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Staff Sgt. Leah G. Dorley, native of Hazel Park, Mich., and embarkation chief with Marine Air Control Squadron 2, simulates applying a needle thoracentesis to Sgt. Xavier W. Wethington, a simulated casualty and native of Miami, Fla., during a casualty assessment test of the Combat Life Saver training aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Sept. 24, 2010. Marines with MACS-2, Command Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 participated in the five-day training while operating off the coast of Bluefields, Nicaragua, during their four-month deployment to the Caribbean, Central and South America. - Staff Sgt. Leah G. Dorley, native of Hazel Park, Mich., and embarkation chief with Marine Air Control Squadron 2, simulates applying a needle thoracentesis to Sgt. Xavier W. Wethington, a simulated casualty and native of Miami, Fla., during a casualty assessment test of the Combat Life Saver training aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Sept. 24, 2010. Marines with MACS-2, Command Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 participated in the five-day training while operating off the coast of Bluefields, Nicaragua, during their four-month deployment to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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.

Cpl. Nick Hefley talks with a member of the Nicaraguan military before the Nicaraguan Armed Forces 30th Anniversary Celebration, Sept. 12 in Managua, Republic of Nicaragua. Hefley is a squad leader with 2nd Platoon, Company A, Marine Barracks Washington. - Cpl. Nick Hefley talks with a member of the Nicaraguan military before the Nicaraguan Armed Forces 30th Anniversary Celebration, Sept. 12 in Managua, Republic of Nicaragua. Hefley is a squad leader with 2nd Platoon, Company A, Marine Barracks Washington.