1500518-A-BK746-076 CARIBBEAN SEA (May 18, 2015) Dr. Diego Sternberg, a plastic surgeon volunteering with the non-governmental organization Operation Smile, and Hospitalman Devan Fakharizadeh, a native of Mission Viejo Calif., assigned to Navy Medical Center Portsmouth Va., operate on a Nicaraguan patient aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) during Continuing Promise 2015 (CP-15). Operation Smile volunteer medical professionals will provide free cleft lip and cleft palate surgery to hundreds of patients during CP-15. Continuing Promise is a Southern Command


1500518-A-BK746-076 CARIBBEAN SEA (May 18, 2015) Dr. Diego Sternberg, a plastic surgeon volunteering with the non-governmental organization Operation Smile, and Hospitalman Devan Fakharizadeh, a native of Mission Viejo Calif., assigned to Navy Medical Center Portsmouth Va., operate on a Nicaraguan patient aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) during Continuing Promise 2015 (CP-15). Operation Smile volunteer medical professionals will provide free cleft lip and cleft palate surgery to hundreds of patients during CP-15. Continuing Promise is a Southern Command-sponsored and Naval Forces Southern 4th Fleet-conducted deployment to conduct civil-military operations including humanitarian-civil assistance, subject matter expert exchanges, medical, dental, veterinary and engineering support and disaster response to partner nations and to show support and commitment to Central and South America and the Caribbean. ( Army photo by Spc. Lance Hartung/Released) 1505018-A-BK746-076 by Naval Forces Southern 4th Fleet


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