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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.