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U.S. Navy Seaman Jennifer Glover administers a shot to a patient at the Escuela Fray Casiano de Madrid medical site during Continuing Promise 2011 in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Aug. 7, 2011. Continuing Promise is a regularly scheduled mission to countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean, where the U.S. Navy and partner nations work with host nations and and agencies to train in civil-military operations.

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U.S. Navy Seaman Jennifer Glover administers a shot to a patient at the Escuela Fray Casiano de Madrid medical site during Continuing Promise 2011 in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Aug. 7, 2011. Continuing Promise is a regularly scheduled mission to countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean, where the U.S. Navy and partner nations work with host nations and and agencies to train in civil-military operations.

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