“Hurry up and wait.”  A phrase in that I have become intimately familiar with this past 9 days. Today was the day where we repositioned the entire Operation Southern Partner Team to it’s next set of islands. Our C-130J from the California Air National Guard was all fixed up and was ready to take us [...]

After three days of working closely with the Trinidad & Tobago Defense Forces building relationships and sharing information, it was time for a bit of a break. Our last day full day on the island ended with an invitation to the Military Sports and Family Day. This would give everyone a chance to chat with [...]

A few days ago, when our CA ANG C-130J from Channel Islands broke down in Guyana with engine and brake problems, I thought our trip was in jeapordy. But the mission commanders of Operation Southern Partner made a few calls and got the “Fighting 5-0″ to step in and help us continue the mission. The [...]

Hello from beautiful Trinidad! Well, after a LONG 14 hour day of traveling yesterday that included a broken 146th CA ANG C-130J, a last minute C-130E subsitution from Puerto Rico, the usual ‘hurry up and wait’, a 1.5 hour flight that turned into 3 because of paperwork snafus in Guyana, being parked in the wrong [...]

With temperatures in the 90s, the Airmen of the 820th Security Forces Group, members of the Royal Grenada Police Force, Grenada Coast Guard, and St. Lucia Policemen donned full facemasks, throat protection and cups to protect their vital areas.

The day began with a down pour and ride of my life to the other side of Grenada. Narrow and curvy roads combined with a driver that could rival any Formula 1 driver took myself and the USAF Academy Band “Blue Steel” to Father Mallaghan’s Home For Boys. Here 20 boys, from the ages  of [...]