(Trinidad Guardian) A week of military exercises featuring soldiers of the TT Regiment and the US Marine Corps’ 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) began yesterday, but with no visible activity at Teteron Barracks, Chaguaramas.
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar took to X (formerly Twitter) to welcome the United States Marine Corps 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit “to our shores” and confirmed the military drills started yesterday and will continue through November 21.
The Prime Minister said the joint military exercises are crucial in this country’s fight against crime and in ensuring the preparedness of the T&T Defence Force.
“To win the fight against organised crime, we must strengthen and modernise our crime-fighting capability.
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