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Saturday 24 auguSt 2019
Disaster relief training for Defense in the Caribbean

Caribbean Coast is a Dutch
exercise, involving the
participation of the Royal
Netherlands Navy (RNLN),
the Royal Netherlands Air
Force (RNLAF) and the
Royal Netherlands Army
(RNLA). Four naval vessels
will join the exercise: HN-
LMS Snellius, HNLMS Gron-
ingen, HNLMS Pelikaan and
HNLMS Johan de Witt. The
amphibious transport ship
HNLMS Johan de Witt will
leave on 26 August for the
transatlantic crossing from
Den Helder. The other ves-
sels are already in the area.
The RNLAF will participate
with three helicopters and
the RNLA will send support-
ing engineer, medical and
CIMIC units. A total of over
700 Dutch military person-
nel will participate, togeth-
er with French and German
military personnel.

During Caribbean Coast,
military personnel will train
SAVANETA — We all still maintaining public order in the evacuation of civil- the importance of being manitarian exercise in the
have vivid memories of the and safety in a natural di- ians in distress, making the well-prepared for hurri- Caribbean, the location
devastating force of hurri- saster are two of the key affected area accessible, canes and other natural di- chosen deliberately – dur-
cane Irma. To stay on top elements that will be ad- maintaining public order sasters. Defence personnel ing the hurricane season –
of our game when it comes dressed during the exer- and safety and providing train for these situations so to ensure that the situation
to providing humanitarian cise. This year, Caribbean immediate emergency re- that they can provide ef- is as realistic as possible.
aid, Defense is organizing Coast will be held from 9 lief to victims of natural di- fective assistance to Dutch Military personnel there-
Exercise Caribbean Coast. to 19 September on Sint sasters. citizens in a crisis situation. fore exercise on different
Ensuring a good crisis com- Maarten, Saba, Bonaire, St. Every four years, Defence islands, together with local
munication structure and Eustatius and Curaçao. Hurricane Irma underlined organises a large-scale hu- and civil authorities.q

Thomas and Judy Iwankow honored as Goodwill Ambassadors

EAGLE BEACH — Recently, Darline
de Cuba had the great pleasure
to honor loyal and friendly visitors
of Aruba as Distinguished Visitor at
their home away from home. The
symbolic honorary title is presented
on behalf of the Minister of Tourism,
as a token of appreciation to the
guests who visit Aruba between 10-
20-35 and more consecutive years.

The honorees were: James & Bar-
bara Nemecek resident of Sellers-
ville Pennsylvania. The couple loves
coming to the island for the friendly
people, great weather and very re-
laxing atmosphere.

The event which commemorates
their 20th consecutive visit to the is-
land was held at the Renaissance
Ocean Suites. De Cuba together
with representatives of the Resort,
Mr. David Gomez, thanked them
for choosing Aruba as their vaca-
tion destination and as their home
away from home for so many
years.q