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Gen. Douglas Fraser, flanked by military, civic and business leaders representing Miami-Dade county, Doral, Fla., and Hensel-Phelps Construction company, cuts the ribbon opening the new U.S. Southern Command Headquarters. - Gen. Douglas Fraser, flanked by military, civic and business leaders representing Miami-Dade county, Doral, Fla., and Hensel-Phelps Construction company, cuts the ribbon opening the new U.S. Southern Command Headquarters.

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 (CP10) prepare to commence the Marine Corps 235th birthday celebration in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD7), Nov. 10, 2010. Service members and civilians are deployed in support of CP10 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to Caribbean, Central and South American nations. Service members and civilians are currently off the coast of Cuba. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel R. Beyers/Released)::r::::n::::r::::n:: - U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 (CP10) prepare to commence the Marine Corps 235th birthday celebration in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD7), Nov. 10, 2010. Service members and civilians are deployed in support of CP10 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to Caribbean, Central and South American nations. Service members and civilians are currently off the coast of Cuba. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel R. Beyers/Released)::r::::n::::r::::n::

Petty Officer 3rd Class Phillip A. Poole measures wind readings with a hand-held anemometer on board the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima departed Paramaribo, Suriname, on Nov. 1 and is currently en-route to Haiti in preparation of the possibility of providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the Government of Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. Tomas is forecasted to make landfall in Haiti late Nov. 5. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Phillip A. Poole measures wind readings with a hand-held anemometer on board the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima departed Paramaribo, Suriname, on Nov. 1 and is currently en-route to Haiti in preparation of the possibility of providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the Government of Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. Tomas is forecasted to make landfall in Haiti late Nov. 5.

Navy Capt. Thomas M. Negus (right), commodore of Continuing Promise 2010, shakes hands with the mother of John R. Nay, U.S. ambassador to Suriname, before the opening ceremony of CP10 at Elsje Finck Sanichar College in Paramaribo, Suriname, Oct. 29, 2010. The college is being used as a medical site for CP10 personnel to provide aid to Surinamese citizens. Marines and sailors of CP10 are anchored off the coast of Paramaribo, Suriname, to conduct humanitarian operations for 10 days. 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. - Navy Capt. Thomas M. Negus (right), commodore of Continuing Promise 2010, shakes hands with the mother of John R. Nay, U.S. ambassador to Suriname, before the opening ceremony of CP10 at Elsje Finck Sanichar College in Paramaribo, Suriname, Oct. 29, 2010. The college is being used as a medical site for CP10 personnel to provide aid to Surinamese citizens. Marines and sailors of CP10 are anchored off the coast of Paramaribo, Suriname, to conduct humanitarian operations for 10 days. 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.

Lt. Col. Paul D. Baker, commanding officer of Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., puts on a cranial in preparation for his departure, Oct. 23, 2010, after visiting Marines and sailors of the Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010. Baker embarked aboard USS Iwo Jima for two days to observe operations of the CP10 team. - Lt. Col. Paul D. Baker, commanding officer of Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., puts on a cranial in preparation for his departure, Oct. 23, 2010, after visiting Marines and sailors of the Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010. Baker embarked aboard USS Iwo Jima for two days to observe operations of the CP10 team.

Cpl. John C. Eversley, a motor transportation operator with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, pours water into a lemonade solution from his field Meal Ready to Eat to share the beverage with his Guyanese uncle, Thomas Eversley in Rose Hall, Guyana, Oct. 22, 2010. Cpl. Eversley had the unique opportunity to visit with his Guyanese family for an entire day while the civic-humanitarian assistance mission Operation Continuing Promise 2010 that Eversley is currently serving on made a stopover in Guyana for 10 days. - Cpl. John C. Eversley, a motor transportation operator with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, pours water into a lemonade solution from his field Meal Ready to Eat to share the beverage with his Guyanese uncle, Thomas Eversley in Rose Hall, Guyana, Oct. 22, 2010. Cpl. Eversley had the unique opportunity to visit with his Guyanese family for an entire day while the civic-humanitarian assistance mission Operation Continuing Promise 2010 that Eversley is currently serving on made a stopover in Guyana for 10 days.

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.