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U.S. Navy medical personnel examine a boy at a local medical clinic in Honduras

Sept. 20, 2017

Exchanging Medical Information, Experiencing Culture in Honduras

For one U.S. Navy lieutenant, Southern Partnership Station 17 (SPS 17) is more than just a chance to exchange information. It is a way of connecting with her heritage, and a way to change the lives of people like her.

A U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman prepares to take a blood sample from a U.S. Marine as Honduran troops look on.

Aug. 15, 2017

Navy Medical Experts Offer Combat Lifesaver Training to SPS-17 Troops

PUERTO CASTILLA, Honduras (NNS) -- Navy doctors and hospital corpsmen held a Combat Lifesaver (CLS) training course for service members deployed as part of Southern Partnership Station 17 (SPS 17), August 8, at Base Naval de Puerto Castilla, a Honduran naval base.

Navy Chaplain (Lt. Cmdr.) Clifford Rutledge takes a selfie with students at República de Colombia Elementary School in Silin, Honduras, Aug. 1, 2017. Sailors participated in a community relations project as part of Southern Partnership Station 2017, a U.S. Navy deployment focused on subject-matter-expert exchanges with partner-nation militaries and security forces in Central and South America. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Starr

Aug. 8, 2017

Navy Seabees, medical experts help Honduran students

SILIN, Honduras — Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 and medical professionals from the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence participated in a community relations project at the República de Colombia Elementary School in Silin, Honduras.

July 31, 2017

Sailors Conduct Medical Knowledge Exchange with Honduran Doctors, Nurses to Kick Off Southern Partnership Station 17

TRUJILLO, Honduras (NNS) -- Sailors of Southern Partnership Station-Expeditionary Fast Transport 17 (SPS-EPF 17) visited Dr. Salvador Paredes Hospital, July 25, in Trujillo, Honduras, to provide valuable medical treatment information to staff members.

Patients exit the Regional Health Center in the Tepanguare village located in La Paz, Honduras, May 24, 2017 after receiving medical services from Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Medical Element personnel. The MEDEl staff supports the clinic by providing free consultations every four weeks at the understaffed center, caring for patients and providing medications.

June 9, 2017

MEDEL supports local health clinic

La Paz, Honduras — Personnel from Joint task Force-Bravo's Medical Element visited the Regional Health Center in the Tepanguare village located in La Paz, Honduras, May 24, 2017 to provide free consultations and medications for the local patients. Tepanguare is a village located in the mountains of La Paz where illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, respiratory

U.S. Air Force Major Jodi Pritchard, 167th Aeromedical Squadron Flight Nurse, West Virginia Air National Guard, Charleston, West Virginia, participates in a discussion with Peruvian medical personnel during a subject matter expert exchange in Lima, Peru, May 17, 2017. The goal of the global health exchange is to share best practices, enhance relationships, and build partnership capacities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Danny Rangel)

May 25, 2017

U.S. and Peruvian air force share medical knowledge, experience

LIMA, Peru — Nine medical and aviation personnel from the U.S. Air Force traveled to Lima, Peru as part of a subject matter expert exchange with the Peruvian air force May 15-19, 2017. During the five-day engagement, the U.S. Airmen worked closely with their Peruvian counterparts to share information on medical training, standards and evaluation, and public

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Derrick Kooker, a medical provider with the Wyoming National Guard assigned to Beyond the Horizon 2017, checks the inner ear canal of a patient during a medical readiness event held at Macal River Park in San Ignacio, Belize May 8, 2017. This is the second of three health events held by BTH 2017. Beyond the Horizon is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, Army South-led exercise designed to provide humanitarian and engineering services to communities in need, demonstrating U.S. support for Belize.

May 10, 2017

Wyoming National Guard provides medical care in Belize

Soldiers from the Wyoming National Guard kicked off the second of three medical readiness events as part of Beyond the Horizon 2017 at Macal River Park in San Ignacio, Belize May 8. BTH 2017 is a U.S. and Belize partnership exercise designed to provide humanitarian and engineering services to communities in need, demonstrating U.S. support for Belize.

May 2, 2017

Beyond the Horizon 2017 planners meet with civic partners regarding upcoming medical event in San Ignacio

Command team members and medical planners from Beyond the Horizon 2017 met with Cayo district leaders April 27 to discuss operations for the upcoming medical event scheduled for May 8 through May 16 in San Ignacio. BTH 2017 is a partnership exercise between U.S. Southern Command and the Government of Belize designed to improve health and educational facilities by providing five construction projects and three health care events throughout the country.

MAYAPO, Colombia (March 24, 2017) - Lt. Andrew Smith, a native of Richmond, Va., assigned to Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Fla., examines a host nation patient at the Continuing Promise 2017 (CP-17) medical site in Mayapo, Colombia. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brittney Cannady)

April 12, 2017

Continuing Promise 2017 Mission Concludes Final Mission Stop in Popoya Playa

POPOYA PLAYA, Colombia (NNS) -- The Continuing Promise 2017 (CP-17) mission made its last mission stop at the Popoya Playa School, from March 25-29, where personnel deployed in support of CP-17 conducted an array of different activities such as infrastructure enhancement, nutrition classes and preventative health tips.

MAYAPO, Colombia (March 25, 2017) - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Joshua Crisano, a native of Williamsburg, Va., assigned to Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Fla., teaches physical therapy stretches to the mother of a host nation child at the Continuing Promise 2017 (CP-17) medical site in Mayapo, Colombia. CP-17 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored and U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet-conducted deployment to conduct civil-military operations including humanitarian assistance, training engagements, and medical, dental, and veterinary support in an effort to show U.S. support and commitment to Central and South America. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Shamira Purifoy)

March 27, 2017

Continuing Promise 2017 Begins Operations in Colombia

U.S. military and embassy personnel along with Colombian service members, police, government officials, and local residents attended the opening ceremony for Continuing Promise 2017’s (CP-17) visit to Mayapo, Colombia, at the mission’s medical site March 23.