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171010-A-NY041-0060 PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala (Oct. 10, 2017) U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Auten, the emergency medicine residency assistant director and emergency medicine physician at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, helps examine medical patients with a Guatemalan doctor, during a subject matter expert exchange at Hospital Nacional Infantil Elisa Martinez, in support of Southern Partnership Station 17. SPS 17 is a U.S. Navy deployment executed by U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet, focused on subject matter expert exchanges with partner nation militaries and security forces in Central and South America. (U.S. Army photo by SGT Crystal Madriz/Released)
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LTC Elizabeth Cordon

LTC Elizabeth Cordon,
WRF Resiliency Branch Chief

MAJ Giovanni Siaca

MAJ Giovanni Siaca,
Joint Suicide Prevention
Program Manager

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CPT Shannon Bush-Smith,
Army National Guard Suicide Prevention Program Coordinator

Capt. Ashley Hollingsworth

Capt. Ashley Hollingsworth,
Air National Guard Suicide Prevention Program Coordinator

 

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