Community Health Outreach

Images of healthcare professionals providing medical assistance in community settings. Includes eye exams and oral health education, featuring warm, collaborative interactions.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 2, 2022) - Lt. Cmdr. Alice-Anne Alcorn, from McKinney, Texas, right, and Capt. Fujisawa Hiroaki, a dentist with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, demonstrate proper oral hygiene to local children at Maranatha Hall during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

ACAJUTLA, El Salvador (June 21, 2015) Lt. Serena Leung, from Fresno, Calif., an optometrist assigned to Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Lt. Cmdr. William Hill, from Houston, Texas, an optometrist assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va., conduct eye exams at a medical site established at Centro Escuela Lisandro Larin Zepeda during Continuing Promise 2015. Continuing Promise is conducting civil-military operations including humanitarian-civil assistance, subject matter expert exchanges, medical, dental, veterinary and engineering support and disaster response to partner nations.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 2, 2022) - Lt. Cmdr. Alice-Anne Alcorn, from McKinney, Texas, right, and Capt. Fujisawa Hiroaki, a dentist with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, demonstrate proper oral hygiene to local children at Maranatha Hall during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charlotte Hughes, from Clifton, New York, explains how to apply ointment to a local childs eye during a post operation examination at the Chuuk States Hospital in Weno, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 19, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships.

111023-N-VP123-169 REAM, Cambodia (Oct. 23, 2011) Capt. Roland McCoy, a dentist assigned to Commander, Task Force 73, observes a Royal Cambodian Armed Forces dentist administer anesthetic before removing a boy's infected tooth during a medical civic action project for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Cambodia 2011. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness.

SAMAR, Philippines (June 24, 2012) Hospitalman Hector Hernandez and a local nurse show a patient how to do knee stretches during a Pacific Partnership 2012 medical civic action project. Now in its seventh year, Pacific Partnership is an annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civil assistance mission U.S. military, host and partner nations, non-governmental organizations and international agencies designed to build stronger relationships and build disaster response capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region.

U.S. Army Capt. Julie Lortz, 228th Aviation Battalion flight surgeon, takes the vitals of a patient April 6, 2022, at a rehabilitation center in Comayagua, Honduras. A team made up of physical therapy providers, doctors of medicine, a neuropsychologist and interpreters from Soto Cano Air Base, frequent the Centro de Rehabilitacion Integral de Comayagua, also known as the C.R.I.C., three times a month to provide services to the local community.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (July 27, 2022) - Lt. Elizabeth Nevarez, from San Diego, left, assists with an infants check up performed by a Fillipina medical assistant during a clubfoot clinic at the Dr. Jose Antonio Socrates Rehabilitation Center in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

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GIZO, Solomon Islands (Sep. 2, 2022) Lt. Danielle Cox, from St. Louis, Missouri, right, gives training to local nurses with the Gizo Medical Hospital about helping babies breathe Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The year’s mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

Childbirth care at the health center, La Taña, Reina area, Uspantán, Quiche, Guatemala, Central America

U.S. Army Nurse 1st Lt. Arnelle Lewis takes a Guatemalan boy's temperature during a medical readiness training exercise in Santa Cruz Balanya, Guatemala, on March 10, 2007. Lewis is a registered nurse attached to the U.S. Virgin Islands Army National Guard.

221030-N-DF135-1106 PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala (Oct. 30, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jasmine Paul, from Baltimore, Maryland, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), left, instructs infant CPR techniques at the Japan/Guatemala Friendship Hospital, Oct. 30, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 1, 2022) - Lt. Megan Halliday, from Baltimore, Maryland, checks a patients temperature at the Emergency Department Triage of the Solomon Islands National Referral Hospital during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia

