Detailed planning has wrapped up for the Burlington to go to Panama, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Grenada. Throughout these mission stops, Persevering with Promise medical groups will give attention to working alongside accomplice nation medical personnel to supply care in group clinics to extend medical readiness, strengthen partnerships, and improve the mixed capabilities of the U.S. Navy and accomplice nations to reply to public well being disasters and humanitarian crises.
“The Persevering with Promise mission displays our enduring dedication to the area as we work collaboratively with our mates to make sure a safe, free, and affluent hemisphere,” stated Rear Adm. Jim Aiken, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet. “Persevering with Promise 2023 permits us to work along with our mates in accomplice nations to enhance lives.”
The Burlington will deliver a medical engagement staff to every mission cease to supply some direct affected person care in group clinics and thru host nation medical amenities. The staff consists of veterinarians who will work with animals within the host nation, biomedical technicians, Navy Seabees who will conduct small engineering tasks, and the U.S. Fleet Forces Navy Band Detachment, which can entertain individuals by college visits and concert events.
Cmdr. Charles Castevens will function the Persevering with Promise 2023 Mission Commander. “This is a perfect alternative for us to make a distinction in 4 accomplice nations,” stated Castevens. “Persevering with Promise 2023 will strengthen partnerships and positively impression the individuals we come into contact with,” he stated.
Persevering with Promise 2023 may also embody coaching and material knowledgeable exchanges on numerous medical and humanitarian help/catastrophe reduction subjects, and main seminars on Girls, Peace, and Safety (WPS).
WPS is a United Nations initiative that began with UNSCR 1325 signed in 2000. It was a public acknowledgement that ladies are extra adversely impacted by battle and disaster, and that together with ladies in safety planning will result in a extra peaceable world. The Division of Protection (DoD) signed the WPS Implementation Plan in 2020. It outlines protection goals and targets that the DoD will attempt to attain with a view to transfer the bar towards full WPS implementation. U.S. Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet are devoted to WPS and the promotion of gendered views.
Persevering with Promise 2023 marks the thirteenth mission to the area since 2007 and the primary involving USNS Burlington. The mission may also foster goodwill, strengthen current partnerships with accomplice nations, and encourage the institution of latest partnerships amongst nations, non-government organizations, and worldwide organizations.
The USNS Burlington is an Expeditionary Quick Transport (EPF), a shallow draft, all aluminum, commercial-based catamaran able to regional transport of personnel and cargo carry, offering combatant commanders high-speed sealift mobility with inherent cargo dealing with functionality and agility to attain positional benefit over operational distances. The Burlington will deliver the personnel, tools and provides essential to conduct the Persevering with Promise mission.
U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet helps U.S. Southern Command’s joint and mixed navy operations by using maritime forces in cooperative maritime safety operations to keep up entry, improve interoperability, and construct enduring partnerships with a view to improve regional safety and promote peace, stability and prosperity within the Caribbean, Central and South American area. Be taught extra about USNAVSOUTH/4th Fleet at https://www.fourthfleet.navy.mil, https://www.fb.com/NAVSOUS4THFLT and @NAVSOUS4THFLT.
