Marine Leaders of The Americas Conference (MLAC) 2025

Electronics Technician 2nd Class Geoffrey Donnelly shares his lunch with a local Jamaican boy at the Perry Town Basic School, where volunteers from USS Wasp (LHD 1) painted classrooms as part of a community relations project in Ocho Rios. Wasp is currently on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SCMGTF). Southern Partnership Station is part of the partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amie Gonzales/Released)