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Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrea Pharis plays the cowbell with a child while performing during Continuing Promise 2022 in Cartagena, Colombia, Nov. 14, 2022. Continuing Promise is a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission in the Caribbean and Central and South America.

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