Gulfport CBs join in SPS deployment

MAYPORT, Fla. - The Navy has deployed adaptive force packages (AFPs) in support of Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2019 to the Caribbean, Central and South America to conduct subject matter expert exchanges from May to October 2019. SPS is an annual series of Navy deployments focused on exchanges with regional partner nation militaries and security forces. This year’s deployment will visit Barbados, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru to work alongside those nations’ military forces, police forces, civilian health professionals, and other governmental agencies. SPS 19 will be conducting training and subject matter expert exchanges to improve capacity in medical, dive operations, engineering and explosive ordnance disposal. The AFPs are separate units comprised of military personnel from the Gulfport, Miss.-based Naval Construction Group 2 Seabees (CBs), Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2, Mobile Diving and Salvaging Unit 2, and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. The deployment will focus on enhancing cooperative partnerships. Regional partnerships reflect Assigned units will focus on locally-identified needs to include port and harbor security, health service systems, and humanitarian response infrastructure. SPS is part of U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative. (Source: U.S. 4th Fleet )5/14/19)