This go to marks the primary of 5 mission stops as a part of Persevering with Promise 2022 and the ninth go to to Guatemala as a part of Persevering with Promise since 2007.
“No mission higher demonstrates our enduring dedication to the area as we work collaboratively with likeminded nations to make sure a safe, free, and affluent hemisphere,” mentioned Rear Adm. Jim Aiken, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet. “Right this moment, greater than ever, our fates are inextricably linked within the Western Hemisphere. Persevering with Promise supplies worthwhile coaching for U.S. and accomplice nation personnel to study from one another and to work aspect by aspect to enhance the medical readiness of our neighborhood whereas additionally collectively being ready to satisfy regional challenges.”
Throughout the mission cease the Consolation will present direct medical care and expeditionary veterinary care, conducting coaching and material knowledgeable exchanges on varied medical and humanitarian help/catastrophe reduction matters, and main seminars on Girls, Peace, and Safety (WPS) to additional strengthen U.S. partnerships with accomplice nations, enhance our collective capability to reply in help of medical help and catastrophe reduction efforts within the area, and supply a useful alternative to study from accomplice nations.
Since its inaugural mission in 2007, Persevering with Promise missions have handled greater than 582,000 sufferers and performed over 7,000 surgical procedures within the area. Consolation’s present mission would be the twelfth Persevering with Promise mission performed within the Caribbean, Central and South America.
Further nations with civilian and army personnel taking part in CP 2022 embody Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Netherlands the UK and greater than a dozen non-governmental organizations.
Consolation can also be scheduled to go to Colombia, Dominican Republic and Haiti throughout CP22.
U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet helps U.S. Southern Command’s joint and mixed army operations by using maritime forces in cooperative maritime safety operations to keep up entry, improve interoperability, and construct enduring partnerships in an effort to improve regional safety and promote peace, stability and prosperity within the Caribbean, Central and South American area.
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