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Belize Defense Force Soldiers with 1st Infantry Battalion, Company F, perform a medical evacuation while conducting a mock patrol under the observance of 30 Marines and sailors with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment. The BDF jungle warfare training is being instructed to the Marines, who later this week will travel to the Belizean jungle near the Guatemalan border to put their classroom training to the test as part of Tradewinds 10, a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs directed, U.S. Southern Command sponsored annual exercise that is conducted with Caribbean Basin Partner Nations, designed to improve cooperation with the partner nations in responding to regional security threats. (Official USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Lucas Vega) - Belize Defense Force Soldiers with 1st Infantry Battalion, Company F, perform a medical evacuation while conducting a mock patrol under the observance of 30 Marines and sailors with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment. The BDF jungle warfare training is being instructed to the Marines, who later this week will travel to the Belizean jungle near the Guatemalan border to put their classroom training to the test as part of Tradewinds 10, a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs directed, U.S. Southern Command sponsored annual exercise that is conducted with Caribbean Basin Partner Nations, designed to improve cooperation with the partner nations in responding to regional security threats. (Official USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Lucas Vega)

Maj. Gen. Cornell A. Wilson, Jr., Commander of Marine Corps Forces, South, speaks with Marines and Sailors of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, during a visit to Price Barracks in Ladyville, Belize, Dec. 3. The Marines are in Belize as a part of the first Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force, where they are participating in military-to-military training events with the Belize Defense Force. The SCMAGTF is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 embarked on USS Wasp (LHD 1). SPS is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. - Maj. Gen. Cornell A. Wilson, Jr., Commander of Marine Corps Forces, South, speaks with Marines and Sailors of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, during a visit to Price Barracks in Ladyville, Belize, Dec. 3. The Marines are in Belize as a part of the first Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force, where they are participating in military-to-military training events with the Belize Defense Force. The SCMAGTF is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 embarked on USS Wasp (LHD 1). SPS is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges.

United States Marine Corporal Ragland attached to Security Cooperation Marine Air Ground Task Force (SCMAGTF) and Jamaican Defense Forces Coast Guard Ordinary Seaman Andre Grant perform maintenance on a .50 cal. machine gun on the bed of a truck at Reynolds Pier in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Nov. 19, 2009, to improve regional security through military to military training. USS Wasp (LHD 1) is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked SCMAGTF. 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 3rd Class Edward L. Kobobel III/Released)::r::::n:: - United States Marine Corporal Ragland attached to Security Cooperation Marine Air Ground Task Force (SCMAGTF) and Jamaican Defense Forces Coast Guard Ordinary Seaman Andre Grant perform maintenance on a .50 cal. machine gun on the bed of a truck at Reynolds Pier in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Nov. 19, 2009, to improve regional security through military to military training. USS Wasp (LHD 1) is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked SCMAGTF. 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 3rd Class Edward L. Kobobel III/Released)::r::::n::

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) - 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)

A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 flies overhead in route to dropping off Dominican airmen who minutes later poured out of the helicopter to practice a heliborne airfield assault. USS Wasp (LHD 1) is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force. 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. - A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 flies overhead in route to dropping off Dominican airmen who minutes later poured out of the helicopter to practice a heliborne airfield assault. USS Wasp (LHD 1) is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force. 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.

Lance Cpl. Charles F. Hammond, an electrician with the Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SCMAGTF) Logistics Command Element, breaks loose damaged concrete as part of a public works project aboard Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Oct. 19. The SCMAGTF is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1). 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. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Heather Brewer/Released) - Lance Cpl. Charles F. Hammond, an electrician with the Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SCMAGTF) Logistics Command Element, breaks loose damaged concrete as part of a public works project aboard Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Oct. 19. The SCMAGTF is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1). 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. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Heather Brewer/Released)

Sailors lift their chocks above their heads to show the pilots of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to "Iron Horse" of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 that they are free to take off on the flight deck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) while practicing "externals", the lifting and transport of external cargo. Wasp is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and a Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force embarked. 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 3rd Class David Smart (RELEASED)::r::::n:: - Sailors lift their chocks above their heads to show the pilots of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to "Iron Horse" of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 that they are free to take off on the flight deck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) while practicing "externals", the lifting and transport of external cargo. Wasp is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and a Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force embarked. 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 3rd Class David Smart (RELEASED)::r::::n::

Machine gunners with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines provide suppressive fire while conducting live fire supported squad attack drills aboard Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Oct. 22. USS Wasp (LHD 1) is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and SCMAGTF embarked. 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. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Heather Brewer (RELEASED) - Machine gunners with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines provide suppressive fire while conducting live fire supported squad attack drills aboard Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Oct. 22. USS Wasp (LHD 1) is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and SCMAGTF embarked. 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. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Heather Brewer (RELEASED)

A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to the "Iron Horses" of Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 sits on the flight deck of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). WASP is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and a Security Cooperation Marine Air Ground Task Force embarked. 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 3rd Class David Smart (RELEASED) - A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to the "Iron Horses" of Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 sits on the flight deck of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). WASP is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and a Security Cooperation Marine Air Ground Task Force embarked. 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 3rd Class David Smart (RELEASED)

A Brazilian Marine on point signals to his fireteam of a possible enemy sighting during a patrolling exercise of Southern Exchange 2009 (SE09). Patrolling, which is said to be one of the most vital training exercises, is used in every sort of conflict in any terrain, and therefore is taught with the highest level of gravity. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan G. Wright/Released) - A Brazilian Marine on point signals to his fireteam of a possible enemy sighting during a patrolling exercise of Southern Exchange 2009 (SE09). Patrolling, which is said to be one of the most vital training exercises, is used in every sort of conflict in any terrain, and therefore is taught with the highest level of gravity. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan G. Wright/Released)