Colombian marine Lt. Col. Juan Camilo Franco Palacios, commander of the International Center for Amphibious Operations, briefs a group of Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) South on drug running activities within Colombia. SPMAGTF South is participated in a bilateral training exercise with Colombian marines at the International Center for Amphibious Training in Covenas, Colombia. SPMAGTF is embarked aboard the future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America is traveling through the U.S. Southern command and the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility on her maiden transit, “America Visits the Americas."  The ship is scheduled to be commissioned Oct. 11 in San Francisco. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Scorza/Released)
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<dd>DVIDS Tags: Colombia; sailors; U.S. Navy; COVENAS</dd></dl>
Petty Officer 2nd Class John Scorza Jr.
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