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Petty Officer 3rd Class Charniah Yearwood directs an MH-60S Knighthawk assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26 aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima is participating in the Iwo Jima Ex More

Marines assigned to 2nd Recon Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to disembark the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) on a combat rubber reconnaissance craft. Iwo Jima and More

Marines assigned to 2nd Recon Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit launch combat rubber reconnaissance crafts aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima and the 26-MEU More

U.S. sailors with the air department aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima participate in its first STUFFEX while under way to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility to support maritime se More

The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, background, and the guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf transit the Atlantic Ocean together as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime sec More

The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) transits the Atlantic Ocean while leading the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group in support of maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas More

An AV-8B Harrier, assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps' Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264, takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima while deployed as the flagship of the Iwo J More

Marines and sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) jump from the starboard aircraft elevator and swim to the well deck during a swim call. Iwo Jima, the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit ( More

Landing craft air cushions with Assault Craft Unit 4 prepare to disembark the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group More

A CH-46E Super Stallion from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 prepares to land on the flight deck of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima as a landing craft air cushion from Assault Craft More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Kris Emerson sings and plays the guitar during a Halloween celebration aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expedit More

081103-N-6282K-177 PERSIAN GULF (Nov. 3, 2008) Seaman Raphael Knight carves a pumpkin during a Halloween celebration aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is deployed a More

Retired Gunnery Sgt. R. Lee Ermey visits with Sailors and Marines aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supportin More

Sailors perform preservation maintenance on the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operation More

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead speaks to Sailors and Marines aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary More

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead speaks to Sailors and Marines during an all-hands call aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Roughead and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West More

Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to depart the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima for sustainment training in the Middle East. Iwo Jima and the 26th MEU are deployed as pa More

Sailors participate in a New Years Day 5k run on the flight deck of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting mar More

Sailors conduct well deck operations with a landing craft utility from Assault Craft Unit 2 aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expedition More

A lighter amphibious re-supply cargo maneuvers aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security More

Chief Boatswain's Mate John McCauley, command drug and alcohol program adviser aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), participates in Alcohol and Drug Abuse for Managers and Supervisors (ADAMS More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Darcy Stanford, Seaman Alexander Britt and Airman Jewel Townsend apply a soft patch to a pipe patching simulator during a Damage Control Olympics event aboard the multi-purpose amphibiou More

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. David W. Titley, right, commander of Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, shakes hands with a Sailor aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) in the Persian Gulf, Feb. More

U.S. Navy Capt. Brian T. Smith, commander of Amphibious Squadron 4, addresses the Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit who graduated form the Combined Corporal Leadership Course aboard the am More

Sailors and Marines man the rails on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), as the ship prepares to dock at pier 88 in Manhattan. Approximately 3,000 Sailors, Marines and Coast Gu More

U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead delivers a speech to Sailors, Marines and guests aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) during Fleet Week in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., April More

An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron 147 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan during a Rim of the Pacific 2010 training mission. RIMPAC is th More

Seaman Raymon Young kisses his baby goodbye before the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima departs Naval Station Norfolk to participate in Continuing Promise 2010. The assigned medical and engineering staff em More

The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima departs Naval Station Norfolk for a four-month humanitarian civic assistance mission to Central and South America and the Caribbean. The assigned medical and engineering More

Sailors man the rails aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima while the ship gets underway to participate in Continuing Promise 2010. Iwo Jima is en route to Central and South America and t More

Airman Marquis Cuffee, an aviation boatswain's mate (handling) from Portsmouth, Va., performs a maintenance check to a P-25 mobile firefighting vehicle before flight operations aboard the multipurpose amphibiou More

Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 9 and U.S. Coast Guardsman assigned to Port Security Unit 308 carry an injured sailor to safety during a Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Integrated More

Marines fast rope from a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter onto the flight deck of the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman during a composite unit training exercise. (U.S. Navy pho More

Michael Albritton navigates a kayak during a confidence building evolution at Camp Trident summer camp. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Chief Petty Officers Association chose to sponsor Albritton based on the More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Nowak, hospitalman, assigned to Company I, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, prepares to reload his M4 service rifle during training exercise Enhanced Mojave Viper at Marine Corps More

Esteban Quintero, fireman apprentice, left, and Airman Dylan Roberts, both assigned to USS Constitution, steer the rudder aboard the Friendship of Salem as part of their final evolution of sail training. Consti More

Sailors prepare to attach cargo to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Island Knights of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 25 aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington during a vertical replenishmen More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Corey Hill, damage control specialist, assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Dubuque, explains the use of the peri-jet eductor during Operation Bungalow Breeze with the Mald More

