Burlington is an environment friendly, light-weight and versatile asset that is ready to assist Troopers, Sailors, and Marines within the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) space of duty. The ship has the aptitude to move a battalion-sized aspect, as much as 1,000 personnel, or 600 tons of cargo at excessive speeds.
The Burlington might be in Santa Marta, Colombia for ten days. Through the ship’s time in port, the Persevering with Promise 2023 group will work alongside Colombian medical consultants and first care suppliers to conduct medical engagements, reconstruction initiatives, humanitarian help and catastrophe response (HADR) coaching, Girls, Peace, and Safety (WPS) symposiums, subject material skilled exchanges, and host a number of dwell performances by the U.S. Fleet Forces Band.
“The mission cease in Almirante, Panama offered the Persevering with Promise 2023 group with wonderful alternatives to interact the area people by affected person care, reconstruction initiatives, sporting occasions, and neighborhood engagement actions,” said Cmdr. LaDonyia Graham, Persevering with Promise 2023 Medical Officer in Cost. “Our subsequent vacation spot, Santa Marta, marks an thrilling chapter as we deepen our partnership with Colombia. Along with their medical consultants and first care suppliers, we are going to conduct subject material skilled exchanges and engagements inside the area people.”
This U.S. Navy’s Persevering with Promise deployment has taken place nearly yearly within the final 17 years to help or help folks within the area. Since 2007, Persevering with Promise medical personnel have handled greater than 595,000 folks, to incorporate roughly 7,300 surgical procedures. When mixed with all of the veterinary companies, subject material skilled exchanges, engineering initiatives, neighborhood relations occasions, and band performances, Persevering with Promise has positively impacted extra folks in our companion nations than some other deployment sequence within the U.S. Navy’s historical past. All through the mission cease in Almirante, Panama, the Persevering with Promise 2023 group and Panamanian healthcare suppliers had been capable of administer care to over 2,700 sufferers, subject over 850 vaccines, and distribute greater than 7,000 prescriptions.
The Persevering with Promise mission goals to foster goodwill, strengthen present partnerships with companion nations, and encourage the institution of recent partnerships amongst nations, non-government organizations, and worldwide organizations.
U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet helps U.S. Southern Command’s joint and mixed army operations by using maritime forces in cooperative maritime safety operations to keep up entry, improve interoperability, and construct enduring partnerships with the intention to improve regional safety and promote peace, stability and prosperity within the Caribbean, Central and South American area.
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