190913-N-AZ907-0273 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (September

190913-N-AZ907-0273 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (September 13, 2019) -- Honduran military medical personnel load a patient with simulated injuries into a helicopter for transport, during a mass casualty drill with the U.S. Navy Medical Engagement Team, as part of Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2019. SPS is an annual series of U.S. Navy deployments focused on exchanges with regional partner nation militaries and security forces. SPS 19 consists of fly-away deployments of adaptive force packages to Barbados, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru to conduct training and subject matter expert exchanges to improve capacity in medical, dive operations, and engineering. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Lewis/Released)