Petty Officer 1st Class Derrick Edwards, machinist's mate, explains various pipe patching methods to a group of educators during an educator orientation visit at the Submarine Learning Center Detachment San Die More

A CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter approaches the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman during a joint training exercise with the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce. Ponce is More

An AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 452 prepares to launch from the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima departed Norfolk en route to Central and South America and the Car More

The North East Gate at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is the only entry and exit point to mainland Cuba from the naval station. It has been closed to base personnel since the United States broke off diplom More

Personnel department Sailors perform physical training in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson is underway conducting local operations off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. More

Capt. John Pope, Master of the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart, directs the ship during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Singapore 2010. CARAT is a series of More

Rear Adm. Paul Bushong, center, commander of Joint Region Marianas, signs a memorandum of understanding with the Consolidated Commission on Utilities, Guam Waterworks Authority and Guam Power Authority at the R More

Petty Officer 1st Class Sam Money, aviation ordnanceman, left, from Dallas, instructs Sailors in identifying the components of an MK 62-63 Quickstrike training mine in the forward magazine aboard the aircraft c More

Capt. O.P. Honors, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, addresses Sailors during a captain's call in the ship's hangar bay. Enterprise is on a scheduled underway for fleet replacement squa More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Drew Iverson, culinary specialist, launches an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter from the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge shortly after the ship departed Commander, Fleet Activities, More

An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Gunslingers of Strike Fighter Squadron 105 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed to support maritim More

The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima is underway off the coast of Haiti participating in the Continuing Promise 2010 humanitarian civic assistance mission. The assigned medical and engineering staff embarke More

Pfc. France Rosewood, of Haitian descent, embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), assists with translation and crowd control during a medical humanitarian assistance even More

Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Piccard, hospital corpsman, and Lt. Brian Engesser, assigned to Fleet Surgical Team 2, transfer medical supplies in Port De Paix, Haiti to prepare the Continuing Promise 2010 hu More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michelle Allmond, intelligence specialist, embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, plays with a Haitian orphan at the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission in More

Cmdr. Vivian Sersen, from Baltimore, Md., embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima administers medicine to a Haitian baby at a Continuing Promise 2010 medical site. Iwo Jima is ope More

Cmdr. Erin Larkins, embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, examines a Haitian patient during at a Continuing Promise 2010 medical site. Iwo Jima is operating off the coast of Ha More

Seaman Fidel Lopez, logistics specialist, from Miami, assigned to Beach Master Unit 1, greets a Colombian boy during Continuing Promise 2010. BMU-1 is embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, w More

Non-governmental organization personnel depart a U.S. Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima during Continuing Promise 2010. The assigned medical and engineeri More

Seaman Aaron London, hospital corpsman (left), embarked aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, works with translator Paula Alvarez to diagnose a patient at a medical clinic in Columbia. I More

The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima sits at anchor off the coast of Colombia while conducting well deck operations. Iwo Jima is supporting the Continuing Promise 2010 humanitarian civic assis More

A Phalanx Close-In Weapon System is test-fired aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is underway supporting Continuing Promise 2010, a humanitarian civic assistance mis More

From right, Anne S. Andrew, U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica and U.S. Navy Capt. Thomas M. Negus, commodore of Continuing Promise 2010, stand during the U.S. National Anthem while attending the Continuing Promise More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Josh Whoolery, hospital corpsman, and Seaman Dana Scott, hospital corpsman, turn rubber gloves into balloons for a Costa Rican boy during a Pacific Partnership 2010 community service eve More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer Bell, hospital corpsman, places a cold washcloth on a Costa Rican boy during a Pacific Partnership 2010 community service event. The multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo More

Army Capt. Rebecca Carden, left, from Fort San Houston, Texas, calms a horse as Pfc. Angela McCormick, from Sacramento, Calif., prepares to give it a vaccination during a veterinary visit to a local farm in Cos More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Glenn Mosley, native of Charleston, S.C., a refrigeration mechanic with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Logistics Combat Element, attached to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force More

Sailors and Marines embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, sort personal mail the ship received upon arriving in port. The ship received more than 6,000 pounds of personal mail. More

The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) rests pierside in Limon, Costa Rica. Iwo Jima is currently in Costa Rica in support of Continuing Promise 2010 humanitarian civic assistance (HCA) More

Army Capt. Gloria Graham, from Gilroy, Calif., talks to a group of local residents about disease prevention, hygiene, and men and women's health during a Continuing Promise 2010 medical civic action event. The More

