Gulfport Seabees deploy in SPS-18

MAYPORT, Fla. - The Navy has deployed USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1) in support of Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2018 to the Caribbean, Central and South America to conduct subject matter expert exchanges and water well construction projects from July to October. SPS is an annual series of Navy deployments focused on exchanges with partner-nation militaries and security forces. This year's deployment will visit Panama, Colombia, Honduras, El Salvador, and Trinidad and Tobago to work alongside those nations' military forces, security forces, civilian health professionals and other governmental agencies. The teams are made up of specialists from the fields of engineering, diving, explosive ordnance disposal, and medical. Among the deployed personnel are members of the Gulfport, Miss.-based Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133. (Source: Navy 4th Fleet 07/24/18) USS Spearhead was built by Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala.