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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.

Photo by Cpl. Alicia R. Giron

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USS Iwo Jima Marines, sailors begin deployment on Haitian soil

26 Jul 2010 | Cpl. Alicia R. Giron 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing

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PORT-DE-PAIX, Haiti --

Marines and Sailors of the USS Iwo Jima transported vehicles loaded with supplies to the coast of Port-de-Paix, Haiti, July 24, in preparation for Operation Continuing Promise 2010.

Haiti is the first stop for the Marines and Sailors deployed for Continuing Promise 2010. Throughout the deployment, U.S. service members, partner-nation military forces and non-governmental officials will provide humanitarian civic support including medical, dental, veterinarian and engineering assistance in nations thorughout the Carribean, Central and South America.

Service members will also participate in a number of community projects meant to bolster relations and morale for service members and Haitians alike.


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A Landing Craft Unit leaves the well deck of the USS Iwo Jima en route to Port-de-Paix, Haiti to deliver supplies ashore, July 24. USS Iwo Jima military personnel and non-government officials will provide Haiti with humanitarian civic assistance including medical, dental, veterinarian and engineering aid during Operation Continuing Promise 2010.

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The USS Iwo Jima sits on the Caribbean water off the coast of Port-de-Paix, Haiti, July 24. Military personnel aboard USS Iwo Jima and non-government officials will provide Haiti with humanitarian civic assistance including medical, dental, veterinarian and engineering aid during Operation Continuing Promise 2010.

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A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 774 lands on the shore of Port-de-Paix, Haiti, to offload military personnel from the USS Iwo Jima, July 24, 2010. Haiti is the first country visited for Continuing Promise 2010. An operation designed to bring medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance to the area.

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Marines with Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, speak with Chilean Marine Corps Lt. Diego Rojas about the security aspect in Haiti. The Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force will be augmenting host nation security to ensure that humanitarian aid such as medical, dental, veterinarian, and engineering support is delivered safely and effectively.

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Gunnery Sgt. Felder Domond, a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, speaks with Guillet Salvador, mayor of Port-de-Paix, Haiti, about the missions that will be conducted in Haiti, July 24, 2010. Salvador and Haiti National Police led Marines and Sailors to various mission sites in Port-de-Paix in preparation for military personnel and non-government officials to conduct humanitarian civic assistance as part of Operation Continuing Promise 2010.

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A Haitian child sits with his Mother after a medical screening at Guillaud Haitian School, July 24, in Port-de-Paix, Haiti. The child has six toes on each foot and his mother hopes for the sixth toe to be surgically removed. 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.

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Navy Capt. Thomas M. Negus, commodore of USS Iwo Jima, and translator Staff Sgt. Vladimyr Merci, a native of Liancourt, Haiti, shake hands with Pardin Francois, director of Lycee Guillaud Haitian School, July 24, 2010, in Port-de-Paix, Haiti. USS Iwo Jima Marines and Sailors visited the Haitian school as part of a site mission visit in Port-de-Paix in preparation for military personnel and non-government officials to conduct humanitarian civic assistance as part of Operation Continuing Promise 2010.

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Jean Moise, chief of Port-de-Paix, Haiti National Police, speaks with Lt. Col. Chris S. Richie, commanding officer of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, and Staff Sgt. Vladimyr Merci, a native of Liancourt, Haiti, July 24, 2010. Haiti National Police led Marines and Sailors of the USS Iwo Jima throughout Port-de-Paix as they visited each mission site where military personnel will conduct medical, dental and community relations during their time in Haiti.

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The mayor of Saint Louis du Norde in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, holds a Marine Corps sticker given by Lt. Col. Chris S. Richie, commanding officer of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, July 24, 2010. Haiti National Police led Marines and Sailors of the USS Iwo Jima throughout Port-de-Paix as they visited each mission site where military personnel and non-government officials will conduct humanitarian civic assistance as part of Operation Continuing Promise 2010.

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Staff Sgt. Vladimyr Merci, left, a native of Liancourt, Haiti, and Lt. Col. Chris S. Richie, commanding officer of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, listen to a Northwest Haiti Christian Mission volunteer from the United States as he speaks about Servina, who has been living at the emission for three years. The Northwest Haiti Christian Mission has been designated as a site to receive engineering assistance as part of Operation Continuing Promise 2010.

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Two Haitians pose for a photo in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, July 24, 2010. Marines, Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen, foreign military and non-government officials will provide humanitarian civic support including medical, dental, veterinarian and engineering assistance as part of Operation Continuing Promise 2010.

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