190801-A-WO440-1001 Guatemala City, Guatemala (August 1, 2019) -- The U.S. Navy medical engagement team (MET) and Guatemalan military medical students conduct subject matter expert exchanges (SMEE) as part of Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2019. SPS is an annual series of U.S. Navy deployments focused on exchanges with regional partner nation militaries and security forces. SPS 19 consists of fly-away deployments of adaptive force packages to Barbados, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru to conduct training and subject matter expert exchanges to improve capacity in medical, dive operations, and engineering (U.S. Army Video by Spc. Dakota Young/Released)
The Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2019 Seabee detachment from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ONE (NMCB 1) began construction of a new school for Colombia’s indigenous Wayuu people.
When general quarters is announced on the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82), the damage control training team answers the call by leading the crew through rigorous training scenarios.
U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 Company 2-2 conducted subject matter expert exchanges (SMEE) with Colombian partners, July 9-August 2, as part of Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2019.
Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) are learning new ways to defend against the stresses of military life as they prepare for a future deployment, July 17.
