Maple Resolve

Staff Sgt. Hector Rodriguez, a water safety and survival instructor with Deployment Processing Command Reserve Support Unit-East, demonstrates techniques to the Marines and Sailors of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command during the basic swim qualification course at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 11, 2020. The Marines and Sailors with SPMAGTF-SC are conducting a variety of pre-deployment training events and qualifications prior to deploying in order to enhance crisis response readiness in and around Latin America and the Caribbean. These events are held at Camp Lejeune and will assist the Marines and Sailors with providing security cooperation training and engineering projects alongside partner nation military forces in the Latin American and Caribbean region, as well as remaining ready to respond to crises in the event of an emergency within the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez)