Troops from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit launched several days of training today in Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean island nation only miles from Venezuela.

According to both the U.S. embassy in Trinidad and Tobago and the nation’s security forces, Marines from the 22nd MEU will be carrying out night-time training throughout the country today through Nov. 21. The move comes as tensions between the United States and Venezuela continue to escalate and the United States carried out its 20th announced strike on alleged drug trafficking boats in the region.

In a post from the U.S. embassy, Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Dr. Jenifer Neidhart de Ortiz said that the exercise is meant to “promote regional stability, counter transnational threats, and enhance disaster response capabilities.” T

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