170727-N-KW679-0007 CARIBBEAN SEA (July 27, 2017) Mobile
Summary
170727-N-KW679-0007 CARIBBEAN SEA (July 27, 2017) Mobile Diving Salvage Unit One (MDSU 1) Navy Diver 2nd Class Jonathan Cruz, stationed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, shows Honduran Marines how to use a side scan, a sonar technique that lets divers map out the ocean floor, near Base Naval de Puerto Castilla, a Honduran naval base, before a dive. MDSU 1 sailors are deployed, along with troops from several services, to conduct subject matter expert exchanges as part of Southern Partnership Station 17. SPS 17 is a U.S. Navy deployment executed by U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet, focused on subject matter expert exchanges with partner nation militaries and security forces in Central and South America. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kristen Cheyenne Yarber)