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Sailors assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. Fourth Fleet hosted a Women’s History Month event at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., March 28, 2023.

May 4, 2023

USNAVSOUTH/FOURTHFLT Hosts Women's History Month Event

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Throughout March, the Department of Defense (DoD) celebrates Women’s History Month. During this month-long celebration, we recognize the contributions made by women that have shaped this nation’s history. U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet (USNAVSOUTH/FOURTHFLT) hosted an event with a panel of speakers and subsequent discussion in honor of this month’s celebration.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) operates in heavy seas. Farragut is on a scheduled deployment supporting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 2nd Fleet area of responsibility.

March 20, 2023

USS Farragut (DDG 99) Arrives in the 4th Fleet AOR

CARIBBEAN SEA —

CARIBBEAN SEA - The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) arrived in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations for a scheduled deployment, Feb. 15. Embarked with the ship is U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 406 to conduct counter narcotic operations in the region.
 

Sailors assigned to the hospital USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) wave to friends and family as Comfort arrives in Norfolk, Virginia, Dec. 21, 2022. Comfort returns after a deployment to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

March 20, 2023

USNS Comfort Completes 12th Iteration of Continuing Promise 2022

NORFOLK, Va. — NORFOLK, Va. - The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) returned to its homeport in Norfolk, Virginia, concluding Continuing Promise, Dec. 21, 2022.

Lt. Cmdr. Kyle McDonald, from Frankenmuth, Michigan, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH20), conducts an oral exam on a patient during Continuing Promise 2022 at a medical site in Jeremie, Haiti, Dec. 16, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

March 20, 2023

USNS Comfort Completes Its Final Mission Stop of CP 2022 in Haiti

JEREMIE, Haiti —

JEREMIE, Haiti - U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) completed its fifth and final mission stop of Continuing Promise 2022 in Jeremie, Haiti, Dec. 17, 2022.

Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Libby, from Heath, OH, brings down the jack as the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) gets underway from Limón, Costa Rica, Dec. 16, 2022. Milwaukee is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations under Destroyer Squadron 40 and Commander, Task Force 45, performing combined naval operations, exercises, and partnership building, and serving as a force provider to Joint Interagency Task Force - South for counter-illicit drug trafficking missions in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

March 8, 2023

USS Milwaukee Visits Limón, Costa Rica

LIMÓN, Costa Rica — The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) visited Limon, Costa Rica for a scheduled port visit from Dec. 14-16, marking the longest stay in the city by any U.S. Navy ship in years.

Cmdr. Michael Cunningham, a pediatric cardiologist, from Chesapeake, Virginia, provides medical care during Continuing Promise 2022 at a medical site in Jeremie, Haiti, Dec. 12, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of CP22, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

March 8, 2023

Continuing Promise 2022 Team Continues its Promise to Haiti

JEREMIE, Haiti —

JEREMIE, Haiti – Continuing Promise 2022 (CP 22) personnel will return to Wharf de Jeremie Dec. 14 to continue providing medical care following a one-day pause in operations to re-plan the mission to ensure we provide the best care to the great people of Haiti.

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Joahana Chi provides infant CPR training during a Continuing Promise visit to Hospital Dr. Francisco E. Moscoso Puello in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

March 8, 2023

Big Hearts from Small, Small Places

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — CARIBBEAN SEA – Sailors stand in a red and white metal space filled with folded wheelchairs and various medical equipment, each paired with a plastic torso and dummy infant at their feet. All eyes are fixed on the only voice in the room. The voice, carefully but clearly asking questions and giving out instructions, comes from a woman adorned in

Capt. Franca Jones, commanding officer, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU)-6, greets attendees at the command’s 40th anniversary celebration at the U.S. Embassy Campus. NAMRU-6 hosted several visitors and guests from the U.S. and Peru at the event, to include U.S. Ambassador to Peru Lisa Kenna, Rear Adm. Jorge Enrique Andaluz Echevarría, Surgeon General of the Peruvian Navy, Rear Adm. Guido F. Valdes, commander, Naval Medical Forces Pacific and Capt. William Denniston, commander, Naval Medical Research Center. Visitors provided remarks celebrating the history of the command and its ongoing mission. NAMRU-6, part of the Naval Medical Research & Development enterprise, supports Global Health Engagement through surveillance of a wide range of infectious diseases of military or public health significance, including dengue fever, malaria, diarrheal diseases, and sexually transmitted infections.

Jan. 20, 2023

NAMRU-6 Celebrates 40 Years of Medical Research

LIMA, Peru —

LIMA, Peru - Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU)-6 hosted a 40th birthday celebration at the U.S. Embassy campus to recognize the accomplishments and mission of the command on Jan. 19.

Sailors assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) conduct a gun-salute for Statia Day off the coast of Sint Eustatius, Netherlands, Nov. 16, 2022. Statia Day is a national holiday celebrated on the Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius. It celebrates the “first salute” when Sint Eustatius, locally known as Statia, became the first country to recognize the United States as a nation 245 years ago when after the U.S. declared independence, a Continental Navy ship fired a gun salute upon entering the harbor, and the island, by order of the Dutch governor, returned the salute. Milwaukee is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support Joint Interagency Task Force South’s mission, which includes counter-illicit drug trafficking missions in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

Nov. 22, 2022

USS Milwaukee Celebrates Statia Day, Commemorating American History

SINT EUSTATIUS, Netherlands — Commemorating American history, Sailors aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) conducted a 13-gun salute and sent Sailors ashore to Sint Eustatius to celebrate Statia Day, Nov. 16.

The U.S. and the Colombian flags fly on the yard arm of the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), as Comfort arrives in Cartagena, Colombia, Nov. 11, 2022.

Nov. 22, 2022

USNS COMFORT ARRIVES IN COLOMBIA

CARTAGENA, Colombia — Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Cartagena, Colombia, in support of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2022 (CP22) mission, Nov. 11.

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