Seaman Gregory Bryant, a boatswain's mate assigned to the deck department of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde, reviews a nightly work list under the green well deck lamps. The exercise involves the nations of Brazil, America, Peru, Mexico, Germany, Canada, Ecuador, Argentina and Chile. The two-week exercise includes realistic scenario-driven training opportunities such as live-fire exercises, shipboard operations, maritime interdiction operations and special warfare.