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A U.S. Navy sailor aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge jumps rope while looking across the water at Santa Marta, Colombia, Aug. 28, 2008. The USS Kearsarge is supporting the Caribbean phase of Continuing Promise 2008, an equal-partnership mission which includes the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.

ABOARD THE KEARSARGE

A U.S. Navy sailor aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge jumps rope while looking across the water at Santa Marta, Colombia, Aug. 28, 2008. The USS Kearsarge is supporting the Caribbean phase of Continuing Promise 2008, an equal-partnership mission which includes the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.

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