Press Release
U.S. Military to conduct review and planning workshop in St. Kitts
Bridgetown, Barbados, Wednesday, February 18, 2009 – The U.S. Military Liaison Office (USMLO) of the Embassy of the United States of America to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean will conduct its annual Eastern Caribbean (EC) Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and Planning Workshop in St. Kitts from February 22-26, 2009 at the Marriott Hotel.
The workshop will be hosted by the USMLO Commander, Edward J. Gaynor. The workshop centers on regional cooperation between the United States Southern Command and its Eastern Caribbean partnering nations (PN) uniformed forces.
The EC participants will receive a presentation on various U.S.
military programs including: US Military assistance for providing equipment and uniforms, military training courses conduced in the US and in the EC countries by US Military training teams, security conferences and workshops hosted by the US Military in the US and in various EC countries, and partnering between the EC countries and the state of Florida for training with the US National Guard.
The annual workshop is uniquely structured to promote Security Assistance and Regional Security within the Eastern Caribbean and will take place after the presentations. The EC participants will meet one-on-one with U.S. military program managers to develop, plan, synchronize, and coordinate various goals and executable activities for their countries over the course of the next two years. All are designed to increase cooperation and enhance the security of the EC region.
Scheduled attendees from the Eastern Caribbean region are the Deputy Chiefs of Defense of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, and St. Kitts & Nevis; Deputy Commissioner of Police of Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Lucia; the Superintendents of Police for Barbados, Dominica and St. Vincent and Grenadines, as well as their training and operations officers.