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U.S. Navy Commodore Brian Nickerson, mission commander for Continuing Promise 2011, gives Costa Rican Coast Guard officials a tour aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort in Bajo Blay, Costa Rica, Aug. 10, 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

U.S. Navy Commodore Brian Nickerson, mission commander for Continuing Promise 2011, gives Costa Rican Coast Guard officials a tour aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort in Bajo Blay, Costa Rica, Aug. 10, 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

U.S. Navy Commodore Brian Nickerson, mission commander for Continuing Promise 2011, gives Costa Rican Coast Guard officials a tour aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort in Bajo Blay, Costa Rica, Aug. 10, 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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