James Brewster, U.S. Ambassador for the Dominican Republic,

James Brewster, U.S. Ambassador for the Dominican Republic, speaks to members of the Dominican Republic’s Armed Forces participating in exercise Tradewinds 2014, aboard the Dominican Naval Base, Las Calderas located near Bani, Dominican Republic, June 21, 2014. Ambassador Brewster visited the naval base and had the opportunity to observe some of the training evolutions taking place as part of phase II of the exercise. Phase II of Tradewinds 2014 is mostly a ground field training exercise held from June 16 through June 25. Tradewinds 2014 is a joint, combined exercise conducted in order to build partner nation counter-transnational organized crime missions and humanitarian air and disaster response operations capacity and promote interoperability and multinational relationships throughout the theater. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mackenzie Schlueter/Released)