Royal New Zealand Dental Corps Corporal Amy Kelly gives dental hygiene instructions to a child during a dental civic action program in Daruba, Indonesia, on July 15, 2010. The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is in the North Maluku Islands conducting Pacific Partnership 2010, the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors conducted in Indonesia as a disaster relief exercise aimed at strengthening regional partnerships.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Aug. 31, 2022) - Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Hershey, from Salinas, California, conducts a dental examination for a member of the community at Mataniko Dental Clinic during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia

U.S. Army Capt. (Dr.) Eric Storey, a veterinarian from the 994th Medical Detachment, shows Pao Thunn, a Cambodian veterinarian, a technique used to safely dawn sterilized gloves during a veterinarian community service event in support of Pacific Partnership 2010 on June 25, 2010, in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is in Cambodia conducting the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance endeavors to strengthen regional partnerships.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 2, 2022) - Lt. Cmdr. Alice-Anne Alcorn, from McKinney, Texas, center, and Dr. Junily Toata Wanga, a local dentist, conduct a dental examination on a local child at Naha SDA Primary School during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

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Medical training for traditional midwives, Lancetillo health center, La Parroquia, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (July 29, 2022) - U.S. Navy Cmdr. Sara Gonzalez, from Bonita, California, checks a patients breathing for a pre-assessment screening at the Bayan Health Center in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Pacific Partnership 2010 medical professionals work together to treat a patient during a medical civic action program in Ternate, Indonesia, on July 23, 2010. Pacific Partnership 2010 is the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors conducted in Indonesia as a disaster relief exercise aimed at strengthening regional partnerships.

U.S. Air Force medical personnel speaks with members of the Timor-Leste Red Cross in support of Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sept. 11, 2022. The operation is scheduled for Sept.12-17 and will focus on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges. ad of COVID-19 through the duration of the operation.

formacion de comadronas, centro de salud de lancetillo, La Parroquia, Quiche, República de Guatemala, América Central.

221130-N-VQ41-1066 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Nov. 30, 2022) Lt. Jamie Lynam, a general duty nursing officer in the Canadian Armed Forces from Ontario, Canada, high-fives a young Dominican Republic patient at a medical site in Santo Domingo, Nov. 30, 2022. Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 2, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Paola Stanley, from Chicago, conducts a pre-examination screening for an infant at Kukum Area Health Center during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia

Project HOPE nurse Ivana Winata, currently embarked with the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), hands an Indonesian woman a pair of new glasses during a medical civic action program during Pacific Partnership 2010 in Tobelo, Indonesia, on July 15, 2010. Pacific Partnership 2010 is the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors conducted in Indonesia as a disaster relief exercise to strengthen regional partnerships.

030331-A-9157N-037. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS 2003 Base: Quebrada Guabo Country: Panama (PAN)

Philip Drennen, a medical student from New Zealand, currently working at Phnom Penh Hospital, checks a child�s temperature on June 24, 2010, in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, during a medical civic action event. The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is in Cambodia in support of Pacific Partnership 2010.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (August 5, 2022) - Lt. j.g. Angel Henry, from Newark, New Jersey, middle right, explains proper chest tube techniques to Palawan State University students during a nursing subject matter expert exchange in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Lt. (Dr.) Stacy Dodt, currently embarked with the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), examines a young Indonesian patient during a medical civic action program in Abmon, Indonesia, on July 27, 2010. The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is in Ambon participating in Sail Banda 2010, a series of events hosted by the Government of Indonesia to promote the future of small islands. Mercy�s participation features medical and dental care clinics and construction projects in and around Ambon, as well as on Seram Island.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 1, 2022) - Capt. Hank Kim, Pacific Partnership 2022 mission commander, right, speaks with local nurses at White River Clinic during PP22. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

Injection in the paediatric service in an hospital. Aix en Provence.

