Source: United States SOUTHERN COMMAND
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernández participated in a joint gunnery exercise June 9, 2016 off the coast of St. George’s, Grenada, during Exercise Tradewinds 2016.
Assets from Canada, France, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and the United States participated in the joint gunnery exercise, which trains ship crews in the delivery of weapons fire from .50 caliber machine guns and 20MM auto-cannons. Each of the nations participating in Tradewinds operates one or both of these weapon systems.