0808143595W-481 TUAPI, Nicaragua (Aug. 15, 2008) Capt. Fernandez "Frank" Ponds, Continuing Promise 2008 mission commander, gives food packages to children in Tuapi, Nicaragua at the close of a three-day medical, dental and veterinary clinic. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) is the primary platform for the Caribbean phase of Continuing Promise, an equal-partnership mission involving the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana. Navy

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Keywords: aid, continuing, cp-08, humanitarian, kearsarge, medical, nicaragua, promise