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LIMÓN, Costa Rica
LIMÓN, Costa Rica (July 24, 2025) Capt. Grace Key, commanding officer, USNS Comfort Medical Treatment Facility (MTF), and Capt. Kathryn Stewart, executive officer, USNS Comfort MTF, watch as the Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrives in Limón, Costa Rica during Continuing Promise 2025, July 24, 2025. Continuing Promise 2025 is the 16th iteration of the U.S. 4th Fleet/U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command-led mission since 2007, which aims to foster goodwill, strengthen existing partnerships with partner nations, and form new partnerships between host nations, non-federal entities, and international organizations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Deven Fernandez)
LIMÓN, Costa Rica
LIMÓN, Costa Rica (July 24, 2025) The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrives in Limón, Costa Rica during Continuing Promise 2025, July 24, 2025. Continuing Promise 2025 is the 16th iteration of the U.S. 4th Fleet/U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command-led mission since 2007, which aims to foster goodwill, strengthen existing partnerships with partner nations, and form new partnerships between host nations, non-federal entities, and international organizations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Deven Fernandez)
NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA
Cmdr. Christina Carter, a Navy public health nurse currently serving as the Director for Public Health at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, teaches a Basic Life Support class in the Kingdom of Tonga, as part of Pacific Partnership 2025. Pacific Partnership is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual humanitarian mission, aimed at strengthening disaster response capabilities, building relationships with host nations, and improving health outcomes through education and collaboration (U.S. Navy Courtesy Photo).
NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA
Cmdr. Christina Carter, a Navy public health nurse currently serving as the Director for Public Health at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, teaches a Basic Life Support class in the Kingdom of Tonga, as part of Pacific Partnership 2025. Pacific Partnership is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual humanitarian mission, aimed at strengthening disaster response capabilities, building relationships with host nations, and improving health outcomes through education and collaboration (U.S. Navy Courtesy Photo).
NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA
Cmdr. Christina Carter, a Navy public health nurse currently serving as the Director for Public Health at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, teaches a Basic Life Support class in the Kingdom of Tonga, as part of Pacific Partnership 2025. Pacific Partnership is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual humanitarian mission, aimed at strengthening disaster response capabilities, building relationships with host nations, and improving health outcomes through education and collaboration (U.S. Navy Courtesy Photo).
NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA
Cmdr. Christina Carter, a Navy public health nurse currently serving as the Director for Public Health at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, teaches a Basic Life Support class in the Kingdom of Tonga, as part of Pacific Partnership 2025. Pacific Partnership is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual humanitarian mission, aimed at strengthening disaster response capabilities, building relationships with host nations, and improving health outcomes through education and collaboration (U.S. Navy Courtesy Photo).
NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA
Cmdr. Christina Carter, a Navy public health nurse currently serving as the Director for Public Health at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, teaches a Basic Life Support class in the Kingdom of Tonga, as part of Pacific Partnership 2025. Pacific Partnership is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual humanitarian mission, aimed at strengthening disaster response capabilities, building relationships with host nations, and improving health outcomes through education and collaboration (U.S. Navy Courtesy Photo).
NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA
Cmdr. Christina Carter, a Navy public health nurse currently serving as the Director for Public Health at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, participates in a tabletop exercise in the Kingdom of Tonga as part of Pacific Partnership 2025. Alongside Lt. William Douthitt, Lt. j.g. William Chipmon, Lt. Iyanna Alexander, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Camille Erespe, Carter helped facilitate the scenario-based training focused on improving response strategies for a potential Salmonella outbreak. Pacific Partnership is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual humanitarian mission, aimed at strengthening disaster response capabilities, building relationships with host nations, and improving health outcomes through education and collaboration (U.S. Navy Courtesy Photo).
NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA
Cmdr. Christina Carter, a Navy public health nurse currently serving as the Director for Public Health at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, teaches a Basic Life Support class in the Kingdom of Tonga, as part of Pacific Partnership 2025. Pacific Partnership is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual humanitarian mission, aimed at strengthening disaster response capabilities, building relationships with host nations, and improving health outcomes through education and collaboration (U.S. Navy Courtesy Photo).
San Diego, CA
Philippine Marine Staff Sgt. Geraldine Corbita (center) poses with key leaders from I Marine Expeditionary Force and the Defense Health Network Pacific-Rim, including Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Michael Tabora (left), Capt. Brett Chamberlin (second to left), Cmdr. Rudy Medina (right), and Dr. John Rotruck, following her graduation from the U.S. Navy Independent Duty Corpsman School at the Surface Warfare Medical Institute (SWMI) in San Diego on July 11, 2025. Corbita, of Zamboanga Philippines, is the first Philippine Navy Marine corpsman to earn the qualification, a milestone signaling a strengthened alliance between the U.S. and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). (U.S. Navy photo by Arsenio R. Cortez Jr.)
San Diego, CA
Philippine Marine Staff Sgt. Geraldine Corbita of Zamboanga, Philippines, listens as a guest speaker discusses the critical role of Independent Duty Corpsmen (IDC) as sole medical providers in remote environments during the IDC Class 24025 graduation at the Surface Warfare Medical Institute (SWMI) in San Diego on July 11, 2025. Corbita is the first Philippine Navy Marine corpsman to graduate from the U.S. Navy IDC School, a milestone signaling a strengthened alliance between the U.S. and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). (U.S. Navy photo by Arsenio R. Cortez Jr.)
San Diego, CA
Philippine Marine Staff Sgt. Geraldine Corbita, surrounded by her classmates, listens to a guest speaker discuss the responsibilities of an Independent Duty Corpsman during their graduation ceremony at the Surface Warfare Medical Institute (SWMI) in San Diego on July 11, 2025. Corbita, a Zamboanga, Philippines native, is the first Philippine Navy Marine corpsman to graduate from the U.S. Navy IDC School, a milestone signaling a strengthened alliance between the U.S. and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). (U.S. Navy photo by Arsenio R. Cortez Jr.)
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