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Navy Dive-Southern Partnership Station 2012 Continues in Trinidad and Tobago

Navy News Service

Story Number: NNS120321-11
3/21/2012

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kathleen A. Gorby, Navy Dive-Southern Partnership Station 2012 Public Affairs

CHAGUARAMAS, Trinidad and Tobago (NNS) -- Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 continued Navy Dive-Southern Partnership Station 2012 (ND-SPS 12) with a stop in Trinidad and Tobago, March 19.

After arriving at the Chaguaramas Coast Guard Base, the Trinidad and Tobago sailors welcomed U.S. Navy Sailors at a reception held on base, bringing the two teams together to share experiences and develop friendships.

"We are in Trinidad and Tobago to build friendships with the local divers," said Chief Navy Diver Joshua Baker, MDSU 2, Company 2-1, leading chief petty officer. "If we are called to work together in the future, because of a natural disaster or some other mishap, we will have already established a solid working relationship and will be able to complete the joint task successfully."

U.S. Navy divers and Trinidad and Tobago divers will be working together, sharing their experiences and knowledge of scuba diving.

"While here, we will be holding a few classes on how the U.S. Navy dive community operates, recompression chamber basics, diving gear maintenance, and dive medicine," said Navy Diver 1st Class Brian Mouton, MDSU 2 Company 2-1. "Basically, we show them how we conduct business and vice versa. It's a growing experience for all parties evolved."

MDSU 2, Company 2-1 will be conducting dive operations with the divers of different Caribbean, Central and South American countries, trading tactics and sharing experiences.

U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet (COMUSNAVSO/C4F) supports U.S. Southern Command joint and combined full-spectrum military operations by providing principally sea-based, forward presence to ensure freedom of maneuver in the maritime domain, to foster and sustain cooperative relationships with international partners and to fully exploit the sea as maneuver space in order to enhance regional security and promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the Caribbean, Central and South American regions.