joint and combined exercise conducted in conjunction with partner nations to enhance the collective abilities of defense forces and constabularies to counter transnational organized crime and terrorism, and to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Renee Seruntine)