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2007-Present - Operation Continuing Promise 


110701-T-EU-173-037: Lieutenant Sara Edmonson talks with Guatemalan girl waiting to see a doctor during a Continuing Promise 2011 medical community service event in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala. Photographed in July 2011 by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic...
Caption: 110701-T-EU-173-037: Lieutenant Sara Edmonson talks with Guatemalan girl waiting to see a doctor during a Continuing Promise 2011 medical community service event in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala. Photographed in July 2011 by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic. Official Navy Photograph.

In March 2007, President George W. Bush declared that the United States would send U.S. Navy ships on four-month deployments to help local communities in Latin America.  Entitled Continuing Promise, the annual deployments would ensure the forward defense of the United States, encourage regional partnerships, and enhance regional stability and security.   Using primarily medical activities in the initial deployment, the short port visits set up medical and dental clinics, where over 120,000 patients were seen.   U.S. Navy Seabees have also provided numerous construction projects since the beginning of these annual visits.  Some of the U.S. Navy ships used for the initial annual visits were USNS Comfort (T-AH-20), USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) and USS Kearsarge (LHD-3). 


110506-F-NJ219-067: Lieutenant Commander Michelle Carr blows bubbles for Peruvian children as they wait at a medical site during Continuing Promise 2011. Photographed in May 2011 by Sergeant Courtney Richardson. Official U.S. Navy photograph.
Caption: 110506-F-NJ219-067: Lieutenant Commander Michelle Carr blows bubbles for Peruvian children as they wait at a medical site during Continuing Promise 2011. Photographed in May 2011 by Sergeant Courtney Richardson. Official U.S. Navy photograph.

110821-N-NY820-119: Sailors embarked onboard USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) at Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, pack supplies during a site breakdown at the Terminal Verreux medical site in anticipation of severe weather from Hurricane Irene during Continuing Prom...
Caption: 110821-N-NY820-119: Sailors embarked onboard USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) at Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, pack supplies during a site breakdown at the Terminal Verreux medical site in anticipation of severe weather from Hurricane Irene during Continuing Promise 2011. Photographed on August 21, 2011 by MC2 Eric C. Tretter. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

100827-N-1531D-265: Seabees embarked aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) work together to spread cement for a new floor at a local school during a community project in Limon, Costa Rica. Iwo Jima is in Costa Rica conducting Continuing Promise 2010, a hum...
Caption: 100827-N-1531D-265: Seabees embarked aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) work together to spread cement for a new floor at a local school during a community project in Limon, Costa Rica. Iwo Jima is in Costa Rica conducting Continuing Promise 2010, a humanitarian and civic assistance mission. Photographed on August 27, 2010, by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd class Jonathen E. Davis. Official U.S. Navy photograph.

101025-N-1531D-035: Steelworker Constructionman Lindzie Bicknell, assigned to Construction Maintenance Building Unit 202 of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7, embarked aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) paints lines for a new basketball court...
Caption: 101025-N-1531D-035: Steelworker Constructionman Lindzie Bicknell, assigned to Construction Maintenance Building Unit 202 of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7, embarked aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) paints lines for a new basketball court during Continuing Promise 2010. Photographed in 2010 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathen E. Davis. Official U.S. Navy photograph.

150831-A-ZA034-020: Hospitalman Stephen Pedrani, left, and Lieutenant Ashley Rohrman, both assigned to Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virgnia, escort patients aboard USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) in support of Continuing Promise 2015. Photographed on...
Caption: 150831-A-ZA034-020: Hospitalman Stephen Pedrani, left, and Lieutenant Ashley Rohrman, both assigned to Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virgnia, escort patients aboard USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) in support of Continuing Promise 2015. Photographed on August 13, 2015 by Spc. Tomarius Roberts. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
Published: Thu May 07 12:30:12 EDT 2020