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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.

MajGen. John M. Croley addresses guests in attendance of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South (MARFORSOUTH) Change of Command Ceremony, Sept. 29 at the MARFORSOUTH Headquarters Command in Miami. Croley now serves as the Commander of MARFORSOUTH and the Deputy Commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command in Norfolk, Va. - MajGen. John M. Croley addresses guests in attendance of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South (MARFORSOUTH) Change of Command Ceremony, Sept. 29 at the MARFORSOUTH Headquarters Command in Miami. Croley now serves as the Commander of MARFORSOUTH and the Deputy Commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command in Norfolk, Va.

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.

Belize Defense Force Soldiers with 1st Infantry Battalion, Company F, perform a medical evacuation while conducting a mock patrol under the observance of 30 Marines and sailors with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment. The BDF jungle warfare training is being instructed to the Marines, who later this week will travel to the Belizean jungle near the Guatemalan border to put their classroom training to the test as part of Tradewinds 10, a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs directed, U.S. Southern Command sponsored annual exercise that is conducted with Caribbean Basin Partner Nations, designed to improve cooperation with the partner nations in responding to regional security threats. (Official USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Lucas Vega) - Belize Defense Force Soldiers with 1st Infantry Battalion, Company F, perform a medical evacuation while conducting a mock patrol under the observance of 30 Marines and sailors with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment. The BDF jungle warfare training is being instructed to the Marines, who later this week will travel to the Belizean jungle near the Guatemalan border to put their classroom training to the test as part of Tradewinds 10, a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs directed, U.S. Southern Command sponsored annual exercise that is conducted with Caribbean Basin Partner Nations, designed to improve cooperation with the partner nations in responding to regional security threats. (Official USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Lucas Vega)