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U.S. Navy Lt. Audrey Koecher (right), the judge staff advocate for Continuing Promise 2011, talks with children during a community relations event at Escuela Republica de Japon in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, on July 8, 2011. Continuing Promise is a regularly scheduled mission to countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean, where the U.S. Navy and its partnering nations work with host nations and a variety of governmental and nongovernmental agencies to train in civil-military operations.

Lt. Audrey Koecher talks with children during a community relations event.

U.S. Navy Lt. Audrey Koecher (right), the judge staff advocate for Continuing Promise 2011, talks with children during a community relations event at Escuela Republica de Japon in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, on July 8, 2011. Continuing Promise is a regularly scheduled mission to countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean, where the U.S. Navy and its partnering nations work with host nations and a variety of governmental and nongovernmental agencies to train in civil-military operations.

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