A Hone Creek School student briefly pauses after receiving a backpack filled with school supplies at Hone Creek School in Hone Creek, Costa Rica, Aug. 25. U.S. Service members and civilians are deployed in supp More

A student watches as members of the non-governmental organization group Give a Kid a Backpack, prepare the next set of backpacks and school supplies for students of Hone Creek School in Hone Creek, Costa Rica, More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephen Hubbert, engineman, hits the ball during a softball game against the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo conducted a fleet week with the Japan M More

Lance Cpl. Joseph Robertson, assigned to the Marine Logistics Command Element embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, gives a Costa Rican boy a stuffed animal during a community More

Left and right, Janina Viteri and Kari Williams with the non-governmental organization group Give a Kid a Backpack; pose for a photo with students after presenting them with backpacks filled with school supplie More

Children from Hone Creek primary school hold up stuffed animals given to them by service members embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) and members of the non-government organization G More

U.S. Navy sailors embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima deployed in support of Operation Continuing Promise 2010, paint the outside of a school cafeteria during site restoration efforts at Ho More

Hone Creek School students briefly pause during class for a group photo at Hone Creek School in Hone Creek, Costa Rica, Aug. 25. U.S. Service members and civilians are deployed in support of Operation Continuin More

A Hone Creek School student briefly pauses after receiving a backpack from U.S. Marine Sgt. Kristen L. Stack, an imagery analyst with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron-2, attached to Special-Purpose Marine Air- More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Aubry Rupp, a damage controlman from Defiance, Ohio, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), places a backpack on a student at Hone Creek primary school during More

Sailors and Marines bring stores aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima is in Costa Rica supporting the Continuing Promise 2010 humanitarian civic assistance mission. The assign More

Petty Officer 3rd Class John Gorey, a hospital corpsman assigned to the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), gives an eye exam to a Costa Rican woman during a Continuing Promise 2010 medic More

Lance Cpl. Tara L. Myers, native of San Francisco, Calif., and maintenance management specialist with Combat Logistics Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, gives a We More

Airman Meghan E. Gokey, aviation boatswain's mate (equipment), assigned to the V-2 division of the air department aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, paints the American flag on a stowage tank in arrest More

Dr. Darcy Thompson, from Johns Hopkins Medical School embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), examines a Costa Rican girl during a Continuing Promise 2010 medical communi More

U.S. Marines in a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 774, attached to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, conduct distinguished visitor transpo More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cameron Voorhees, New Harmony Air Force Band of Flight, attached to Operation Continuing Promise 2010, performs during a baseball game between the Limon Pirates versus service members More

The amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney is pier side at Passenger Terminal Amsterdam and displays a full dress ship in preparation of a diplomatic reception in honor of Fay Hartog-Levin, U.S. Ambassador t More

A Costa Rican man waits for the Limon Pirates versus service members from Operation Continuing Promise 2010 team, to begin a baseball game at the Big Boy baseball stadium in Limon, Costa Rica, Aug. 28. Service More

Medical personnel embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima diagnosis a Guatemalan boy's skin rash during a Continuing Promise 2010 medical civic event in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. More

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Jon M. Davis, (center right), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Commanding General, presents coins to four Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 aboard t More

Center right, U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Jon M. Davis, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, presents coins to four Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 (CP10) abo More

U.S. Marines assigned to Ground Combat Element, 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion, embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, receive training on knots an More

A Guatemalan woman pours colored flavoring over the top of shaved ice made for a customer at an engineer site in the hills outside Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, Sept. 8. Service members and civilians are deployed More

During mixed martial arts training, 2nd Lt. Matthew Ludlow, center, assigned to the U.S. Marine Ground Combat Element, 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion, embarked aboard the multi-pur More

Flight deck personnel aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) work night operations as it thunderstorms in the distance. Iwo Jima is off the coast of Guatemala supporting the Contin More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Price, machinist's mate, assigned to the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, paints the Hogar de Ninos orphanage during a Continuing Promise 2010 community service More

Chief petty officers and chief petty officer selects run on the flight deck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) during a 5-kilometer remembrance run in honor of the 2,977 lives lost More

U.S. Marines attached to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, eat brunch with Maj. Gen. Cornell A. Wilson Jr., commander of United States Marine Corps Forces South, and the depu More

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Cornell A. Wilson Jr., commander of United States Marine Corps Forces South, and the deputy commander of MCF command gives his remarks on deployment operations to Marines and Sailors of Sp More

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, attached to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, perform live-fire drills aboard the amphibious assault ship USS I More

Center, U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Chris S. Richie, commanding officer of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 (CP10), visits Marines with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, at a medical More