Saint Lucia To Host Regional Security Exercise – UNEX ’24

In less than one month, Saint Lucia will welcome over 200 law enforcement officials to its shores for the Regional Security System’s (RSS) Unity Exercise 2024 (UNEX ’24), which is scheduled to take place from April 2 to 13. During this time, military and police officials from all RSS Member States, along with other regional and international partners, will participate in various training exercises designed to assess and enhance the interoperability, readiness and resilience of their forces, and to evaluate the application of command; control; communications; computers and intelligence (C4I). Exercise Director, Lt. Col. Roberto Beltran, pointed out that the planning team, which included officials from RSS Headquarters and officers of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF), have conducted meetings in Saint Lucia over the last few days to finalise plans for the “homegrown” training exercise. “We have been on the ground in the host nation visiting the sites of the proposed simulations and exercises, ensuring that all details are finalised for a successful execution of UNEX 24. The planning team has worked tirelessly since the programme’s inception in January 2023 to create a schedule of events that would adequately assess and display the capacity of the Region’s security...