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U.S. Marines with the aviation element of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command depart Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, aboard two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters after their mission came to an end Nov. 15, 2016. SPMAGTF-SC, a temporary deployment of Marines and sailors to Central America for the past six months, focused on building and maintaining existing relationships in the region and executing different missions to include engineering projects, host nation force training and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

U.S. Marines with the aviation element of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command depart Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, aboard two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters after their mission came to an end Nov. 15, 2016. SPMAGTF-SC, a temporary deployment of Marines and sailors to Central America for the past six months, focused on building and maintaining existing relationships in the region and executing different missions to include engineering projects, host nation force training and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Photo by Sgt. Ian Ferro

U.S. Marines with the aviation element of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command depart Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, aboard two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters after their mission came to an end Nov. 15, 2016. SPMAGTF-SC, a temporary deployment of Marines and sailors to Central America for the past six months, focused on building and maintaining existing relationships in the region and executing different missions to include engineering projects, host nation force training and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

U.S. Marines with the aviation element of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command depart Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, aboard two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters after their mission came to an end Nov. 15, 2016. SPMAGTF-SC, a temporary deployment of Marines and sailors to Central America for the past six months, focused on building and maintaining existing relationships in the region and executing different missions to include engineering projects, host nation force training and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Photo by Sgt. Ian Ferro

U.S. Marine Col. Thomas Prentice, commanding officer for Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command, salutes during the playing of the American and Honduran national anthems and the Marines’ Hymn during a farewell ceremony aboard Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Nov. 10, 2016. The ceremony was conducted to bid farewell to the Marines and sailors of SPMAGTF-SC and recognize all the work they accomplished alongside their Honduran counterparts throughout their six month rotation in Central America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kimberly Aguirre)

U.S. Marine Col. Thomas Prentice, commanding officer for Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command, salutes during the playing of the American and Honduran national anthems and the Marines’ Hymn during a farewell ceremony aboard Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Nov. 10, 2016. The ceremony was conducted to bid farewell to the Marines and sailors of SPMAGTF-SC and recognize all the work they accomplished alongside their Honduran counterparts throughout their six month rotation in Central America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kimberly Aguirre)

Photo by Cpl. Kimberly Aguirre

President Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras gives a parting speech to the Marines and sailors of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command during a farewell ceremony aboard Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Nov. 10, 2016.The ceremony was conducted to bid farewell to the Marines and sailors of SPMAGTF-SC and recognize all the work they accomplished alongside their Honduran counterparts throughout their six month rotation in Central America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kimberly Aguirre)

President Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras gives a parting speech to the Marines and sailors of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command during a farewell ceremony aboard Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Nov. 10, 2016.The ceremony was conducted to bid farewell to the Marines and sailors of SPMAGTF-SC and recognize all the work they accomplished alongside their Honduran counterparts throughout their six month rotation in Central America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kimberly Aguirre)

Photo by Cpl. Kimberly Aguirre

Staff Sgt. Steven Vanarsdale, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, rides on the ramp of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a flight to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 13, 2016. During their deployment, SPMAGTF-SC Marines and sailors will work and train alongside their counterparts in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize and be on standby to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in case of a major disaster. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters/Released)

Staff Sgt. Steven Vanarsdale, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, rides on the ramp of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a flight to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 13, 2016. During their deployment, SPMAGTF-SC Marines and sailors will work and train alongside their counterparts in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize and be on standby to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in case of a major disaster. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Karen Cruz

Staff Sgt. Steven Vanarsdale, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, rides on the ramp of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a flight to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 13, 2016. During their deployment, SPMAGTF-SC Marines and sailors will work and train alongside their counterparts in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize and be on standby to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in case of a major disaster. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters/Released)

Staff Sgt. Steven Vanarsdale, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, rides on the ramp of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a flight to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 13, 2016. During their deployment, SPMAGTF-SC Marines and sailors will work and train alongside their counterparts in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize and be on standby to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in case of a major disaster. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Kimberly Aguirre

Staff Sgt. Steven Vanarsdale, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, rides on the ramp of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a flight to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 13, 2016. During their deployment, SPMAGTF-SC Marines and sailors will work and train alongside their counterparts in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize and be on standby to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in case of a major disaster. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters/Released)

