181003-N-OH194-0308 RIOHACHA, Colombia (Oct. 3, 2018) U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Kevin Whitaker speaks with members of the media during a ribbon cutting ceremony as part of Southern Partnership Station 2018. The ceremony marked Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133’s completion of a water well drilling project focused on providing water to the rural Colombian department of La Guajira. 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 1st Class Grant P. Ammon/Released)