Petty Officer 3rd Class Micheal Vanbeuren, a master-at-arms assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 4, detains Lance Cpl. Brandon Ganser during a security drill aboard High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV More
Cmdr. Mark Becker, mission commander for Southern Partnership Station 2011, greets Robenson Lucceus, public relations coordinator for International Child Care, during the turn over of a mobile medical clinic de More
Crew members assigned to High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) look on as a donated mobile medical clinic is delivered to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, as part of Project Handclasp. Project Handclasp is a U.S. Navy program More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Downs, from Peoria, Ill., embarked aboard the High Speed Vessel Swift, paints a home during a community service project as part of Southern Partnership Station 2011. The project s More
Chief Petty Officer Carlos Enriques, hospital corpsman, guides Chilean navy medical corps personnel on a tour of High Speed Vessel Swift. Enriques and three other U.S. Navy medical corps personnel are conductin More
A Chilean honor guard member holds both the American and the Chilean flags during a ceremony at the Monument to the Heroes of Iquique. Sailors assigned to High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) laid a wreath in front More
Cmdr. Mark Becker, left, mission commander of Southern Partnership Station 2011, greets People's Liberation Army Navy Rear. Adm. Zhao Yongfu, president of the Naval Academy of Armament, at the entrance ramp of More
Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28, inventory tool kits in the mission bay aboard High Speed Vessel Swift. NMCB-28 is aboard Swift to conduct various renovation projects supporting Sout More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Pablo A. Mercado, hospital corpsman and a medical subject matter expert for Southern Partnership Station 2011, presents a Peruvian child with a stuffed animal donated by Loving Hugs Inc. More
Petty Officer 3rd Class John Guillenagudelo, equipment operator (center), assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28, and a Peruvian sailor cut plywood as Petty Officer 2nd Class George Githiomi, utilit More
Ship's Master Rhett Mann, left, assigned to High Speed Vessel Swift, shows the ship's bridge to U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Peru Rose M. Likins, center, and Southern Partnership Station 2011 Mission Comm More
Chief Petty Officer Jeffrey T. Elwood, center, explains proper car inspection techniques to Peruvian sailors participating in a week-long subject matter expert exchange as part of Southern Partnership Station 2 More
Lt. j.g. Steve Rockwell speaks to Peruvian sailors and journalism students during a tour of High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) as part of Southern Partnership Station 2011. The tour concluded a week-long subject m More
A Peruvian lab technician, center, explains antibody testing procedures to Capt. John Sanders, commanding officer of Naval Medical Research Unit 6, and Cmdr. Mark Becker, mission commander of Southern Partnersh More
Cmdr. Mark Becker, mission commander of Southern Partnership Station 2011, shares a laugh with Peruvian Rear Adm. Humberto Sanchez, Direccion Infraestructura Terrestre commander, after presenting him with a com More
Marine Staff Sgt. Daniel Monteiro, center, an instructor assigned to Marine Corps Training and Advisory Group, explains military operations and urban training scenarios to Peruvian marines as part of Southern P More
Cmdr. Mark Becker, mission commander of Southern Partnership Station 2011, right, and Peruvian navy Capitan de Corbeta David Bernard Carrillo participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony at Elias Aguirre Romero Ele More
Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28 and Marines from the 2nd Marine Logistics Group pour concrete for the foundation of a new classroom at the Escuela Jacobo Vera during a weeklong Southe More
Cmdr. Mark Becker, mission commander of Southern Partnership Station 2011, speaks with Ecuadorian media aboard High Speed Vessel Swift during a scheduled media day. Southern Partnership Station is an annual dep More
Chief Petty Officer Rodrigo Celones, master-at-arms, demonstrates mechanical advantage control holds and takedowns to Ecuadorian soldiers participating in a week-long subject matter expert exchange in support o More
Petty Officer 1st Class Jimmy Peterson, right, assigned to Detail Bravo of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28, assists two Ecuadorian marines on the proper operational procedures for heavy equipment during More
Cmdr. Mark Becker, mission commander of Southern Partnership Station 2011, presents an Ecuadorian newborn with a stuffed animal donated by Loving Hugs Inc. during a visit and tour of Clinica Fae. Stuffed animal More
Sailors assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) board the ship before departing to participate in Southern Partnership Station 2011. Southern Partnership Station is an annual depl More
Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) retrieve mooring lines before departing to participate in Southern Partnership Station 2011. Southern Partnership Station is an annual d More
Staff Sgt. Drew M. Yerger, a Marine Corps Training and Advisory Group instructor, demonstrates military operations and urban training scenarios to a group of Ecuadorian marines and police officers during a week More