Staff Sgt. Steven Vanarsdale, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, rides on the ramp of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a flight to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 13, 2016. During their deployment, SPMAGTF-SC Marines and sailors will work and train alongside their counterparts in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize and be on standby to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in case of a major disaster. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Kimberly Aguirre

An AS332 Super Puma from the Brazilian Marine Corps drops role-playing refugees off during UNITAS Amphibious 2015 at Ilha de Marambaia, Brazil, Nov. 20, 2015. UNITAS Amphibious helps ensure that the Marine Corps’/naval infantries of the region are postured to provide ready and relevant forces to respond to emergencies anywhere in the western hemisphere. (Photo taken by U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Issac Velasquez/Released)

An AS332 Super Puma from the Brazilian Marine Corps drops role-playing refugees off during UNITAS Amphibious 2015 at Ilha de Marambaia, Brazil, Nov. 20, 2015. UNITAS Amphibious helps ensure that the Marine Corps’/naval infantries of the region are postured to provide ready and relevant forces to respond to emergencies anywhere in the western hemisphere. (Photo taken by U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Issac Velasquez/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Issac Velasquez

Members of the Brazilian Marine Corps conduct an amphibious landing exercise during UNITAS Amphibious 2015 at Ilha de Marambaia, Brazil, Nov. 20, 2015. UNITAS Amphibious is a multi-nation exercise designed to increase interoperability in Amphibious Operations between participating countries. (Photo taken by U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Issac Velasquez/Released)

Members of the Brazilian Marine Corps conduct an amphibious landing exercise during UNITAS Amphibious 2015 at Ilha de Marambaia, Brazil, Nov. 20, 2015. UNITAS Amphibious is a multi-nation exercise designed to increase interoperability in Amphibious Operations between participating countries. (Photo taken by U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Issac Velasquez/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Issac Velasquez

Pilots and crewmen from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM-764), 4th Marine Air Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, embark their aircraft for their 6,165 mile trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in support of UNITAS Amphibious 2015 here on Nov. 6, 2015, marking the longest movement in the MV-22B Ospreys operational history. UNITAS Amphibious is a multi-nation exercise designed to increase interoperability in Amphibious Operations and Humanitarian/Disaster Relief missions among participating countries.

Pilots and crewmen from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM-764), 4th Marine Air Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, embark their aircraft for their 6,165 mile trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in support of UNITAS Amphibious 2015 here on Nov. 6, 2015, marking the longest movement in the MV-22B Ospreys operational history. UNITAS Amphibious is a multi-nation exercise designed to increase interoperability in Amphibious Operations and Humanitarian/Disaster Relief missions among participating countries.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Kimberlyn Adams

Lance Cpl. Justin Mcallister, infantryman from 1st Division, 23rd Marines leads a squad of Marines through a building during a training evolution designed to simulate urban combat August 20, 2014, as part of Partnership of the Americas 2014. Representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States are participating in POA 2014 from August 11-22, 2014. This exercise is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nation’s naval infantries/marine corps.

Lance Cpl. Justin Mcallister, infantryman from 1st Division, 23rd Marines leads a squad of Marines through a building during a training evolution designed to simulate urban combat August 20, 2014, as part of Partnership of the Americas 2014. Representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States are participating in POA 2014 from August 11-22, 2014. This exercise is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nation’s naval infantries/marine corps.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

U.S. Marine Sgt. Cody Heinrichsen of 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines and a Chilean Marine escort an unruly citizen August 19, 2014 during a training scenario designed to simulate a major natural disaster as part of Partnership of the Americas 2014. Representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States are participating in POA 2014 from August 11-22, 2014. This exercise is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nation’s naval infantries/marine corps.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Cody Heinrichsen of 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines and a Chilean Marine escort an unruly citizen August 19, 2014 during a training scenario designed to simulate a major natural disaster as part of Partnership of the Americas 2014. Representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States are participating in POA 2014 from August 11-22, 2014. This exercise is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nation’s naval infantries/marine corps.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

Marines from 1st Division, 23rd Marines perform a casualty evacuation drill in a simulated urban combat environment August 20, 2014, during a training evolution as part of Partnership of the Americas 2014. Representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States are participating in POA 2014 from August 11-22, 2014. This exercise is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nation’s naval infantries/marine corps.

