Marine Leaders of The Americas Conference (MLAC) 2025

U.S. Navy Hospitalman 3rd Class Jorge Juarez, left, assigned to the Marine detachment embarked aboard high speed vessel Swift (HSV-2), watches and advises Guatemalan army Col. Luis Francisco Juarez, the commander of the Gen. Felipe Cruz Paratrooper Base, before shooting his weapon on a 25-meter range in Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala, Jan. 11, 2012, during High Speed Vessel-Southern Partnership Station (HSV-SPS) 2012. HSV-SPS is an annual deployment of U.S. ships to the U.S. Southern Command's area of responsibility in the Caribbean and Latin America. The exercise involves information sharing with navies, coast guards and civilian services throughout the region.