A tugboat guides the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall away from the pier as it departs Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. Gunston Hall is leaving on a four-month deployment supportin More
Sailors assigned to Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command deliver stuffed animals at the Shekinah Foundation, a half-way house for children who are victims of abuse and neglect. The stuffed anima More
Sailors lower the water boundary in the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) for Marine amphibious assault vehicles embarking to participate in Southern Partner Ship 2011. Sou More
Lt. j.g. Steve Rockwell, right, gives a tour of High Speed Vessel Swift to Ecuadorian Navy Rear Adm. Jose Noritz, second from right, Jefe del Estado Mayor de la Armada, and other distinguished guests in suppor More
Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28 build a classroom at Escuela Jacobo Vera during a week-long project in support of Southern Partnership Station 2011. Southern Partnership Station is an More
Staff Sgt. Chad J. Hatfield, military police platoon sergeant with Security Cooperation Task Force, teaches weapon handling tactics aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44). Marines and More
Navy Capt. John Meier, right, commanding officer of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) and Marine Corps Lt. Col. Paul Baker, Security Cooperation Task Force commander, speaks with local More
Cmdr. Mark Becker, mission commander of Southern Partnership Station 2011, center, accepts a gift from staff and students at Escuela Jacobo Vera during an appreciation ceremony following a weeklong subject matt More
The mayor of Montecristi, left, discusses funding issues and renovations at Clinico Municipal de Dialisis with Cmdr. Mark Becker, mission commander of Southern Partnership Station 2011, and 1st Lt. Axel Zengoti More
Marines assigned to Security Cooperation Task Force conduct Marine Corps Martial Arts Program exercises aboard the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall. Gunston Hall is on a schedu More
Marine Corps Cpl. Thanh Duong, food service specialist, from Irvington, N.J., prepares meals in the galley aboard Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock-landing ship USS Gunston Hall. Sailors and Marines prepare More
A pilot from the U.S. Navy harbor tug boat Dekanawida climbs a ladder to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall to help guide the ship into port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Gunston Hall i More
U.S. Navy harbor tug boat Santaquin approaches the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall as it arrives at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Gunston Hall is on deployment in support of Southern Partne More
Sailors aboard the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock-landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) conduct a general quarters drill. Gunston Hall is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsib More
Chief Petty Officer Rodrigo Celones explains proper striking techniques to a group of Guatemalan sailors participating in a weeklong subject matter expert exchange in support of Southern Partnership Station 201 More
Lance Cpl.'s Ramon, Fontan, Milholin, Hamrick , Grosjean, Martinez, all part of Security Cooperation Task Force, wait for a formation with their commanding officer. SCTF is embarked on Whidbey Island-class amph More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Andreas Toth, left, a builder, helps a Guatemalan Jefatura de Mantenimiento sailor nail the roof support of a southeast asia hut at Escuela Justo Rufino Morales Mackarty, during a Southe More
Cpl. Paul Fuit, assigned to 2nd Marine Logistics Group, shows a child how to use a rasp to smooth wood desks at Escuela Campamento LaBarrita during a construction project supporting Southern Partnership Station More
A Landing Craft Unit 1663 assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall offloads a Humvee. Gunston Hall is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Amphi More
Lance Cpl. Robert Wrobleski, left, assigned to the 8th Marine Engineering Support Battalion, and Petty Officer 1st Class Clifton Horn, a builder, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28, builds a mak More
Marines assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 guide an amphibious assault vehicle to a landing area during an Amphibious-Southern Partnership Station 2011 training exercise. (Photo by: Cpl. Jacqueline Sanderfer)
Colombian Marines fire the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon while Sgt. Shelby Mangiaracina, second from left, assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, Ground Combat Element, ensures proper handling techniques a More
Cpl. Derek R. Connelly, left, assigned to Security Cooperation Task Force, observes Colombian marine Victor Velasquez during M249 Squad Automatic Weapon drills at Marine Infantry Training Base. The drills were More
Sailors and Marines hand out stuffed animals denoted by Loving Hugs Inc. to children from Bella Vista Elementary School as part of a community service event for Project Handclasp. Project Handclasp is an offici More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Johan Sanchez, logistics specialist, center, searches Seaman Ryan Moreno, a role player, during a visit, board, search and seizure demonstration with Colombian coast guardsmen during Amp More
