After four months of providing humanitarian assistance to eight countries in the Caribbean, Central and South America, Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 steamed through the Atlantic wate...
With less than a week remaining on their four-month deployment in the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility, Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 gathered in the hangar bay of the ...
Marines and sailors of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 redirected from Paramaribo, Suriname to Haiti, Nov. 1, to assist in possible disaster relief operations caused by Tropical Storm Tomas. U.S. Southern...
Continuing Promise Marines, sailors and Surinamese distinguished visitors gathered at a medical site in Paramaribo, Suriname, Oct. 29, to initiate the 10-day humanitarian civic assistance mission in support of Continuing Promise 2010 – Partnershi...
Lt. Col. Paul D. Baker, commanding officer of Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, visited Marines and sailors of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 aboard USS Iwo Jima, Oct. 22-23, 2010.
The purpose of Bak...
Cpl. John C. Eversley, a motor transportation operator with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, had the unique opportunity to reunite with members of his extended family in Rose Hall, Guyana, Oct. 22.
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Children laugh and play as they run to the top of the stairs of a playground slide and swiftly go down. With smiles on their faces, they enjoy the swing set, rope ladder and climbing wall under the hot Panamanian sun. Just a few days earlier the ...
A three-man civil affairs team from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., is currently underway in the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility in support of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010.
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Continuing Promise Marines, sailors, soldiers, airmen and Panamanians gathered during an opening ceremony in Punta Pina, Panama, Sept. 28, to commence the 10-day humanitarian civic assistance mission in support of Continuing Promise 2010 – Partne...
Since Marines stepped foot on Haitian soil in July of 2010, they have been used as translators to help the Continuing Promise 2010 team communicate with the locals. Marines have proven a reliable resource to ensure the success of CP10’s humanitar...
Marines from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 774 were the sole transportation for Continuing Promise personnel to conduct humanitarian civic assistance operations in and around Bluefields, Nicaragua, Sept. 14-24.
“The Wild Goose” boast...
In mid-July, Marines and sailors of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 traveled from Virginia and North Carolina to journey south to support humanitarian operations in Central and South America. They have endured...
Eight Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 climbed out of the USS Iwo Jima Sept. 19 to begin a five-day subject-matter expert exchange with Nicaraguan Sailors and Marines at a remote Nicaraguan Naval b...
At a remote training camp nestled deep within the Guatemalan countryside, a small detachment of U.S. Marines from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 conducted a week-long subject-matter expert exchange with Guatemal...
As sweat drips down their faces, Guatemalan Marines keep their eyes and ears open ready to learn the next Marine Corps martial arts technique. For six days, U.S. Marines from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 20...
While the USS Iwo Jima sat in the Atlantic waters of Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, a small detachment of Marines from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 boarded CH-46 helicopters Aug. 22 to begin a seven-day subject-...
Marines and sailors of the Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 made friendships and partnerships through hard work in Costa Rica providing humanitarian support to the communities, Aug. 20-30.
“It was an ho...
An opening ceremony was held by local residents and leaders to celebrate Operation Continuing Promise 2010 at Colegio Moravo in Bluefields, Nicaragua, Sept. 16, 2010.
The event was attended by key leaders of Operation CP10, local governme...
Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 brought smiles, hugs and supplies to Costa Rican students during their visit to Westfalia and Hone Creek schools in Cost...
Along the unpaved streets of Port-de-Paix, Haiti, sit cracked buildings and homes. Poor construction is evident as Marines and Navy Seabees arrive at a medical f...
Colombian Marines search the sky as they hear a loud commotion overhead. Within minutes, three CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters creep from the trees and land at the flight line as part of a joint subject m...
Costa Rican officials and U.S. service members from the USS Iwo Jima gathered during an opening ceremony in Limon, Costa Rica, Aug. 21, 2010, to commence the 10-day humanitarian civic assistance mission...
Marines with Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Ground Combat Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 taught nonlethal weapons tactics to Colombian Marines at Colo...
The Marine Corps is home to thousands of Marines born in places other than the United States. These Marines are used to deploying all around the globe, s...
Marines aboard the USS Iwo Jima with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 held an opening ceremony with Colombian Marines at Colombian ...
On a barren hillside on what is now Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, stands a lonely marker to indicate the site where on June 14, 1898, Marines launched an attack on the Spanish stronghold at Cuzco Wells, during the Spanish American War...
Sunrise to sunset, Marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen spent 10 days in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, lending a helping hand to Haitian citizens, July 24 to Aug. 3.
In addition to service members, non-governmental organizations and foreign...
The U.S. ambassador to Haiti and distinguished visitors toured the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima off the coast of Port-de-Paix, Haiti, July 3...
Marines and Sailors of the USS Iwo Jima transported vehicles loaded with supplies to the coast of Port-de-Paix, Haiti, July 24, in preparation for Operation Continuing...
Marines and Sailors currently deployed aboard USS Iwo Jima for Continuing Promise 2010 visited southern Florida and received special recognition from civic and military officials, July 19-21.<...
Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Continuing Promise embarked the multipurpose amphibious assault s...
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