180723-N-GX781-0118 ROATAN, Honduras (July 23, 2018) Capt. Brian J. Diebold, commodore of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 40, speaks to Honduran sailors during lunch in the wardroom of the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44). Gunston Hall is on deployment supporting Southern Seas, an annual collaborative deployment in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility where a task group will deploy to conduct a variety of exercises and multinational exchanges to enhance interoperability, increase regional stability, and build and maintain regional relationships with countries throughout the region through joint, multinational and interagency exchanges and cooperation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Colbey Livingston/Released)