Stories

U.S. service members embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, enter a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 774, to be transported after visiting medical and engineering sites in Bluefields, Nicaragua, Sept. 21. Service members and civilians are deployed in support of Operation Continuing Promise 2010 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to the Caribbean, Central and South America. - U.S. service members embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, enter a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 774, to be transported after visiting medical and engineering sites in Bluefields, Nicaragua, Sept. 21. Service members and civilians are deployed in support of Operation Continuing Promise 2010 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

A student body consisting of one junior Nicaraguan lieutenant, a Nicaraguan Navy petty officer and six soon-to-be Nicaraguan Marine Corps corporals listen attentively as Marines give them a class on leadership principles at Naval Base El Bluff, near Bluefields, Nicaragua Sept. 19. Seven Marine non-commissioned officers and one staff NCO participated in a subject-matter expert exchange to give a leadership fundamentals course to eight members of the Nicaraguan Navy and Marine Corps. - A student body consisting of one junior Nicaraguan lieutenant, a Nicaraguan Navy petty officer and six soon-to-be Nicaraguan Marine Corps corporals listen attentively as Marines give them a class on leadership principles at Naval Base El Bluff, near Bluefields, Nicaragua Sept. 19. Seven Marine non-commissioned officers and one staff NCO participated in a subject-matter expert exchange to give a leadership fundamentals course to eight members of the Nicaraguan Navy and Marine Corps.

Guatemalan Army Special Forces soldiers or "Kaibiles" observe how a U.S. Marine positions himself to post security during a jungle patrol exercise at Poptun Training Camp in Poptun, Guatemala, Sept. 11. Patrolling in jungle terrain was part of the subject-matter expert exchange between Kaibil soldiers and Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010. - Guatemalan Army Special Forces soldiers or "Kaibiles" observe how a U.S. Marine positions himself to post security during a jungle patrol exercise at Poptun Training Camp in Poptun, Guatemala, Sept. 11. Patrolling in jungle terrain was part of the subject-matter expert exchange between Kaibil soldiers and Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010.

Guatemalan Marines execute U.S. Marine Corps martial arts bayonet thrusts, Sept. 7, at Puerto Santo Tomas de Castilla Naval Base in Guatemala. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 taught Marine Corps martial arts techniques to Guatemalan Marines for six days. Marines with CP10 are currently deployed to the Caribbean, Central and South America conducting subject-matter expert exchanges and providing humanitarian civic assistance to host nations. - Guatemalan Marines execute U.S. Marine Corps martial arts bayonet thrusts, Sept. 7, at Puerto Santo Tomas de Castilla Naval Base in Guatemala. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 taught Marine Corps martial arts techniques to Guatemalan Marines for six days. Marines with CP10 are currently deployed to the Caribbean, Central and South America conducting subject-matter expert exchanges and providing humanitarian civic assistance to host nations.

Navy Lt. Amber Higginson, a medical officer from Bethesda, Md., and Lance Cpl. Reinaldo Reyes, native of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, and Spanish translator from Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Ground Combat Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, check a child for skin rashes at a medical site in a high school gymnasium in Bribri, Costa Rica, Aug. 23, 2010. Marines, sailors and USS Iwo Jima personnel are ported in Limon, Costa Rica, providing medical, dental, veterinary, community relations and engineering services to Costa Ricans as part of the CP10 mission during their deployment to the Caribbean, Central and South America. - Navy Lt. Amber Higginson, a medical officer from Bethesda, Md., and Lance Cpl. Reinaldo Reyes, native of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, and Spanish translator from Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Ground Combat Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, check a child for skin rashes at a medical site in a high school gymnasium in Bribri, Costa Rica, Aug. 23, 2010. Marines, sailors and USS Iwo Jima personnel are ported in Limon, Costa Rica, providing medical, dental, veterinary, community relations and engineering services to Costa Ricans as part of the CP10 mission during their deployment to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Sgt. Kyle W. Cucci, a supply specialist, from Flushing, Mich., with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Logistics Combat Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, gives a Hone Creek School student a backpack filled with school supplies at Hone Creek School in Costa Rica, Aug. 25, 2010. Service members and civilians are deployed in support of CP10, providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the Caribbean, Central and South America. - Sgt. Kyle W. Cucci, a supply specialist, from Flushing, Mich., with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Logistics Combat Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, gives a Hone Creek School student a backpack filled with school supplies at Hone Creek School in Costa Rica, Aug. 25, 2010. Service members and civilians are deployed in support of CP10, providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Marines with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Logistics Combat Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 work together to install sheet metal on a hospital roof in Port-de Paix, Haiti, July 29, 2010. CP10 is a collaborative effort that involves military and civilian personnel providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the Caribbean, Central and South America. - Marines with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Logistics Combat Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 work together to install sheet metal on a hospital roof in Port-de Paix, Haiti, July 29, 2010. CP10 is a collaborative effort that involves military and civilian personnel providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Colombian Marines enter a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 774 in preparation for a flight around Colombian Marine Corps Training Base Covenas in Colombia, Aug. 13, 2010, during a joint training exercise. ::r::::n::Marines from USS Iwo Jima conducted subject matter expert exchanges with Colombian Marines Aug. 9-17 in support of Operation Continuing Promise 2010, a humanitarian civic assistance mission. Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force CP10 are embarked aboard the USS Iwo Jima to the Caribbean, Central and South America on a four-month deployment.::r::::n:: - Colombian Marines enter a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 774 in preparation for a flight around Colombian Marine Corps Training Base Covenas in Colombia, Aug. 13, 2010, during a joint training exercise. ::r::::n::Marines from USS Iwo Jima conducted subject matter expert exchanges with Colombian Marines Aug. 9-17 in support of Operation Continuing Promise 2010, a humanitarian civic assistance mission. Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force CP10 are embarked aboard the USS Iwo Jima to the Caribbean, Central and South America on a four-month deployment.::r::::n::