Continuing Promise 2008 [Image 2 of 6]

GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

11.12.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Barker 

U.S. Navy           

Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Gillespie and Petty Officer 3rd Class Phillip Gonzales, both assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28, Detachment 5 embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, lower a gurney during a search and rescue medical evacuation from the ocean-going tug SVC Tanux II. Kearsarge launched a search-and-rescue aircraft in response to an emergency medical distress call. The victim was transported to Guyana for further medical evaluation. Kearsarge is supporting the Caribbean Phase of the humanitarian and civic assistance mission Continuing Promise 2008, an equal partnership mission between the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.

• Date Taken: 11.12.2008
• Date Posted: 11.16.2008 20:40
• Photo ID: 128997
• VIRIN: 081112-N-9620B-006
• Resolution: 1527x2300
• Size: 1.27 MB
• Location: GEORGETOWN, GY