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Gunnery Sgt. Felder Domond, a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, shakes hands with members of the Port-de-Paix, Haiti, community, July 24, during a visit to Lycee Guillaud Haitian School. Marines and Sailors of the USS Iwo Jima visited the school as part of a mission site screening throughout Port-de-Paix in preparation for military personnel and non-government officials to conduct humanitarian efforts during Operation Continuing Promise 2010. - Gunnery Sgt. Felder Domond, a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, shakes hands with members of the Port-de-Paix, Haiti, community, July 24, during a visit to Lycee Guillaud Haitian School. Marines and Sailors of the USS Iwo Jima visited the school as part of a mission site screening throughout Port-de-Paix in preparation for military personnel and non-government officials to conduct humanitarian efforts during Operation Continuing Promise 2010.

A tugboat pulls the USS Iwo Jima in preparation for departure from Miami en route to Haiti, July 21, 2010. Marines and Sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima visited Miami for three days as a final preparation in their journey to the Caribbean, Central and South America to provide humanitarian civic assistance and disaster relief efforts. - A tugboat pulls the USS Iwo Jima in preparation for departure from Miami en route to Haiti, July 21, 2010. Marines and Sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima visited Miami for three days as a final preparation in their journey to the Caribbean, Central and South America to provide humanitarian civic assistance and disaster relief efforts.

U.S. Marines from Alpha Company, 2nd Amphibious Assault Vehicles, attached to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, proceed en route to the well deck of the USS Iwo Jima on July 15, 2010. Marines and Sailors are deploying in support of Operation Continuing Promise 2010 to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to Caribbean, Central and South America. - U.S. Marines from Alpha Company, 2nd Amphibious Assault Vehicles, attached to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, proceed en route to the well deck of the USS Iwo Jima on July 15, 2010. Marines and Sailors are deploying in support of Operation Continuing Promise 2010 to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to Caribbean, Central and South America.

Marines with Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, practice loading a litter on to a CH-46E, during a Mission Rehearsal Exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, June 22. The three-day exercise, conducted by the special-purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force was held to test the task force's unit readiness for the upcoming four-month deployment to Central and South American countries. - Marines with Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, practice loading a litter on to a CH-46E, during a Mission Rehearsal Exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, June 22. The three-day exercise, conducted by the special-purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force was held to test the task force's unit readiness for the upcoming four-month deployment to Central and South American countries.