120613-N-GI544-037NORTH SULAWESI, Indonesia (June 13, 2012) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jeremy Dominguez comforts 4-year-old Fabio Pakasi after a hernia repair operation during surgery services aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2012. Pacific Partnership is an annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance mission now in its seventh year that brings together U.S. military personnel, host and partner nations, non-governmental organizations and international agencies to build stronger relationships and develop disaster response capabilities throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

formacion de comadronas, centro de salud de lancetillo, La Parroquia, Quiche, República de Guatemala, América Central.

Lt. Stacy Dodt screens a medical patient during a medical civic action program in Ternate, Indonesia, on July 23, 2010. Pacific Partnership 2010 is the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors conducted in Indonesia as a disaster relief exercise aimed at strengthening regional partnerships.

formacion de comadronas, centro de salud de lancetillo, La Parroquia, Quiche, República de Guatemala, América Central.

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HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 2, 2022) - Capt. Fujisawa Hiroaki, a dentist with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, practices proper teeth brushing techniques with a local child at Maranatha Hall during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

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PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 13, 2022) - Hospitalman Michael Gonzalez, from Melbourne, Florida, right, cleans a patients teeth during the Barangay Health Fair at Irawan Elementary School during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

SGT. Jeffrey Wood, a combat engineer assigned to the 274th Marine Support Squadron, Cherry Point, N.C., gives haircuts to local children during his lunch break from renovating the Ascension High School. The Marines along with the 820th Red Horse Squadron, and engineers from the Guyana Defense Force are renovating the Ascension Community High School in Georgetown as part of the this first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Georgetown Country: French Guiana (GUF)

221117-N-DF135-1007 CARTAGENA, Colombia (Nov. 17, 2022) - Ens. Sydney Rocheville, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), right, joins Tatiana Feris, head nurse of Hospital Naval de Cartagena, left, during patient visits in Cartagena, Colombia on Nov. 17, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Workshop for traditional midwives, San Bartolome Jocotenango, Guatemala, Central America.

Ultrasound for pregnancy monitoring, health center, San Bartolomé Jocotenango, Guatemala, Central America.

Volunteer doctor treating patient on medical outreach in Fijian village

Training session for handling ultrasound machines at the health center, San Bartolomé Jocotenango, municipality of the department of Quiché, Guatemala, Central America

Arrupe Karuna Krom outreach program run by the Catholic church (jesuits) in Battambang, Cambodia. Spanish dentist.

Obstetric examination with ultrasound, Lancetillo health center, La Parroquia, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 13, 2022) - Capt. Jeffrey Feinberg, commanding officer of USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), left, talks to Cmdr. Teri Ryals, from Jacksonville, Florida, and local nurses while visiting the Family Planning Information room during the Barangay Health Fair at Irawan Elementary School during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (Nov. 02, 2022) Lt. Cmdr. Katiana Cruet with Dental Brigade, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), provides humanitarian assistance at C.E.B.Dr. Presentacion Centeno, San Pedro Sula, Nov. 02, 2022. Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 6, 2022) - Lt. Matt Pearson, from Louisville, Kentucky, middle, teaches basic life support to local nurses at National Referral Hospital during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Leske, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element medic, triages a young patient May 17, 2022, in Orange Walk, Belize, during a joint medical outreach. The Global Health Engagement, part of the U.S. Southern Command exercise Tradewinds 2022, included the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element, Air Forces Southern, the Belize Ministry of Health, the Belize Ministry of Education, and the Belize Defence Forces showcasing the importance of partnerships across countries as well as branches of the military. The medical team treated more than 1,100 patients at the Carmelita and the Santa Martha Government Schools during the four-day event, providing preventative medicine, triage, general doctors, dental, pediatricians, optometry and pharmacy care. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Amber Carter)

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Medical training for traditional midwives, Lancetillo health center, La Parroquia, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

060725-N-3532C-038. Base: Banda Aceh Country: Indonesia (IDN)

formacion y intercambio con comadronas tradicionales, centro de salud de La Taña, Quiche, República de Guatemala, América Central.

centro de salud de lancetillo, La Parroquia, Quiche, República de Guatemala, América Central.

