Sobers: US troops to return to Trinidad and Tobago for joint military training
Sobers said the US embassy would participate in outreach activities across both islands. Building the TTDF’s capacity, he reiterated, was critical, especially to help combat the flow of illegal drugs and weapons into the country.
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Thirty-five students and 15 teachers from the Lochmaben Roman Catholic School in Cedros toured the Arleigh Burke-class USS Gravely (DDG-107) on October 27 at Port of Spain, following the completion of recent infrastructure upgrades and donations to their school by United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM). The students and their teachers got an exclusive tour of the ship hosted by the Gravely’s sailors and leadership.
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USS Gravely is moored in Port of Spain as part of the United States’ longstanding partnership with Trinidad and Tobago, and in support of side-by-side training between the U.S. Marine Corps and the Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF) to strengthen regional security cooperation.
EducationUSA Advising Center At American Center In Port Of Spain, Trinidad
The EducationUSA advising center at the American Center of the Embassy of the United States in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago offers professional educational advising services to approximately 520 students. Operating at the Comprehensive level, our advising center services students who are interested in engaging in academic exchange between Trinidad and Tobago and the U.S.
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Our host, the Embassy of the United States, has a broad range of programs and activities including Consular services, Military and Law Enforcement Cooperation, Public Diplomacy Cultural and Exchange Programs, and Economic and Policy Advocacy, maintaining a strong partnership with the Government of Trinidad and Tobago on a wide variety of shared concerns. The Embassy’s integrated country strategy goals are Security, Commerce, and Governance – Education Diplomacy is a cross-cutting issue on all three of these goals, which speaks to the centrality of Education Diplomacy in the Embassy’s strategic vision. American Citizen Services and protection of American Citizens are, like every other U.S. mission abroad, the Embassy’s highest priority.
EducationUSA is a US Department of State network of international student advising centers in more than 170 countries. Officially a branch of the Office of Global Educational Programs, a part of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), the ECA fosters mutual understanding between the United States and other countries by promoting personal, professional, and institutional ties between private citizens and organizations in the United States and abroad, as well as by presenting U.S. history, society, art and culture to overseas audiences.
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