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U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, prepare to cut birthday cake during the Marine Corps 235th birthday celebration in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, Nov. 10, 2010. Service members and civilians are deployed in support of CP10 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to Caribbean, Central and South American nations. Service members and civilians are currently off the coast of Cuba. - U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, prepare to cut birthday cake during the Marine Corps 235th birthday celebration in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, Nov. 10, 2010. Service members and civilians are deployed in support of CP10 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to Caribbean, Central and South American nations. Service members and civilians are currently off the coast of Cuba.

Lt. Col. Paul D. Baker, commanding officer of Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., puts on a cranial in preparation for his departure, Oct. 23, 2010, after visiting Marines and sailors of the Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010. Baker embarked aboard USS Iwo Jima for two days to observe operations of the CP10 team. - Lt. Col. Paul D. Baker, commanding officer of Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., puts on a cranial in preparation for his departure, Oct. 23, 2010, after visiting Marines and sailors of the Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010. Baker embarked aboard USS Iwo Jima for two days to observe operations of the CP10 team.

Cpl. John C. Eversley, a motor transportation operator with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 speaks with his Guyanese aunt, Maggie Eversley, in Rose Hall, Guyana, Oct. 22. For the past three and a half months, Eversley has participated in a civic-humanitarian assistance mission called Operation Continuing Promise 2010 or CP10, which has brought aid to several countries throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America - the most recent being Guyana. - Cpl. John C. Eversley, a motor transportation operator with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 speaks with his Guyanese aunt, Maggie Eversley, in Rose Hall, Guyana, Oct. 22. For the past three and a half months, Eversley has participated in a civic-humanitarian assistance mission called Operation Continuing Promise 2010 or CP10, which has brought aid to several countries throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America - the most recent being Guyana.

Panamanian children hold a stuffed animal given by non-government organization Give a Kid a Backpack at an engineer site in Silico Creek, Panama, Oct. 2, 2010. Marines and sailors of CP10 are anchored off the coast of Chiriqui Grande, Panama, to conduct humanitarian operations. CP10 is a humanitarian civic assistance mission that provides medical, dental, veterinary, engineering support and disaster relief efforts to the Caribbean, Central and South America. - Panamanian children hold a stuffed animal given by non-government organization Give a Kid a Backpack at an engineer site in Silico Creek, Panama, Oct. 2, 2010. Marines and sailors of CP10 are anchored off the coast of Chiriqui Grande, Panama, to conduct humanitarian operations. CP10 is a humanitarian civic assistance mission that provides medical, dental, veterinary, engineering support and disaster relief efforts to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Panamanian children play with Cpl. Matthew Fausâ??s cell phone at a community relation project in Chiriqui Grande, Panama, Oct. 5, 2010. Faus, a native of Reading, PA is one of three civil affairs Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force 10th Marines Civil Affairs Detachment who deployed to Latin America and the Caribbean with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010. - Panamanian children play with Cpl. Matthew Fausâ??s cell phone at a community relation project in Chiriqui Grande, Panama, Oct. 5, 2010. Faus, a native of Reading, PA is one of three civil affairs Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force 10th Marines Civil Affairs Detachment who deployed to Latin America and the Caribbean with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010.

A Navy sailor with Continuing Promise 2010 assists a Panamanian family fill out necessary paperwork to be medically screened at Rambala Maternity Clinic in Punta Pina, Panama, Sept. 28, 2010. The clinic is being used as a medical site for Continuing Promise personnel to conduct medical operations. Marines and Sailors of CP10 are anchored off the coast of Chiriqui Grand, Panama, to conduct humanitarian operations for 10 days. CP10 is a humanitarian civic assistance mission that provides medical, dental, veterinary, engineering support and disaster relief efforts to the Caribbean, Central and South America. - A Navy sailor with Continuing Promise 2010 assists a Panamanian family fill out necessary paperwork to be medically screened at Rambala Maternity Clinic in Punta Pina, Panama, Sept. 28, 2010. The clinic is being used as a medical site for Continuing Promise personnel to conduct medical operations. Marines and Sailors of CP10 are anchored off the coast of Chiriqui Grand, Panama, to conduct humanitarian operations for 10 days. CP10 is a humanitarian civic assistance mission that provides medical, dental, veterinary, engineering support and disaster relief efforts to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Navy Cmdr. Gordon G. Wisbach, native of San Diego, Calif., and surgeon with Continuing Promise 2010, operates on a 13-year-old Nicaraguan child during a repair of an umbilical hernia aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Sept. 17, 2010. Marines and Sailors of CP10 worked together to support surgical operations off the coast of Bluefields, Nicaragua. CP10 is a humanitarian civic assistance mission, where USS Iwo Jima personnel is providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering support and disaster relief efforts to the Caribbean, Central and South America. - Navy Cmdr. Gordon G. Wisbach, native of San Diego, Calif., and surgeon with Continuing Promise 2010, operates on a 13-year-old Nicaraguan child during a repair of an umbilical hernia aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Sept. 17, 2010. Marines and Sailors of CP10 worked together to support surgical operations off the coast of Bluefields, Nicaragua. CP10 is a humanitarian civic assistance mission, where USS Iwo Jima personnel is providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering support and disaster relief efforts to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Staff Sgt. Leah G. Dorley, native of Hazel Park, Mich., and embarkation chief with Marine Air Control Squadron 2, checks the pulse of Sgt. Xavier W. Wethington, a simulated casualty and native of Brunswick, Ga., during a casualty assessment test of the Combat Life Saver training aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Sept. 24, 2010. Marines with MACS-2, Command Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 participated in the five-day training while operating off the coast of Bluefields, Nicaragua, during their four-month deployment to the Caribbean, Central and South America. - Staff Sgt. Leah G. Dorley, native of Hazel Park, Mich., and embarkation chief with Marine Air Control Squadron 2, checks the pulse of Sgt. Xavier W. Wethington, a simulated casualty and native of Brunswick, Ga., during a casualty assessment test of the Combat Life Saver training aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Sept. 24, 2010. Marines with MACS-2, Command Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 participated in the five-day training while operating off the coast of Bluefields, Nicaragua, during their four-month deployment to the Caribbean, Central and South America.