Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command

101119-N-8546L-133 MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (Nov. 19, 2010) Milton Romani, center, Secretary of the National Commission on Drugs of Uruguay, addresses a graduating class of Uruguayan forces detection and patrol dog handlers, as U.S. Embassy Political and Economic Counselor Alfred Schandlbauer, (seated second from right) acting Deputy Chief of Mission, and Senior Defense Attache U.S. Air Force Col. Willie Berges (seated right) look on. The class of mixed Uruguayan military and emergency services forces graduated from a three-week training course coordinated by the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command (MCAST). MCAST delivers teams of highly skilled U.S. Navy Sailors to share expertise with partner nations to strengthen international relationships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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101117-N-8546L-899 MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (Nov. 17, 2010) U.S. Navy Chief Master-at-Arms Nick Estrada, second from left, a military working dog handler from Orange, Calif., trains a Uruguayan military working dog handler during a three-week training course coordinated by the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command (MCAST). MCAST delivers teams of highly skilled U.S. Navy Sailors to share expertise with partner nations to strengthen international relationships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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101117-N-8546L-641 MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (Nov. 17, 2010) U.S. Navy Chief Master-at-Arms Nick Estrada, second from right, a military working dog handler from Orange, Calif., trains a Uruguayan military working dog handler during a three-week training course coordinated by the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command (MCAST). MCAST delivers teams of highly skilled U.S. Navy Sailors to share expertise with partner nations to strengthen international relationships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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101117-N-8546L-088 MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (Nov. 17, 2010) U.S. Navy Chief Master-at-Arms Nick Estrada, left, a military working dog handler from Orange, Calif., trains a Uruguayan military working dog handler during a three-week training course coordinated by the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command (MCAST). MCAST delivers teams of highly skilled U.S. Navy Sailors to share expertise with partner nations to strengthen international relationships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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101116-N-8546L-850 MINAS, Uruguay (Nov. 16, 2010) Uruguayan explosive ordnance disposal technicians remotely operate an ANDROS robot to examine a secondary improvised explosive device during a training field exercise as part of a three-week training course coordinated by the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command (MCAST). MCAST delivers teams of highly skilled U.S. Navy Sailors to share expertise with partner nations to strengthen international relationships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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101116-N-8546L-728 MINAS, Uruguay (Nov. 16, 2010) A Uruguayan army explosive ordnance disposal officer, left, and U.S. Navy Senior Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Chad L. Harris, from Green Bay, Wis., daisy-chain a series of 105 mm projectile artillery rounds with deck cord during a training field exercise as part of a three-week training course coordinated by the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command (MCAST). MCAST delivers teams of highly skilled U.S. Navy Sailors to share expertise with partner nations to strengthen international relationships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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101116-N-8546L-297 MINAS, Uruguay (Nov. 16, 2010) Uruguayan interagency forces collect forensic evidence after disrupting an improvised explosive device during a training field exercise as part of a three-week training course coordinated by the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command (MCAST). MCAST delivers teams of highly skilled U.S. Navy Sailors to share expertise with partner nations to strengthen international relationships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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101115-N-8546L-532 MINAS, Uruguay (Nov. 15, 2010) A Uruguayan explosive ordnance disposal technician collects photographic reconnaissance information of a vehicle born improvised explosive device as U.S. Navy Senior Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Jonathan C. Bates, from Kennewick, Wash., observes during a training field exercise as part of a three-week training course coordinated by the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command (MCAST). MCAST delivers teams of highly skilled U.S. Navy Sailors to share expertise with partner nations to strengthen international relationships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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100831-N-8546L-100 PUNTARENAS, Costa Rica (Aug. 31, 2010) Chief Engineman Edward D. Young, from Gadsden, Ala., an instructor assigned to Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST), teaches a Costa Rican coast guardsman how to time an engine. A mobile training team of Sailors from MCAST is conducting a three-week advanced small boat maintenance training session with members of the Costa Rica coast guard maintenance department. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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100825-N-8546L-887 SAN JOSE, Guatemala (Aug. 25, 2010) Capt. Carlos Antonio Lainfiesta Soto, Comandante Comando Naval del Pacifico, makes the opening remarks at a graduation ceremony for Mexican navy fuerza especial naval (FEN) sailors who completed a two-week training course with Sailors assigned to the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST) command. The MCAST mobile training team taught small boat operations such as formations and high value asset escorts as part of an ongoing partnership between the U.S. and Guatemala to help police and maintain international waters. (Official U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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100825-N-8546L-276 SAN JOSE, Guatemala (Aug. 25, 2010) Fuerza especial naval (FEN) sailors assigned to the Mexican navy guide their patrol boats in an echelon formation to demonstrate techniques they learned while training with the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST) command. The MCAST Guatemala small boat operations mobile training team taught 40 FEN sailors how to do tactical formations and protect high value assets at sea. The training is just one of many joint training efforts by the U.S. and nations around the world to help police and maintain international waters. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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100825-N-8546L-339 SAN JOSE, Guatemala (Aug. 25, 2010) Sailors assigned to the Fuerza Especial Naval (FEN) of the Guatemalan Navy pilot maritime patrol boats in a diamond formation to demonstrate what they've learned during two weeks of training with Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST). The MCAST Guatemala small boat operations mobile training team trained 40 FEN sailors how to perform tactical formations and protect high value assets at sea. The training is part of military-to-military training efforts by the U.S. and nations to help police and maintain international waters. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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100825-N-8546L-201 SAN JOSE, Guatemala (Aug. 25, 2010) Sailors assigned to the Fuerza Especial Naval (FEN) of the Guatemalan Navy pilot maritime patrol boats in an echelon formation to demonstrate what they've learned during two weeks of training with Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST). The MCAST Guatemala small boat operations mobile training team trained 40 FEN sailors how to perform tactical formations and protect high value assets at sea. The training is part of military-to-military training efforts by the U.S. and nations to help police and maintain international waters. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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100825-N-8546L-066 SAN JOSE, Guatemala (Aug. 25, 2010) Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Everett H. Lyons, from Bloomfield, N.J., an instructor assigned to Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST), directs Guatemalan Navy maritime patrol boats into formation during a training exercise. Lyons and other members of the MCAST Guatemala small boat operations military training team spent two weeks with the FEN as part of a military-to-military joint training effort to help police and maintain international waters. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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100825-N-8546L-058 SAN JOSE, Guatemala (Aug. 25, 2010) Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Everett H. Lyons, from Bloomfield, N.J., an instructor assigned to Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST), directs Guatemalan Navy maritime patrol boats into a column formation. Lyons and other members of the MCAST Guatemala small boat operations military training team spent two weeks with the FEN as part of a military-to-military joint training effort to help police and maintain international waters. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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100825-N-8546L-039 SAN JOSE, Guatemala (Aug. 25, 2010) Master-at-Arms 1st Class Paul N. Francois II, from New Roads, La., an instructor assigned to Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST), prepares to board Fuerza Especial Naval (FEN) of the Guatemalan Navy maritime patrol boats to conduct small boat operations training. Francois and other members of the MCAST team spent two weeks training the FEN to conduct formations and protect high-value assets. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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