U.S. Navy Steelworker 2nd Class Brandon Cowles, with Navy Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 23, plays basketball with a Dominican boy during a recess at the Rafaela Santaella Basic School in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Nov. 16, 2011. The Seabees made improvements there as part of a community relations project in support of High Speed Vessel-Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2012. SPS is an annual deployment of U.S. ships to the U.S. Southern Command's area of responsibility in the Caribbean and Latin America. The exercise involves information sharing with navies, coast guards and civilian services throughout the region.