Marine Leaders of The Americas Conference (MLAC) 2025

U.S. Marines and sailors with the Logistics Combat Element, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, stand to honor the flag of Guatemala during an opening ceremony for the Official School for Rural Community Housing in Guazacapán, Guatemala, July 7, 2017. The service members volunteered to paint the school and were invited to an opening ceremony to celebrate the renovations with students and their families. The Marines and sailors of SPMAGTF-SC are deployed to Central America to conduct security cooperation training and engineering projects with their counterparts in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Melissa Martens)