A maritime police vessel belonging to the Royal Saint

A maritime police vessel belonging to the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force poses as a drug-smuggling watercraft in the Caribbean Wednesday beside the GC 109 Orion, a patrol boat from the Dominican Republic participating in Tradewinds 2013. An aircraft from the Regional Security System was overhead, attempting to determine which arrangement of suspect vessels was most likely to be exchanging contraband. Tradewinds is a joint and 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher Okula/Released)