
NMCB1 Begin Construction of New School for Indigenous Colombian Wayuu Tribe
By ggranger, / Published Aug. 1, 2019
Story by MC1 Peter Lewis, Southern Partnership Station 2019 Public Affairs
RIOHACHA, Colombia The Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2019 Seabee detachment from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ONE (NMCB 1) began construction of a new school for Colombia s indigenous Wayuu people.
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190726-A-DS579-0127 RIOHACHA, Colombia (July 26, 2019) - Lt. Cmdr. David Jeltema, foreground, from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, plays catch with school children during construction of a new school for the indigenous Wayuu people, as part of Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2019. SPS is an annual series of U.S. Navy deployments focused on exchanges with regional partner nation militaries and security forces. SPS 19 consists of fly-away deployments of adaptive force packages to Barbados, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru to conduct training and subject matter expert exchanges to improve capacity in medical, dive operations, and engineering. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Austin Carrillo/Released)

190726-A-DS579-0061 RIOHACHA, Colombia (July 26, 2019) - Utilitiesman Constructionman Mariame Cherif and Utilitiesman 3rd Class Ashly Marie Cruz, both from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ONE (NMCB 1), tie rebar during construction of a new school for the indigenous Wayuu people, as part of Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2019. SPS is an annual series of U.S. Navy deployments focused on exchanges with regional partner nation militaries and security forces. SPS 19 consists of fly-away deployments of adaptive force packages to Barbados, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru to conduct training and subject matter expert exchanges to improve capacity in medical, dive operations, and engineering. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Austin Carrillo/Released)