ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 19, 2018) A universal sky hook recovers the Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle aboard the Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessel USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1). Spearhead is at sea preparing to support Southern Partnership Station. Southern Partnership Station is a Southern Command-sponsored and Naval Forces Southern 4th Fleet-conducted annual deployment focused on subject matter expert exchanges and building partner capacity in a variety of disciplines including medicine, construction and dive operations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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