U.S. Southern Command
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 00:00
U.S. military members from Joint Task Force-Bravo recently helped volunteers, local residents and Peace Corps members build three bridges for remote villages in Costa Rica.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 00:00
Chaplain (Lt. Cmdr.) Luis Perez, the COMREL project coordinator, said he hopes the Sailor’s work touches the hearts of the local people in a more personal way than the military could customarily do.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 00:00
On May 16, FOL Comalapa personnel worked together to raise a water tower to provide water pressure for the El Salamar Elementary and Middle School in Comalapa.
Monday, May 19, 2008 - 00:00
Sailors and Marines embarked aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4) helped add finishing touches on repair projects at El Higueral’s school house and San Fransisco Blanco de Asis’s church, May 13, as part of the Pacific phase of Continuing Promise (CP) 2008.
Monday, May 19, 2008 - 00:00
Over a period of eight days, the Seabees completed work across six sites in three schools, one church and two main road repairs.
Monday, May 19, 2008 - 00:00
Medical professionals, embarked aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4), shared their public health and sanitation expertise with partner-nation citizens from Puerto de San Jose, Guatemala, May 15, as part of Continuing Promise (CP) 2008.
Monday, May 19, 2008 - 00:00
s of May 15, civilian and military medical professionals embarked aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4) performed nearly 40 surgeries on Guatemalan patients brought aboard ship as part of Continuing Promise (CP) 2008.
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 00:00
Sailors and Marines aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4) repainted the interior walls and pews of the Iglesia San Francisco de Asis (Church of Saint Francis of Assisi) May 14.
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 00:00
Guatemalan Vice President, Dr. Jose Rafael Espada, visited USS Boxer (LHD 4), May 13, to tour the medical facilities with the ship’s health care providers in support of Continuing Promise (CP) 2008.
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 00:00
American and Guatemalan health care professionals provided medical and dental care to hundreds of children in the remote village of Escuela las Pampas May 13 during a U.S. military-led humanitarian mission.