180717-N-BY095-0045 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 17, 2018) Gunners Mate 3rd Class Angel Bautista, from Loredo, Texas, participates in an anti-terrorism force protection exercise aboard the Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1). Spearhead is at sea preparing to support Southern Partnership Station. Southern Partnership Station is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored and U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet-conducted annual deployment focused on subject matter expert exchanges and building partner capacity in a variety of disciplines including medicine, construction and dive operations in the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Maria I. Alvarez/Released)