180715-N-GX781-0037 BELMOPAN, Belize (July 15, 2018) Deborah Lingwood, management officer of Embassy Belmopan, left, Lt. Col. Eldridge R. Singleton, senior defense official and Army and Defense attaché, leadership of Special Purpose Marine-Air Ground Task Force - Southern Command (SPMAGTF), and Captain Brian J. Diebold, commander of Task Force 48, commodore of Destroyer Squadron 40, participate in a non-combatant evacuation operation drill at the Embassy Belmopan. SPMAGTF and Captain Diebold are embarked on the Whidbey Island-Class Dock Landing Ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44). The Gun
180715-N-GX781-0037 BELMOPAN, Belize (July 15, 2018) Deborah Lingwood, management officer of Embassy Belmopan, left, Lt. Col. Eldridge R. Singleton, senior defense official and Army and Defense attaché, leadership of Special Purpose Marine-Air Ground Task Force - Southern Command (SPMAGTF), and Captain Brian J. Diebold, commander of Task Force 48, commodore of Destroyer Squadron 40, participate in a non-combatant evacuation operation drill at the Embassy Belmopan. SPMAGTF and Captain Diebold are embarked on the Whidbey Island-Class Dock Landing Ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44). The Gunston Hall is on deployment supporting Southern Seas, which is an annual collaborative deployment in the Southern Command area of responsibility where a task group will deploy to conduct a variety of exercises and multinational exchanges to enhance interoperability, increase regional stability, and build and maintain regional relationships with countries throughout the region through joint, multinational and interagency exchanges and cooperation. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Colbey Livingston)
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