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MAYPORT, Fla.: Chilean Navy frigate Almirante Latorre (FFG 14) arrived in Mayport on March 14 to prepare for their role in Partnership of the Americas (POA) 2007 as a part of the U.S. Navy Task Group participating in this deployment.
POA 2007 will focus on enhancing relationships with regional partner nations through a variety of exercises and events at sea and on shore throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The task group will be led by Commander, Destroyer Squadron (CDS) 40 and be composed of Latorre, USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), USS Mitscher (DDG 57) and USS Samuel B Roberts (FFG 58).
Chief of the Chilean Naval Mission in Washington, D.C., Rear Adm. Felipe Carvajal Carvallo, CDS 40 Capt. Randy Snyder and USS Samuel B. Roberts
