U.S. Southern Command
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - 00:00
Joint-military, multi-national medical personnel treated patients from ages two to adult for parasitic infections Aug. 29 at San Cristobal Hospital here in support of the humanitarian assistance mission Continuing Promise (CP) 2008.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - 00:00
Service members embarked aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) worked as Spanish translators at the Candelaria medical clinic here Aug. 29 to help the Continuing Promise (CP) 2008 medical team break the language barrier during the humanitarian assistance mission i
Friday, August 29, 2008 - 00:00
The first patient from Nicaragua embarked aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Aug. 15 to undergo a life changing surgery to remove an abnormal growth in his right eye as part of Continuing Promise (CP) 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008 - 00:00
Local Nicaraguan officials hosted a ceremony at Municipal Park here Aug. 24 to commemorate the completion of USS Kearsarge´s (LHD 3) Continuing Promise (CP) 2008 operations in Nicaragua
Friday, August 29, 2008 - 00:00
Forward Operating Location (FOL) Comalapa personnel and Sailors deployed with Patrol Squadron 40 and Patrol Squadron 4 delivered a large amount of Project Handclasp toys and school supplies to the El Salamar School located in Comalapa
Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 00:00
After three months of construction, medical missions and bonding with the people of Peru, U.S. servicemembers here completed their mission of providing humanitarian aid to the underprivileged
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 00:00
The U.S. Public Health Service, Project Hope and medical personnel from USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) conducted a medical workshop Aug. 20 at Nancy Bach Hospital to exchange professional knowledge with the hospital staff
Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 00:00
Once construction was complete, the Sailors passed a donation of basketballs and played a pick-up game with the locals. No one kept score; they just wanted to break in the new equipment and have some fun
Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 00:00
Bio-medical Equipment Repair Technicians (BMET), currently embarked aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), volunteered their skills to Nancy Bach Hospital Aug. 19 to repair hospital equipment
Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 00:00
Multinational naval and civil officers have joined forces at sea with the U.S. Navy aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1), to strengthen cooperation among dozens of foreign vessels sailing near the Panama Canal in Fuerzas Aliadas (FA) PANA