Guatemalan Naval Infantry Force Coronel Jose Ricardo Sosa Mirón, right, speaks to, from left, U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Romeo Cubas, the Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2014 detachment officer in charge; U.S. Navy Cmdr. Jeffrey V. Morganthaler, the commanding officer ashore of SPS 2014; and U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Angelique McBee, the executive officer ashore, prior to a Guatemalan Naval Infantry Force one-year anniversary celebration in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, Aug. 8, 2014, during 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.