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100921-M-6740B-867 BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (Sept. 21, 2010) Lance Cpl. Alejandro Matuska, a crewman assigned to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, pets a Nicaraguan farmer's puppy outside Bluefields, Nicaragua. Service members and civilians are deployed supporting Operation Continuing Promise 2010 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel R. Beyers/Released)

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100921-M-6740B-642 BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (Sept. 21, 2010) U.S. Navy Seabees embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), weld pipe into place while conducting restoration efforts to a baseball field at an engineering site in Bluefields, Nicaragua. Service members and civilians are deployed supporting Operation Continuing Promise 2010 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel R. Beyers/Released)

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100921-M-6740B-605 BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (Sept. 21, 2010) U.S. Navy Seabees embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), rebuild baseball bleachers at an engineering site in Bluefields, Nicaragua. Service members and civilians are deployed supporting Operation Continuing Promise 2010 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel R. Beyers/Released)

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100921-M-6740B-516 BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (Sept. 21, 2010) U.S. Army Pfc. Angela M. McCormick, a veterinary assistant from Sacramento, Calif., embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), vaccinates a cows on a farm outside Bluefields, Nicaragua. Service members and civilians are deployed supporting Operation Continuing Promise 2010 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel R. Beyers/Released)

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100921-M-6740B-514 BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (Sept. 21, 2010) A Nicaraguan farmer holds a rope for U.S. Army Pfc. Angela M. McCormick, a veterinary assistant from Sacramento, Calif., embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), while she gives cows vaccines on his farm outside Bluefields, Nicaragua. Service members and civilians are deployed supporting Operation Continuing Promise 2010 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel R. Beyers/Released)

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100921-M-6740B-304 BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (Sept. 21, 2010) U.S. Navy Capt. Thomas M. Negus, commodore of Operation Continuing Promise 2010, visits with local Nicaraguan children at a veterinarian site in Bluefields, Nicaragua. Service members and civilians are deployed supporting Continuing Promise providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel R. Beyers/Released)

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100924-M-6740B-391 BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (Sept. 24, 2010) Lt. Col. Chris S. Richie, left, commanding officer of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, watches as Nicaraguan children play at the playground that U.S. Marines and Sailors installed. Service members and civilians are deployed supporting Continuing Promise 2010 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel R. Beyers/Released)

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100924-N-4153W-121 BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (Sept. 24 2010) Navy and Marine Corps leaders render honors during the U.S. national anthem at a newly constructed baseball field. Seabees embarked aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) built the fieled during a Continuing Promise 2010 community service project. Continuing Promise is a humanitarian and civic assistance mission to provide medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance in eight nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Bryan Weyers/Released)

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100923-N-7680E-035 BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (Sept. 23, 2010) Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Antonio Green, from Yemassee, S.C., inspects a fuel sample for clarity aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is anchored off the coast of Nicaragua supporting the Continuing Promise 2010 humanitarian civic assistance mission. The assigned medical and engineering staff embarked aboard Iwo Jima are working with partner nations to provide medical, dental, veterinary, and engineering assistance in eight nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zane Ecklund/Released)

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100918-N-1531D-155 CORN ISLAND, Nicaragua (Sept. 18, 2010) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Jennifer Bell, from Stockbridge, Mich., and Ensign Jimmie Riffle, from Crafton, W. Va., both embarked aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), help walk an elderly man to the hospital entrance during a Continuing Promise 2010 medical civic event in Nicragua. Iwo Jima is anchored off the coast of Nicaragua conducting a Continuing Promise 2010 humanitarian civic assistance mission. The assigned medical and engineering staff members embarked aboard Iwo Jima are working with partner nation teams to provide medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance to eight different nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathen E. Davis/Released)

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100918-N-1531D-270 CORN ISLAND, Nicaragua (Sept. 18, 2010) Capt. Thomas Negus, commodore of Continuing Promise 2010, talks with the commanding officer of Corn Island's Nicaraguan navy base during his tour on the island where a Continuing Promise 2010 medical civic event is taking place. The multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) is anchored off the coast of Nicaragua conducting a Continuing Promise 2010 humanitarian civic assistance mission. The assigned medical and engineering staff members embarked aboard Iwo Jima are working with partner nation teams to provide medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance to eight different nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathen E. Davis/Released)

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100918-N-1531D-024 CORN ISLAND, Nicaragua (Sept. 18, 2010) Ensign Jimmie Riffle, from Crafton, W. Va., embarked aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), evaluates a patient during a Continuing Promise 2010 medical civic event in Nicaragua. Iwo Jima is anchored off the coast of Nicaragua conducting a Continuing Promise 2010 humanitarian civic assistance mission. The assigned medical and engineering staff members embarked aboard Iwo Jima are working with partner nation teams to provide medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance to eight different nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathen E. Davis/Released)

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100918-N-9826S-062 BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (Sept. 17, 2010) Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathen E. Davis is setting up flash for a photo shoot of Sailors performing dental work on a patient during a Continuing Promise 2010 medical civic event in Nicaragua. Iwo Jima is off the coast of Nicaragua supporting the Continuing Promise 2010, a humanitarian civic assistance mission. The assigned medical and engineering staff members embarked aboard Iwo Jima are working with partner nations to provide medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance in eight nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James D. Stenberg/Released)

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100918-N-9826S-010 BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (Sept. 17, 2010) The multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) is off the coast of Colombia conducting the Continuing Promise 2010 humanitarian civic assistance (HCA) mission. The assigned medical and engineering staff members embarked aboard Iwo Jima are working with partner nation teams to provide medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance to eight different nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James D. Stenberg/Released)

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100917-N-1531D-069 BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (Sept. 17, 2010) Cmdr. Scott Thomas, right, from Chicago, assigned to the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), performs dental work on a patient with the assistance of Hospitalman Corey Weaver, from Cincinnati, during a Continuing Promise 2010 medical civic event in Nicaragua. Iwo Jima is off the coast of Nicaragua supporting Continuing Promise 2010, a humanitarian civic assistance mission. The assigned medical and engineering staff members embarked aboard Iwo Jima are working with partner nations to provide medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance in eight nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathen E. Davis/Released)

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100916-N-9964S-074 BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (Sept. 16, 2010) Chief Culinary Specialist Lafern Craig, from St. Thomas, Jamaica, salutes the side boys as she is piped in during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is off the coast of Nicaragua in support of Continuing Promise 2010, a humanitarian civic assistance mission. The assigned medical and engineering staff embarked aboard is working with partner nations to provide medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance to improve mutual understanding of medical issues and technology. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher Stoltz/Released)(U.S.Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher B. Stoltz.)

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