Miss. Seabees in El Salvador

CONCHAGUA, El Salvador - A construction engagement team – one of several Adaptive Force Packages (AFPs) deployed - is midway through a construction project in El Salvador. AFP teams are deployed to Honduras, El Salvador, and Colombia as part of Southern Partnership Station 2016, under the auspices of the U.S. Southern Command. AFPs are specialized military teams from Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit 2, Navy Medicine commands, and civilian personnel focusing on local needs such as security, medical readiness, and improving community infrastructure. A portion of the construction team is made up of Seabees from the Gulfport, Miss.-based Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133. The AFPs are to be deployed through October 2016. (U.S. Southern Command 08/26/16)