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221130-N-VQ41-1045 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Nov. 30, 2022) Dr. Johnny Dias, from Greensville, South Carolina, examines a Dominican Republic citizen at a medical site in Santo Domingo, Nov. 30, 2022. Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Canadian Forces Maj. (Dr.) Dean Gresko, currently embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), listens as a patient points to a tooth giving her pain during a dental civic action program in Tobelo, Indonesia, on July 14, 2010. USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is in the North Maluku Islands conducting Pacific Partnership 2010, the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors conducted in Indonesia as a disaster relief exercise to strengthen regional partnerships.

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Flooding Severe Storm - Lajas, Puerto Rico, October 25, 2008 FEMA Public Information Officer, Yuisa Rios brings disaster information to senior, Gregorio Silva, who was affected by recent flooding in the Lajas area. Andrea Booher/FEMA. Puerto Rico Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

An evangelical Christian clown offers a balloon to a child with leukemia at a hospital in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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consulta ginecologica en la comunidad de La Parroquia, Lancetillo, Zona Reina, Quiche, Guatemala, America Central.

TUY HOA, Vietnam (June 21, 2022) - U.S. Navy Sailors and a nurse with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) facilitate a Basic Life Support subject matter expert exchange with Vietnamese medical professionals at the Traditional Medicine Hospital in Phu Yen during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

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Volunteer, doctor and injection with community outreach, medicine and accountability for wellness. People, kids and pediatrician with needle, charity or vaccine with social responsibility at park

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TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka (April 28, 2018) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Rudolf Delarea, right, assigned to U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), teaches Sri Lankans who work at Base Hospital Mutur how to conduct CPR during a medical training symposium in support of Pacific Partnership (PP) 2018. PP-18s mission is to work collectively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase stability and security in the region and foster new and enduring friendships across the Indo-Pacific region.

010416-F-3048L-012. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Cerro Membre Country: Paraguay (PRY)

Dr. Hendra Samanta, general practitioner from Indonesia, examines a local Indonesian man during a medical civic action program organized by the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) on July 21, 2010, in Ternate, Indonesia. Mercy is deployed for Pacific Partnership 2010, the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors conducted in Indonesia as a disaster relief exercise aimed at strengthening regional partnerships.

KOROR, Palau (July 18th, 2022) - Lt. Elizabeth Nevarez, from San Diego, provides physical therapy treatment assistance for a patient at the Belau National Hospital in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Medical training for traditional midwives, Lancetillo health center, La Parroquia, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America

221102-N-LP924-1124 SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (Nov. 02, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class David Cedillos, from Waller, Texas, attached to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), conducts a CPR refresher course for volunteers at Red Cross, Honduras, Nov. 02, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 22, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

110521-O-YY999-003LAE, Papua New Guinea (May 21, 2011) Lt. Arthur Kalfus, a dentist embarked aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland (LPD 7), checks a babyÕs teeth at Huas Clare Crisis Centre for Children during a Pacific Partnership 2011 community service project. Pacific Partnership is a five-month humanitarian assistance initiative that completed its mission in Tonga and Vanuatu, and will visit Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, and the Federated States of Micronesia. (Royal Australian Navy

US Air Force Captain Barbara Susen (Right), 2nd Aerospace Medical Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, applys moulage to Heather Adoc, an exercise particapant during the Comprehensive Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) Emergency Response-Capability Assessment Program (CHER-CAP) at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds, Shreveport, LA, on September 20th, 2000. The CHER-CAP tested emergency response teams and the local industry of Caddo and Bossier Parishes response to hazardous material incidents. Base: Louisiana State Fairgrounds State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Captain George Bumgardner, a dentist, treats a young boy as part of a Medical Civilian Action Program (MED CAP) during the joint US/Honduras Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Base: Eyes Of The Water Country: Honduras (HND)

Navy Lt. Yesenia Astorga, from Los Angeles, and general medical officer with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, checks the heartbeat of a young patient here Oct. 19. Members of the 11th MEU are in Indonesia for an exercise focused on medical and dental assistance, engineering projects and military interaction.

