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Oct. 26, 2022

 USNS Comfort Commences Continuing Promise 2022 in Miami 

                    MIAMI —                                                Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed from Miami after commencing Continuing Promise 2022, Oct. 23, 2022.            

Oct. 23, 2022

 USNS Comfort Deploys to Latin America and the Caribbean to Provide Medical Assistance 

                                As the sun broke over the waters of Biscayne Bay in the early morning, the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort pulled into the Port of Miami on October 23 for its last stateside port of call before beginning its deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean as part of the Continuing Promise mission.            

Aug. 1, 2022

 U.S. 4th Fleet Announces USNS Comfort Deployment 

                                The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) will deploy to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations this fall as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2022 mission.            

April 23, 2018

 Continuing Promise 2018 humanitarian mission completed in Guatemala 

                                PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala -- The humanitarian mission Continuing Promise 2018 (CP-18) concluded it’s second mission stop in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala with a closing ceremony at Comando Naval de Carribe Naval Base.            

April 16, 2018

 Continuing Promise 2018 Arrives in Guatemala 

                                PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala (NNS) -- A team comprised of 250 Navy and Army service members disembarked the Military Sealift Command's expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1) after arriving in Puerto Barrios, April 5, for its second mission stop during Continuing Promise 2018 (CP-18).            

March 28, 2018

 Continuing Promise 2018 Completes Mission Stop in Honduras  

                                The Continuing Promise 2018 (CP-18) team departed Honduras, March 26, after delivering humanitarian aid for the first mission stop of CP-18.            

March 23, 2018

  Preventive Medicine, Saving Lives 

                                PUERTO CORTES, Honduras (NNS) -- The ability to shower in a remote campground, or shave every morning in a plastic storage container or walk on dry sand because of proper drainage are all luxuries made possible by the Continuing Promise 2018 (CP18) Forward Deployed Preventive Medicine Unit.            

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.            

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.            

March 13, 2017

 Navy Environmental and Preventative Medicine Unit conducts training engagements with Honduran health professionals 

                                Sailors from Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit (NEPMU) 2 used knowledge exchange and training events (KET) to help build partner nation capacity during Continuing Promise 2017’s (CP-17) visit to Trujillo, Honduras.            

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