US Military ramp-up coming to T&T, says AG

Trinidad and Tobago’s Attorney General John Jeremie has reportedly told the Financial Times that US’ military exercises would intensify in T&T in the coming days, with members of the US 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit.

The report comes on the heels of the arrival of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, led by the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 7- the largest and most advanced aircraft carrier in the world- in Caribbean waters, as well as the US Department of War’s announcement of Operation ‘Southern Spear’.

The Financial Times reported yesterday that Jeremie claimed the country was engaged with “its friends up north” in a series of exercises but did not confirm if these had already begun.Jeremie is also quoted citing an agreement with the US renewed in December, which requires the country to cooperate with US forces in military engagements.