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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Shaw directs a UH-60 Army Blackhawk helicopter based out of Managua, Nicaragua during deck landing qualifications aboard the Military Sealift Command Hospital Ship USNS Comfort in Corinto, Nicaragua, July 9, 2009. Comfort is participating in Continuing Promise 2009, a four-month humanitarian and civic assistance mission to Latin America and the Caribbean.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Shaw directs a UH-60 Army Blackhawk helicopter based out of Managua, Nicaragua during deck landing qualifications aboard the Military Sealift Command Hospital Ship USNS Comfort in Corinto, Nicaragua, July 9, 2009. Comfort is participating in Continuing Promise 2009, a four-month humanitarian and civic assistance mission to Latin America and the Caribbean.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Shaw directs a UH-60 Army Blackhawk helicopter based out of Managua, Nicaragua during deck landing qualifications aboard the Military Sealift Command Hospital Ship USNS Comfort in Corinto, Nicaragua, July 9, 2009. Comfort is participating in Continuing Promise 2009, a four-month humanitarian and civic assistance mission to Latin America and the Caribbean.

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