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Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

101019-N-3237D-111NEW AMSTERDAM, Guyana (Oct. 19, 2010) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Oscar Lopezbarrera, an X-Ray technician assigned to Fleet Surgical Team 2 embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), prepares a woman for an X-Ray during a Continuing Promise 2010 medical civic action program in Orealla, Guyana. The assigned medical and engineering staff embarked aboard Iwo Jima are working with partner nation teams to provide medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance in eight countries.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, and scenic locales, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials

U.S. Army Capt. Matthew Gomberg, a battalion physician assistant assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment (3-126th IN), Michigan National Guard (MING) conducts a suture course for nursing staff at 14 Military Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia April 26, 2022. MING's State Partnership Program with Liberia was on full display as various medial units conducted a medical "best practices" exchange in Monrovia April 25-29, 2022, at the hospital. Together with the AFL, MING helped establish the facility in September 2021, making it the country's first military hospital.

220629-N-AU520-1007TUY HOA, VIETNAM (June 28, 2022) - Lt. Cmdr. Carolyn Gosztyla, a general surgeon from Walter Reed Medical Center, speaks to Vietnamese nurses at the Phu Yen Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

TARLAC, Philippines (August 3, 2022) - U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Towanda Drake, from Ridgeland, South Carolina, left, and Royal Australian Air Force Wing Commander Duncan McAuley, right, demonstrate how to wrap animal bite wounds for local healthcare workers during a Healthcare Worker Education event at Barangay San Rafael Hall in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Dr. Sunseno, left, a Navy medical officer, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Rolando Blanco treat some of the children at the Jireh House orphanage as part of a medical civic action project (MEDCAP) following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. Base: Castillejos Country: Philippines

Workshop for traditional midwives, San Bartolome Jocotenango, Guatemala, Central America.

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PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 2, 2022) - U.S. Navy dentist Lt. Cmdr. Shingmei Chang, right, and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Richard Amoah, left, teach teeth brushing techniques to patients at the Youth Development Center Mangingisida during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Medical Workers Measuring Height And Weight Of A Young Girl, Manica, Mozambique, Africa

Asian Pit Viper (Trimeresurus sp) measured by herpetologist Harry Greene, Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam

060815-N-3931M-024. Base: Tarakan Country: Indonesia (IDN)

United States Army CHIEF Warrant Officer Michael Barnes, Food microbiologist and CHIEF of Veterinary Services deployed from the 46th Medical Detachment in Bahrain, meets with Ms. Alpyarova a Veterinary Biologist in the Republic of Kazakhstan to discuss the findings of water quality tests for a training area prior to the start of CENTRASBAT 2000. Barnes and his staff are responsible for ensuring the safety and hygene of food and water sources for all CENTRASBAT 2000 participants. The Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion exercise CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by U.S. CENTCOM and hosted by the former the Soviet Republic Kazakhstan.... Complete Scene Caption: United States Army Chief Warrant Officer Michael Barnes, Food microbiologist and Chief of Veterinary Services deployed from the 46th Medical Detachment in Bahrain, meets with Ms. Alpyarova a Veterinary Biologist in the Republic of Kazakhstan to discuss the findings of wat

Waiting room, Lancetillo health center, La Parroquia, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

A U.S. Army Civil Affairs doctor talks with a local civilian during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) in Karaga, Ghana, June 11, 2022. MEDCAPs serve as temporary field clinics to provide limited medical treatment to the local population.

221030-N-DF135-1115 PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala (Oct. 30, 2022) - Sailors assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), and nurses at the Japan/Guatemala Friendship Hospital pose for a group photo after completing the Basic Life Saving course, Oct. 30, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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