U.S. Navy Aerographer's Mate 1st Class Maria Alfaro, assigned to the Strike Group Oceanography Team Norfolk aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), hands out toothbrush and toothpaste kits to children at an elementary school as part of Continuing Promise 2008 in Sabana Grande de Boya, Dominican Republic, Oct. 13, 2008. Continuing Promise is a five-month mission to nine countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean, where the U.S. Navy and its partnering nations will work hand in hand with host nations and a variety of governmental and nongovernmental agencies to train in civil-military operations.