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Navy Capt. Thomas M. Negus, commodore of Continuing Promise 2010, stands with Guyana President H.E. Bharrat Jagdeo and salutes the U.S. flag while the American National Anthem plays during the CP10 opening ceremony held at the Berbice Regional Health Authority, Oct. 20, 2010. - Navy Capt. Thomas M. Negus, commodore of Continuing Promise 2010, stands with Guyana President H.E. Bharrat Jagdeo and salutes the U.S. flag while the American National Anthem plays during the CP10 opening ceremony held at the Berbice Regional Health Authority, Oct. 20, 2010.

Cpl. Hector Reyes, from New York assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), checks patients into a Continuing Promise 2010 medical community service event. Iwo Jima is supporting the Continuing Promise humanitarian and 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 countries.::r::::n:: - Cpl. Hector Reyes, from New York assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), checks patients into a Continuing Promise 2010 medical community service event. Iwo Jima is supporting the Continuing Promise humanitarian and 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 countries.::r::::n::

Panamanian children play with Cpl. Matthew Faus' cell phone at a community relation project in Chiriqui Grande, Panama, Oct. 5, 2010. Faus, a native of Reading, Pa., is one of three civil affairs Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force 10th Marines Civil Affairs Detachment who deployed to Latin America and the Caribbean with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010. - Panamanian children play with Cpl. Matthew Faus' cell phone at a community relation project in Chiriqui Grande, Panama, Oct. 5, 2010. Faus, a native of Reading, Pa., is one of three civil affairs Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force 10th Marines Civil Affairs Detachment who deployed to Latin America and the Caribbean with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010.

Marines from 8th Engineer Support Battalion, deployed in support of Operation Continuing Promise 2010, fill buckets to remove water to place a septic tank 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. - Marines from 8th Engineer Support Battalion, deployed in support of Operation Continuing Promise 2010, fill buckets to remove water to place a septic tank 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.

Maj. Gen. Cornell A. Wilson, Jr., Commander of Marine Corps Forces, South, speaks with Marines and Sailors of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, during a visit to Price Barracks in Ladyville, Belize, Dec. 3. The Marines are in Belize as a part of the first Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force, where they are participating in military-to-military training events with the Belize Defense Force. The SCMAGTF is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 embarked on USS Wasp (LHD 1). SPS is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. - Maj. Gen. Cornell A. Wilson, Jr., Commander of Marine Corps Forces, South, speaks with Marines and Sailors of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, during a visit to Price Barracks in Ladyville, Belize, Dec. 3. The Marines are in Belize as a part of the first Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force, where they are participating in military-to-military training events with the Belize Defense Force. The SCMAGTF is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 embarked on USS Wasp (LHD 1). SPS is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges.

United States Marine Corporal Ragland attached to Security Cooperation Marine Air Ground Task Force (SCMAGTF) and Jamaican Defense Forces Coast Guard Ordinary Seaman Andre Grant perform maintenance on a .50 cal. machine gun on the bed of a truck at Reynolds Pier in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Nov. 19, 2009, to improve regional security through military to military training. USS Wasp (LHD 1) is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked SCMAGTF. Southern Partnership Station is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Edward L. Kobobel III/Released)::r::::n:: - United States Marine Corporal Ragland attached to Security Cooperation Marine Air Ground Task Force (SCMAGTF) and Jamaican Defense Forces Coast Guard Ordinary Seaman Andre Grant perform maintenance on a .50 cal. machine gun on the bed of a truck at Reynolds Pier in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Nov. 19, 2009, to improve regional security through military to military training. USS Wasp (LHD 1) is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked SCMAGTF. Southern Partnership Station is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Edward L. Kobobel III/Released)::r::::n::

Electronics Technician 2nd Class Geoffrey Donnelly shares his lunch with a local Jamaican boy at the Perry Town Basic School, where volunteers from USS Wasp (LHD 1) painted classrooms as part of a community relations project in Ocho Rios. Wasp is currently on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SCMGTF). Southern Partnership Station is part of the partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amie Gonzales/Released) - Electronics Technician 2nd Class Geoffrey Donnelly shares his lunch with a local Jamaican boy at the Perry Town Basic School, where volunteers from USS Wasp (LHD 1) painted classrooms as part of a community relations project in Ocho Rios. Wasp is currently on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SCMGTF). Southern Partnership Station is part of the partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amie Gonzales/Released)

A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 flies overhead in route to dropping off Dominican airmen who minutes later poured out of the helicopter to practice a heliborne airfield assault. USS Wasp (LHD 1) is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Southern Partnership Station is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. - A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 flies overhead in route to dropping off Dominican airmen who minutes later poured out of the helicopter to practice a heliborne airfield assault. USS Wasp (LHD 1) is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 and embarked Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Southern Partnership Station is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges.

Lance Cpl. Charles F. Hammond, an electrician with the Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SCMAGTF) Logistics Command Element, breaks loose damaged concrete as part of a public works project aboard Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Oct. 19. The SCMAGTF is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1). Southern Partnership Station is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Heather Brewer/Released) - Lance Cpl. Charles F. Hammond, an electrician with the Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SCMAGTF) Logistics Command Element, breaks loose damaged concrete as part of a public works project aboard Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Oct. 19. The SCMAGTF is currently deployed on Southern Partnership Station-Amphib with Destroyer Squadron 40 aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1). Southern Partnership Station is part of the Partnership of the Americas Maritime Strategy that focuses on building interoperability and cooperation in the region to meet common challenges. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Heather Brewer/Released)

Marines from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia, Chile and the U.S. hone their skills on the combat rifle range at Exercise Southern Exchange 2009 (SE09), which is hosted by the Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais (CFN) Amphibious Division at the Governor’s Island Naval Complex here. The combat rifle range is one of many training events covered in exercise SE09, which is designed as a transparent, multinational exchange that focuses on enhancing proficiency and interoperability between Partner Nation Marine Corps’ forces. (USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan G. Wright/Released) - Marines from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia, Chile and the U.S. hone their skills on the combat rifle range at Exercise Southern Exchange 2009 (SE09), which is hosted by the Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais (CFN) Amphibious Division at the Governor’s Island Naval Complex here. The combat rifle range is one of many training events covered in exercise SE09, which is designed as a transparent, multinational exchange that focuses on enhancing proficiency and interoperability between Partner Nation Marine Corps’ forces. (USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan G. Wright/Released)