Stories

A student body consisting of one junior Nicaraguan lieutenant, a Nicaraguan navy petty officer and six soon-to-be Nicaraguan Marine Corps corporals listen attentively as Marines give them a class on leadership principles at Naval Base El Bluff, near Bluefields, Nicaragua, Sept. 19. Seven Marine non-commissioned officers and one staff NCO participated in a subject-matter expert exchange to give a leadership fundamentals course to eight members of the Nicaraguan navy and Marine Corps. - A student body consisting of one junior Nicaraguan lieutenant, a Nicaraguan navy petty officer and six soon-to-be Nicaraguan Marine Corps corporals listen attentively as Marines give them a class on leadership principles at Naval Base El Bluff, near Bluefields, Nicaragua, Sept. 19. Seven Marine non-commissioned officers and one staff NCO participated in a subject-matter expert exchange to give a leadership fundamentals course to eight members of the Nicaraguan navy and Marine Corps.

Navy Lt. Amber Higginson, a medical officer from Bethesda, Md., and Lance Cpl. Reinaldo Reyes, native of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, and Spanish translator from Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Ground Combat Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, check a child for skin rashes at a medical site in a high school gymnasium in Bribri, Costa Rica, Aug. 23, 2010. Marines, sailors and USS Iwo Jima personnel are ported in Limon, Costa Rica, providing medical, dental, veterinary, community relations and engineering services to Costa Ricans as part of the CP10 mission during their deployment to the Caribbean, Central and South America. - Navy Lt. Amber Higginson, a medical officer from Bethesda, Md., and Lance Cpl. Reinaldo Reyes, native of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, and Spanish translator from Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Ground Combat Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, check a child for skin rashes at a medical site in a high school gymnasium in Bribri, Costa Rica, Aug. 23, 2010. Marines, sailors and USS Iwo Jima personnel are ported in Limon, Costa Rica, providing medical, dental, veterinary, community relations and engineering services to Costa Ricans as part of the CP10 mission during their deployment to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

On board the USS New Orleans, Marine reservists attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 24 work to replace two broken turbine engines that grounded two CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters supporting aerial operations, transport and movements for the multinational exercises Partnership of the Americas and Southern Exchange 2010, July 14. - On board the USS New Orleans, Marine reservists attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 24 work to replace two broken turbine engines that grounded two CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters supporting aerial operations, transport and movements for the multinational exercises Partnership of the Americas and Southern Exchange 2010, July 14.

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)

Senior Peruvian officers walk through rainbow sideboys after touring the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) during Southern Partnership Station 2010. New Orleans is participating in Southern Partnership Station, an annual deployment of U.S. military training teams to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brien Aho/Released) - Senior Peruvian officers walk through rainbow sideboys after touring the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) during Southern Partnership Station 2010. New Orleans is participating in Southern Partnership Station, an annual deployment of U.S. military training teams to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brien Aho/Released)

As part of the 10 nation multinational training exercises, Partnership of the Americas (POA-10)/Southern Exchange 2010 (SE-10), U.S. Marine reservists from Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 24 (SPMAGTF 24), setup and established a new and improved Combat Operations Center to oversee and monitor multinational units operating in the area of Salinas and Ancon, Peru—the Peruvian Marines’ base. - As part of the 10 nation multinational training exercises, Partnership of the Americas (POA-10)/Southern Exchange 2010 (SE-10), U.S. Marine reservists from Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 24 (SPMAGTF 24), setup and established a new and improved Combat Operations Center to oversee and monitor multinational units operating in the area of Salinas and Ancon, Peru—the Peruvian Marines’ base.

Marine Corps reservists attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 24 watch the Peruvian exhibition drill team during the opening ceremony for combined exercises Partnership of the Americas 2010 (POA-10) and Southern Exchange 2010 (SE-10), which are designed to enhance joint capabilities in the execution of peacekeeping operations and humanitarian aid/disaster relief missions, July 5, 2010. - Marine Corps reservists attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 24 watch the Peruvian exhibition drill team during the opening ceremony for combined exercises Partnership of the Americas 2010 (POA-10) and Southern Exchange 2010 (SE-10), which are designed to enhance joint capabilities in the execution of peacekeeping operations and humanitarian aid/disaster relief missions, July 5, 2010.

Mexican Marines stationed in Colima, Mexico enter a building during Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training taught to them by U.S. Marines from 4th Platoon, Company C, 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, June 17. - Mexican Marines stationed in Colima, Mexico enter a building during Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training taught to them by U.S. Marines from 4th Platoon, Company C, 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, June 17.