Continuing Promise 2018 (CP-18) -Guatemala-2

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Members of the Guatemalan Kekchí ethnic group wait to be seen at the Puerto Barrios Sports Complex turned medical center, in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. (Photo: U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist First Class Mike DiMestico)

The humanitarian campaign Continuing Promise 2018 (CP-18) stopped in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, on the second leg of its mission aboard the USNS Spearhead, April 9th-18th. Sponsored by U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet, the mission provided free medical care and humanitarian assistance to Guatemalans with support from the Guatemalan government, Guatemalan Army, and local organizations. More than 6,700 people received checkups and/or specialized services in pediatrics, optometry, gynecology, and odontology, among others.

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Matthew Lee performs an ultrasound for a pregnant Guatemalan woman in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, April 17, 2018. (Photo: U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Kayla Cosby)

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Conor Garry and Lieutenant Commander Jason Souza give a thumbs up with a Guatemalan girl during her post-surgery appointment at the expeditionary medical unit set up at the Guatemalan Navy’s Naval Caribbean Command in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. (Photo: U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Brianna K. Green)

U.S. Navy Chaplain Lieutenant Commander Michael Vitcavich holds a Guatemalan infant at the La Asunción Shelter for children in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, as part of the Continuing Promise 2018 humanitarian mission, April 13th. (Photo: U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Daniel Luksan)

U.S. Navy Musician Third Class Francisco Ortiz Santana performs with members of the U.S. Fleet Forces Band and enlivens the crowd at the sports complex turned medical center for Continuing Promise 2018, in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. (Photo: U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist First Class Mike DiMestico)

U.S. Navy Commander Heidi Ellis teaches Guatemalan children about dental hygiene at the Fifteenth of April Settlement school in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, as part of the U.S. Southern Command-sponsored humanitarian campaign Continuing Promise. (Photo: U.S. Army Specialist Brandon Best)

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Brandon Romano screens a Guatemalan man's ear canal as part of a routine checkup at the sports complex turned medical center in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, April 16, 2018. (Photo: U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist First Class Mike DiMestico)

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Kathleen Donahue and Lieutenant Commander Jessica Bluhm examine a young patient at the sports complex turned medical center for Continuing Promise 2018, in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. (Photo: U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist First Class Mike DiMestico)

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