Marines from 1st Division, 23rd Marines perform a casualty evacuation drill in a simulated urban combat environment August 20, 2014, during a training evolution as part of Partnership of the Americas 2014. Representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States are participating in POA 2014 from August 11-22, 2014. This exercise is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nation’s naval infantries/marine corps.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus visited the Marines and sailors of Marine Forces South, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Civil Affairs Group, 4th Marine Logistics Group and Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 aboard the Chilean ship LSDH Sargento Aldea, August 21, 2014 in Valparaiso, Chile during Partnership of the Americas 2014. POA 14 is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nation’s naval infantries/marine corps.

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus visited the Marines and sailors of Marine Forces South, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Civil Affairs Group, 4th Marine Logistics Group and Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 aboard the Chilean ship LSDH Sargento Aldea, August 21, 2014 in Valparaiso, Chile during Partnership of the Americas 2014. POA 14 is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nation’s naval infantries/marine corps.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

Maj. Gen. John M. Croley, commander Marine Forces South, speaks about the successes of exercise Tradewinds 2011 during the exercises™ closing ceremony March 19.

Maj. Gen. John M. Croley, commander Marine Forces South, speaks about the successes of exercise Tradewinds 2011 during the exercises™ closing ceremony March 19.

Photo by Cpl. Tyler Hlavac

Several Caribbean soldiers and police officers demonstrate room clearing tactics they learned from the FBI during a distinguished visitor visit March 18. The FBI had conducted the room clearing training as part of exercise Tradewinds 2011.

Several Caribbean soldiers and police officers demonstrate room clearing tactics they learned from the FBI during a distinguished visitor visit March 18. The FBI had conducted the room clearing training as part of exercise Tradewinds 2011.

Photo by Cpl. Tyler Hlavac

Patrie Francis, a constable with the Antigua and Barbuda Fire Department, sprays water from a hose to decontaminate simulated chemical spill victims during a hazardous material response training scenario.

Patrie Francis, a constable with the Antigua and Barbuda Fire Department, sprays water from a hose to decontaminate simulated chemical spill victims during a hazardous material response training scenario.

Photo by Cpl. Tyler Hlavac

Thirty-one soldiers, firefighters and police participated in a hazardous material response training scenario March 17 alongside U.S. Marines from Environmental Services Detachment D.

Thirty-one soldiers, firefighters and police participated in a hazardous material response training scenario March 17 alongside U.S. Marines from Environmental Services Detachment D.

Photo by Cpl. Tyler Hlavac

Master Sgt. Thomas Auletta, one of the chief hazardous materials operations instructors with Environmental Services Detachment D, evaluates two students as they investigate a mock chemical spill during a hazardous material response training scenario.

Master Sgt. Thomas Auletta, one of the chief hazardous materials operations instructors with Environmental Services Detachment D, evaluates two students as they investigate a mock chemical spill during a hazardous material response training scenario.

Photo by Cpl. Tyler Hlavac

Staff Sgt. Benigno Cab, a jungle warfare instructor with the Belize Defense Force, instructs a class of more than 30 U.S. Marines from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, and Caribbean soldiers from various nations on the principles of jungle warfare. The instruction was part of a three-day jungle warfare training package conducted by BDF Jungle Warfare Instructors during exercise Tradewinds 2011. Tradewinds is a joint-combined, interagency exercise involving U.S. personnel from the Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, Joint-interagency Task Force-South, Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation along with forces from Antigua and Barbuda (host nation), Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago.

Staff Sgt. Benigno Cab, a jungle warfare instructor with the Belize Defense Force, instructs a class of more than 30 U.S. Marines from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, and Caribbean soldiers from various nations on the principles of jungle warfare. The instruction was part of a three-day jungle warfare training package conducted by BDF Jungle Warfare Instructors during exercise Tradewinds 2011. Tradewinds is a joint-combined, interagency exercise involving U.S. personnel from the Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, Joint-interagency Task Force-South, Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation along with forces from Antigua and Barbuda (host nation), Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago.

Photo by Cpl. Tyler Hlavac

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