U.S. Ambassador to Honduras James D. Nealon, right front, exchanges greetings with Capt. Douglas Casavant, the civil service master of the joint high speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), during a visit to tour the ship in Puerto Castilla, Honduras, Sept. 1, 2014, as part of Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2014. 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.