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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.

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.

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.

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.