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 | August 15, 2008: TUPAI, Nicaragua (Aug.15, 2008) Capt. Fernandez "Frank" Ponds, mission commander, Continuing Promise 2008, speaks with children from Tuapi during closing festivities at a Continuing Promise medical site. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) is the primary platform for the Caribbean phase of Continuing Promise, an equal-partnership mission involving the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class William S. Parker/Released) Source: U.S. Southern Command (link) Country: Nicaragua Program: Humanitarian and Civic Assistance |