Colombian Marine Infantry Sgt. 2nd Class Luis Rodriguez, left, teaches a class on detection and identification of improvised explosive devices during a subject matter expert exchange as part Amphibious Southern More
Members of the Guatemalan navy special forces perform basic urban skills training procedures with U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Corps Training and Advisory Group during a subject matter expert exchange in sup More
A Colombian coast guardsman hammers a wedge into a pipe during a soft patch pipe repair class aboard the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44). The subject matter expert ex More
Cpl. Robert Wrobleski, left, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Helton, a builder, play basketball with students at Escuela Campamento LaBarrita after a project completion ceremony at the school in support of S More
U.S. Marines and Colombian marines play soccer during a barbeque celebrating the completion of subject matter exchanges of maritime mission-focused knowledge for Amphibious Southern Partnership Station 2011. SP More
Cmdr. Mark Becker, mission commander of Southern Partnership Station 2011, speaks to students about the importance of education during a Southern Partnership Station 2011 community service event at Colegio Lice More
Amphibious assault vehicles prepare to debark the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall. Marines assigned to Security Cooperation Task Force went ashore to support Amphibious Southern Partnership Statio More
Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28 build bookshelves at Centro Escolar Republica de Honduras during a weeklong Southern Partnership Station 2011 subject matter expert exchange. SPS is an More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Medina, hospital corpsman, a medical subject matter expert assigned to Southern Partnership Station 2011, embarked aboard High Speed Vessel Swift, hands a stuffed animal donated b More
Marines disembark a landing craft utility to engage in subject matter expert exchanges in Belize as part of Amphibious Southern Partnership Station 2011. A-SPS11 focuses on strengthening and establishing new re More
Cmdr. Mark Becker, mission commander of Southern Partnership Station 2011, center, and Air Force 1st Lt. Axel Zengotita interact with students at Centro Escolar Republica de Honduras during the closing ceremony More
Cmdr. Mark Becker, mission commander of Southern Partnership Station 2011, speaks with members of the Salvadoran media after the closing ceremony for Southern Partnership Station 2011 at Base Naval La Union. So More
Cpl. Paul Fuit, assigned to 2nd Marine Logistics Group, presents a soccer ball to students during a Southern Partnership Station 2011 community service event at Centro Escolar Republica de Honduras. Southern Pa More
Petty Officer 1st Class Straaberry Washington, assigned to Naval Ocean Processing Facility, Dam Neck, Va., stacks canned food at the Food Bank of Southeast Virginia. Washington, from Beaufort, S.C., and other f More
Cmdr. David Blazes, left, and Hospital Corpsman Pablo Mercado present communicable disease data during a subject matter expert exchange with Honduran army and civilian medical specialists as part of Southern Pa More
Petty Officer 1st Class Michael McMurry, an operations specialist assigned to High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2), participates in a Southern Partnership Station 2011 community service project painting a Southeast More
Petty Officer 3rd Class John Guillen-Agudero, equipment operator, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28, and Marine Sgt. Peter Lawrence, assigned to 2nd Marine Logistics Group, dig a ditch for a wa More
Cmdr. Mark Becker, left, Southern Partnership Station 2011 mission commander, presents a plaque to San Lorenzo's Mayor Alex Javier Valdez Escobar, during a closing ceremony at Escuela Rural Lempira in support o More
Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28 finish a Southeast Asia hut at Instituto Parroquial Pbro. Emilio S. Chavarria during a Southern Partnership Station 2011 subject matter expert exchange More
High Speed Vessel 2 Swift approaches Wharf Bravo at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after completing Southern Partnership Station 2011. While on station, Swift will be loading 130 metric tons of food, value More
Multination divers from the Caribbean conduct a hull search of a suspicious vessel during a training exercise with Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2. MDSU-2 is participating in Navy Diver Southern Partnership St More
Navy Diver 3rd Class Bryan Myers, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, left, gives the OK sign to Ordinary Seamen Remi Gaskin and Jamal Lawrence, from the Barbados coast guard, after they found an iner More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Zach Dojauqez, right, a Navy diver, demonstrates neurological tests on Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McMillen, a Navy diver, both assigned to Company 23 of Mobile Diving and Salvage Uni More
Petty Officer 1st Class Jayme Pastoric, mass communications specialist, assigned to the Expeditionary Combat Camera Underwater Photo Team, helps Chief Petty Officer Nathanael Warren, hospital corpsman, assigned More
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Arnold, diver, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, demonstrates the use of the Centurion side-scan sonar to members of the Armada de Chile. MDSU-2 is participating in More
