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A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 774, embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), conducts aerial assessments of Haiti after Hurricane Tomas made landfall. Iwo Jima is preparing to support of the Government of Haiti, the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti and the U.S. Agency for International Relief.::r::::n:: - A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 774, embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), conducts aerial assessments of Haiti after Hurricane Tomas made landfall. Iwo Jima is preparing to support of the Government of Haiti, the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti and the U.S. Agency for International Relief.::r::::n::

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.

Lance Cpl. Carlos Fuentes, a civil affairs Marine deployed from the 4th Civil Affairs Group, helps children assemble rubber band airplanes at the Sansonsito School July 12. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Eric Petosky) - Lance Cpl. Carlos Fuentes, a civil affairs Marine deployed from the 4th Civil Affairs Group, helps children assemble rubber band airplanes at the Sansonsito School July 12. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Eric Petosky)

A Brazilian Marine on point signals to his fireteam of a possible enemy sighting during a patrolling exercise of Southern Exchange 2009 (SE09). Patrolling, which is said to be one of the most vital training exercises, is used in every sort of conflict in any terrain, and therefore is taught with the highest level of gravity. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan G. Wright/Released) - A Brazilian Marine on point signals to his fireteam of a possible enemy sighting during a patrolling exercise of Southern Exchange 2009 (SE09). Patrolling, which is said to be one of the most vital training exercises, is used in every sort of conflict in any terrain, and therefore is taught with the highest level of gravity. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan G. Wright/Released)