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Fourth Fleet Is About Partnerships
Today’s Bloggers’ Round Table gave us the opportunity to interview Adm. Joseph Kernan, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command Commander, U.S. 4th Fleet. The Fourth Fleet was originally created during World War II and assigned mission in the South Atlantic. It was disestablished in 1950. In April 2008 it was reactivated and assigned duties in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Caribbean Sea, to include all of Latin America. Fourth Fleet has no ships. Adm. Kernan is a Navy SEAL. It has responsibilities in two different oceans. This makes for a curious start. The reality is that Fourth Fleet has as one of its primary tasks the CNO’s direction to build partnerships with friendly nations. To that end, it ran Operation Continuing Promise ’08 this year where both USS Boxer and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Original writing, Reporting
Our Best: Reading to the Children
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Oct. 30, 2008) 1st Lt. Lindsey Maddox, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), reads to children from the All in One Child Development Center, a local daycare where engineers embarked aboard Kearsarge are making renovations supporting Continuing Promise (CP) 2008. Kearsarge is the primary platform for the Caribbean phase of the humanitarian/civic assistance mission CP 08, an equal-partnership mission involving the United States, Canada, the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Our Best: Military Women
Navy Knowhow Nudges Nun to Net
BELMONT,Trinidad and Tobago (Nov. 3, 2008) Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Andrew Bryson, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), teaches Sister Helena of the Carmelite Sister Convent how to use the Internet. Kearsarge is the primary platform for the Caribbean phase of the humanitarian assistance mission Continuing Promise 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Joshua Adam Nuzzo Previous in series Next in seriesTable of contents for Continuing … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military
USS Kearsarge Reports on Continuing Promise 2008
“The perfect platform” That’s how Commodore Frank Ponds described the USS Kearsarge’s role in humanitarian assistance missions. Kearsarge is in the midst of Operation Continuing Promise 2008, supporting Phase 2 ops in the Caribbean. Kearsarge deployed from its home port of Norfolk on August 6, 2008, crammed to the bulkheads with personnel and supplies for this mission. Integral in the planning for CP2008 was the recognition that the ship would be at sea during hurricane season and, … Read entire article »
Our Best: De-Worming Edition
Airman 1st Class Alexandra Olson, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), gives a Dominican boy a dose of de-worming formula at the 27 Febrero medical site during the humanitarian assistance mission Continuing Promise 2008. USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), reached the mid-point of its deployment supporting the humanitarian/civic assistance (HCA) mission Continuing Promise (CP) 2008 while in the Dominican Republic. Kearsarge’s mission during CP 08 is to conduct joint civil-military operations including humanitarian and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Our Best: Military Women
Military Continues Haiti Relief Efforts
The USS Kearsarge and other United States military units and military personnel are continuing their relief efforts in Haiti. Southern Command has a site devoted to the efforts. Here are several photos from the Navy showing the work being done. Lt. Cmdr. Kathleen Sikes, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), provides medical care to a local woman. America’s contributions to relief efforts are being coordinated by the United States Agency for International Development … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Military, Our Allies
Disaster Relief in Haiti
The US Southern Command has a website dedicated to the ongoing relief efforts in Haiti, where a number of hurricanes including Ike have left havoc in their wake. LINK The USS Kearsarge was diverted from its mission as part of Operation Continuing Promise 08 and has been doing extraordinary work in Haiti. As discussed here in the past, this class of vessel is uniquely suited to humanitarian aid missions. The amphibious ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) is in Haiti supporting disaster relief operations following a string of storms that have killed hundreds of Haitians and imperiled thousands of others. U.S. Southern Command directed U.S. Fourth Fleet to divert the ship, which was in Colombia as part of a humanitarian assistance deployment. Currently, helicopters and landing craft from Kearsarge are delivering aid … Read entire article »
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