Armada de Chile Lt. Javier Amor (left) translates pre-maintenance checks while Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Arnold, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, Company 2-3, demonstrates the steps. MDSU-2 is p More
Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 and divers assigned to the Armada de Chile prepare to conduct dive operations off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile. MDSU-2 is participating in Navy Dive So More
Second Sgt. Yohan Flores, assigned to the Armada de Chile, inspects a Chilean diver prior to joint dive operations with Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2. MDSU-2 is participating in Navy Dive-Southern Partnershi More
Lt. Benjay Kempner, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, explains the effects of pressure on the inner ear with dive medics of the Armada de Chile. MDSU-2 is participating in Navy Diver-Southern Partne More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Rodrigo Fuentas (right), assigned to the the Buzo Salvataje of the Armada de Chile, prepares for a dive with Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 during a subject matter exchange. MDSU-2 is More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Myers, left, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, assists divers assigned to the Guatemala navy in lift bag procedures. MDSU-2 is participating in Navy Diver-Southern Part More
Marine Seaman Verron Charleton, a diver from the Royal Bahamas Defense Force, tends a line during lift bag operations with Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2. MDSU-2 is participating in Navy Diver-Souther More
Lt. j.g. Peter Wilson-Kelly, right, assigned to the Jamaica Defense Force, and Leading Seaman C.G. Letourneaa, a clearance diver assigned to Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic of the Canadian navy, prepare to leave the More
Lt. j.g. Peter Wilson-Kelly, center, a diver assigned to the Jamaican Defense Force, ensures Leading Seaman Richard Nicholson, right, is ready to dive as Seaman Howard Clark, left, tends to Petty Officer 3rd Cl More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McMillen, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 company 23, maintains a tending line during a familiarization dive with divers from Panama and Belize. MDSU 2 compan More
Petty Officer 1st Class Jimmy Sotelo (center) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Arnold (right), both assigned to Company 2-3 of Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, demonstrate lift-bag operations to divers from Pa More
Cpl. Isidro Gonzalez, a diver for the Panamanian navy, prepares to enter the water during a subject matter exchange with Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, Company 23, and the Canadian navy. MDSU 2, Company 23 i More
Cpl. Pinel Mepaquito, a Panamanian navy diver, participates in joint dive operations with divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, Panama, Belize and Canada. MDSU-2 is participating in Navy Diver So More
Seaman Sebastien Arsenault, right, a diver for the Canadian navy, explains cutting techniques to divers from Panama and Belize during a joint subject matter exchange with Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 compan More
Petty Officer 1st Class Angel Fernandez, embarked aboard the High Speed Vessel Swift, speaks with a Chilean woman during a community service project as part of Southern Partnership Station 2011. The project sup More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Pablo Mercado, hospital corpsman, guides Chilean navy medical corps personnel on a tour of High Speed Vessel Swift. Mercado and three other U.S. Navy medical corps personnel are conducti More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Hong Li, electronics technician (left), assigned to the High Speed Vessel Swift security team presents a Chilean child with a stuffed animal donated by Loving Hugs Inc. during a visit an More
High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) Ship's Master Rhett Mann, left, discusses navigational procedures on the bridge of the ship with Cmdr. Mark Becker, mission commander of Southern Partnership Station 2011, People More
A Chilean crowd cheers a group of sailors assigned to High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) as they march to a wreath laying ceremony at the Monument to the Heroes of Iquique. Swift is in Valparaiso participating in More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Andras Toth, builder (left), assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28, assists a Peruvian sailor cut plywood for a classroom at Elias Aguirre Romero Elementary School as part o More
Peruvian sailors observe proper handcuffing techniques during a week-long training provided by a security subject matter expert team embarked aboard High Speed Vessel Swift as part of Southern Partnership Stati More
Petty Officer 1st Class Jimmy Peterson, equipment operator, left, Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos Sanchez, utilitiesman, and Cpl. Paul Fuit, all assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28, smooth cement More
Peruvian Marines, assigned to Batallon de Infanteria de Marina, participate in a subject matter expert exchange military operation and urban training exercise as part of Southern Partnership Station 2011. SPS i More