Capt. Timothy Shope, a medical augmentee embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), diagnoses symptoms for a Nicaraguan woman at Juan Comenius High School during a humanitarian assistance project.

PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua (Aug. 13, 2008) Capt. Timothy Shope, a medical augmentee embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), diagnoses symptoms for a Nicaraguan woman at Juan Comenius High School during a humanitarian assistance project. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) is the primary platform supporting 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Joshua Adam Nuzzo) File# 080813-N-4515N-231