U.S. Southern Command
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 00:00
Preventative Medicine (PREVMED) Team 2, embarked aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4), surveyed Salvadoran work sites, May 21, for safety in support of Continuing Promise (CP) 2008.
Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 00:00
In addition to the augmented medical team, members from the U.S. Public Health Service and the nongovernmental organization Project Hope also accompanied the crew on the two-month humanitarian mission.
Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 00:00
People who visit the detention facility for enemy combatants and see the conditions there come away with a much different impression from that formed by people who rely only on what they’ve heard.
Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 00:00
Optometrists from Fleet Surgical Team 5 and the U.S. Public Health Service, both embarked aboard USS Boxer, shared expertise with Salvadoran medical students, 20 May, at the Miravalle medical site as part of Continuing Promise 2008.
Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 00:00
The group toured Boxer’s bridge, combat information center, wardroom, well deck, flight deck, ship’s store and medical facilities to get a better understanding of operations aboard a U.S. Navy ship.
Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 00:00
Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU) 303, embarked aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4), began renovations at a local school in Alcajutla, El Salvador May 20 as part of Continuing Promise (CP) 2008.
Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 00:00
The Continuing Promise (CP) 2008 medical education team taught basic life support and advanced cardiac life support classes to a group of medical professionals, May 20, at El Salvador’s Sonsonate Regional Hospital.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 00:00
An active duty Airman and four Army National Guardsmen from Puerto Rico worked with more than 24 local police academy cadets ensuring top-notch law enforcement procedures are used in the future on the streets of Honduras May 15-16.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 00:00
During Boxer’s 11-day stop in Guatemala, the ship’s embarked NGOs and military units provided medical, dental, optometry and veterinary care along with construction, renovation and small-scale civil engineering projects with help from Guatemalan count
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 00:00
Salvadoran military leaders ceremoniously welcomed USS Boxer (LHD 4) to the country’s Sonsonate region, May 19, marking the official beginning of operations in El Salvador as part of the Pacific phase of Continuing Promise (CP) 2008.