USCG and Partners Work a Mass Casualty Exercise

08/05/2014

08/05/2014: ST JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force Coast Guard members conduct a simulated plane crash and mass casualty exercise in Winthorpes Bay during Tradewinds 2014, June 4.

The exercise tested the ABDF Coast Guard’s ability to respond to a plane crash in the bay. Tradewinds is a joint, combined exercise conducted in conjunction with partner nations to enhance the collective abilities of defense forces and constabularies to counter transnational organized crime and to conduct humanitarian/disaster relief operations.

 Credit: U.S. Coast Guard District 1:6/4/14